Like Tuired
Mag Tuired [ ˈmaɣ ˈturˠeð ], also Mag Tured , New Irish Maigh Tuireadh ("field of pillars", "field of towers") are two places in Connacht in Irish mythology where the battles took place in the two sagas Cath Maige Tuired [ kaθ ˈmaɣe ˈturˠeð ] ("Battle of Mag Tuired") and are described in Lebor Gabála Érenn . The anglicized form of the name is Moytura or Moytirra.
Localization
Cong in County Mayo on the Galway border is the site of the first battle ( An Chéad Cath Maighe Tuireadh ) and Lough Arrow in County Sligo the second battle of Mag Tuired ( An Dara Cath Maighe Tuireadh ).
The first battle of Mag Tuired
On May 1st, later for the Beltane festival , the Túatha Dé Danann come to Ireland . You land in Connacht Province. Due to the protection of their magical fíth-fáth clouds, which cover the sun with darkness for three days, they are not immediately noticed by the local firbolg .
As soon as they arrive, they ask the Firbolg to surrender and recognize them as rulers of half of Ireland, or to fight. In a more recent story, the Firbolg Sreng is sent to stand alone against the invaders for the time being. The Firbolg end up fighting the invaders in a battle known as the Battle of Southern Mag Tuired, also known as the First Battle. Some Túatha Dé Danann fall, but they win this battle and thousands of Firbolg are killed, including their last king, Eochaid mac Eirc . But in the battle, King Nuada loses his right arm when Sreng blows his sword and is forced to resign. The defeated Firbolg decide to take up remote residences in Connacht and Leinster .
The second battle of Mag Tuired
Bress is king of the Túatha for the next seven years , while Dian Cecht and Credne make a silver arm for Nuada. But only when Dian Cecht's son Miach can grow a new arm with the help of his sister Airmed Nuada, he rules again. The Lugh arriving at his royal seat , however, is so superior in all skills that Nuada voluntarily grants him the royal dignity.
The battle of the northern Mag Tuired, also called the second or great battle, is waged by the Túatha Dé Danann against the Fomori, allied with the Firbolg . The court wizard, cupbearer and druid assure Lugh of their magical support. But before that, the Dagda goes into the opponent's camp with the words “I can do all that too!” . There he is forced to empty a huge earth kettle by himself. His attempt to sleep the daughter of the Fomori king Indech fails and she beats him up instead. Before the start of the fight, Lugh dances around the enemy army on one leg with one eye closed. This is the traditional form of the glám dícenn , the ritual cursing. In the battle that now follows, Nuada dies from the evil eye of Balor . Lugh kills Balor, who is his grandfather, with a stone that he throws into his skull through the eye (in another version it is a magical spear). The "father of the Fomori", Tethra , is also among the dead. In one version of the legend, the Túatha De Danann also include Ogma (through Indech mac Dé Domnann ), Macha and even the Dagda. The son of Indechs, Octriallach , covers up the healing spring of Dian Cecht after the battle. Bress, who defected to the Fomori, is left alive, but has to reveal the secret of which day of the week is the cheapest for all field work (it is Tuesday).
See also
literature
- Helmut Birkhan : Celts. Attempt at a complete representation of their culture. 2nd, corrected and enlarged edition. Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-7001-2609-3 .
- Ingeborg Clarus : Celtic Myths. Man and his otherworld. Walter, Düsseldorf et al. 1991, ISBN 3-530-70014-2 , pp. 290 ff. (2nd edition. Patmos, Düsseldorf 2003, ISBN 3-491-69109-5 ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c 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. 500 f.
- ^ 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. 80.