Loegaire Buadach

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Loegaire Buadach [ 'Loiɣarʴe' buaðax ] ("Loegaire the Victorious") is the name of a rather comical hero from the province of Ulster in the Ulster cycle of Celtic mythology of Ireland . After his father Connach (Connad) he is also called Loegaire mac Connaich (Connaid) .

mythology

According to the legend, Loegaire Buadach lives in Inber Seimne ( Larne , County Antrim ) on the bank of a lake. Fedelm Noíchride is named as his wife, but she plays an important role as the wife of Cairbre Nia-Fers in the story Táin Bó Cuailnge ("The Cattle Robbery of Cooley ") (but possibly also two different Fedelms).

In the story Fled Bricrenn ("Bricrius Fest") Loegaire Buadach is the drinking companion of Cú Chulainn and Conall Cernach . When an argument about the honor of the hero bite breaks out, however, he always remains the defeated third behind the two heroes.

King Cú Roí sends the three aforementioned warriors to Cathair Con Roi ( Caherconree ), Cu Roi's residence in the Slieve Mish Mountains , to decide who is Ireland's greatest hero. Everyone has to guard the castle at night while Cú Roi tests it in the form of a grayish otherworldly creature.

In Aided Loegairi Buadaig ("The Death of Loegaires the Victorious") the tragicomic circumstances of his death are told. While trying to save a bard ( filidh ) from being drowned, he stumbles to death on his own lintel.

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