Muirne
Muirne , actually Muireann Muncháem ("Schönhals"), is in the Celtic mythology of Ireland a legendary figure from the Finn cycle , the stories about the hero Fionn mac Cumhaill .
mythology
Muirne is the daughter of the tyrannical king Tadg mac Nuadat , who does not want to leave her to any suitor because his grandson is said to threaten him with harm. Therefore Cumhall mac Basna , the leader of the Fianna , kidnaps the girl that leads to war. Tadgh calls the High King Conn Cétchathach to help, the battle takes place near Castleknock ( County Dublin ). Cumhall falls from the hands of Goll mac Morna , but Muirne is already pregnant and because she wants to kill her father for this reason, Conn saves her and gives her to Cumhall's sister, the druid Bodhmhall from Kilkenny , for care. Muirne gives birth to a boy whom she calls Demne ( damne , "deer calf"), who later becomes Fionn mac Cumhall. Since the child is being pursued by many of his father's enemies, she hides in the woods with him and Bodhmhall. The two educate the boy in the art of arms, his mother Muirne procures him the famous sword Mac an Luinn .
According to another tradition, Fionn's father is the sea god Manannan , who impregnates Muirne during Cumhall's absence. Fionn is said to have been born after a pregnancy of nine months or nine years with the strength of a nine year old and the knowledge of his divine Father. His first name is passed down here with Móraind .
See also
- List of Celtic gods and legendary figures
- Myths and legends from Ireland
- Celtic women
- Macgnímartha Finn
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 Verlag 1991, ppb edition Patmos Verlag, Düsseldorf 2000, 2nd edition, ISBN 3-491-69109-5 .