Cumhall mac Basna
Cumhall mac Basna is the name of a legendary figure from the Finn cycle of Celtic mythology in Ireland . He is the leader of the Fianna .
mythology
Cumhall mac Basna is the father of Fionn mac Cumhaill and the unwanted son-in-law (in other versions also the son) of Tadg mac Nuadat . He refuses to marry his daughter Muireann Muncháem because, according to a prophecy from his grandson, disaster threatens him. However, some heroes woo Muireann, including Cumhall mac Basna. When he is turned away, he kidnaps the girl. Tadg calls on King Conn Cétchathach for help and the decisive battle takes place at Caisleán Cnucha ( Castleknock , County Dublin ). In the battle, Cumhall falls from the hands of Goll mac Morna , but Muireann is already pregnant. She gives birth to a boy whom she calls Demne ( damne , "deer calf"), who later becomes Fionn mac Cumhaill. Goll mac Morna takes over Fianna from Cumhall.
In the story of the prehistory of the battle, Fotha Catha Cnucha ("The cause of the battle of Cnucha"), it is also reported that King Cathair Mór gave the hill of Almu ( Dun Aillinne Hillfort , County Kildare ) to the druid Nuada mac Aichi . This hill later became known as the residence of Nuada's great-grandson Fionn mac Cumhaill.
See also
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 .