Goll mac Morna

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Goll mac Morna [ goL mak 'morna ] ( goll = "the one-eyed") is an opponent in the Finn cycle of Ireland's Celtic mythology , but also a follower of Fionn mac Cumhaill .

mythology

In the battle of Caisleán Cnucha ( Castleknock , suburb of Dublin ), Fionn's father Cumhall mac Basna is beheaded by Goll mac Morna on behalf of Tadg mac Nuadat , where he loses an eye. He now takes over the management of Fianna from Cumhall , and Fionn has to be hidden from the Morna clan as a child.

Growing up, Fionn is superior to Goll, and he has to cede the leadership of Fianna to him on the orders of the High King, but despite these circumstances remains loyal to him. During the Fianna fight against the witches of Cesh Corran in Connacht , Goll is able to free Fionn and all his companions from captivity and kill the witches. As a thank you he receives Fionn's daughter Keva "with the white skin" as his wife. When the old quarrel finally breaks out again, Goll is beheaded by another Fianna warrior while fighting Fionn.

According to tradition, Goll mac Morna is equated with Aed , with Aed being the original name and Goll being the epithet. He is said to have received this nickname after the battle of Caisleán Cnucha because of the loss of an eye.

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  1. ↑ 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 , p. 560.
  2. ^ 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. 186.
  3. ^ Ingeborg Clarus: Celtic myths. Man and his otherworld. P. 210.