Finncháem

Finncháem [ 'fʴiNxaiv ], also Findchóem , Finnchóem , Findcháem or Fionnchaomh , is a legend from the Ulster cycle in the Celtic mythology of Ireland .

mythology

Finncháem is the wife of the poet Amairgin mac Ecit Salaig , the daughter of the druids Cathbad and Nessas , and the sister of Elbha and Deichtire . Her son is the hero Conall Cernach and she is also the foster mother of Deichtire's son Sétanta mac Sualtaim (after his father Sualtam ), later named Cú Chulainn , the main hero of Ulster (see also Compert Con Chulainn ). The fact that Conall Cernach and Cú Chulainn are foster brothers results in the tense friendship between the two described in the prehistory of the Táin Bó Cuailnge ("The cattle robbery of Cooley "), as shown in the story Fled Bricrenn ("Bricrius' Festival") ) is described.

See also

• List of Celtic gods and legendary figures
• Myths and legends from Ireland
• Celtic women

literature

• Helmut Birkhan : Celts. Attempt at a complete representation of their culture. Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-7001-2609-3 .
• Ingeborg Clarus : Celtic Myths. Man and his otherworld. Walter Verlag 1991, ppb edition Patmos Verlag, Düsseldorf, 2000, 2nd edition, ISBN 3-491-69109-5 .
• Bernhard Maier : Lexicon of Celtic Religion and Culture (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 466). Kröner, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-520-46601-5 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ingeborg Clarus: Celtic myths. Man and his otherworld. Walter Verlag 1991, ppb edition Patmos Verlag, Düsseldorf, 2000, 2nd edition, ISBN 3-491-69109-5 , p. 11 f.