Iucharba

Iucharba is the name of a legendary figure from the Celtic mythology of Ireland .

mythology

Iucharba, Brian and Iuchar are the sons of Tuirenn and Danu from the Tuatha Dé Danann people . In the story Aided Chlainne Tuirenn ("The Death of Tuirenn's Children"), the three brothers Cian murder Lugh's father . They are fatally injured and die in the fulfillment of the atonement required by Lugh because Lugh refuses to help them.

See also

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

literature

• Bernhard Maier : Lexicon of Celtic Religion and Culture (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 466). Kröner, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-520-46601-5 .

Web links

• Chapter The sons of Tuireann in the Lugh article on Wikipedia.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cross / Slover (Ed.): "The Fate of the Children of Tuirenn" ( Memento of the original from January 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Ancient Irish Tales , Henry Holt & Co., 1936, pp. 49-81.