Forgall Manach
Forgall Manach [ 'forgaL' manax ] also Forgall Monach ("the clever, cunning"), is a legendary figure from the Ulster cycle of the Celtic mythology of Ireland . He is Emer's father and the involuntary father-in-law of Cú Chulainn . His maternal uncle was the Fomor king Tethra .
In the story Tochmarc Emire ("The Advertise for Emer"), Cú Chulainn falls in love with Forgall's younger daughter Emer, but he only wants to marry her off when the older daughter Fial has also found a husband. He demands from Cú Chulainn that he must first perfect the weapons trade in Alba ("Scotland") with the warrior queen Scáthach . The tricky ulterior motive was that no one had asked Scathach and their ugly daughter Uathach to do this without losing their life. While Cú Chulainn is in Alba, Forgall tries to marry Emer to Lugaid mac Nóis, a king from Munster - who, however, waives when he learns who his rival would be for Emer's hand. When Cú Chulainn returns from Alba and Forgall still does not agree, he storms the castle, kills 24 warriors, kidnaps Emer and also steals all the treasures. Forgall himself falls from the ramparts and dies.
In the story Scéla mucce Meic Dathó (“The Story of Mac Dathó's Pig”) it is reported that Forgall Manach had one of the six largest festival halls ( bruids ) in Ireland. It is said to have stood in Luglochta Loga ("Lugh's Gardens", in Lusk , County Dublin ).
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literature
- Bernhard Maier : Lexicon of Celtic Religion and Culture (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 466). Kröner, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-520-46601-5 , p. 131.