Ruadan

Ruadan , also Rúadán ("the red"), is a figure in the Celtic mythology of Ireland .

He is the son of the half- Fomori Bress , who was ruler of the Túatha Dé Danann until his deposition . Ruadan's mother is said to have been the goddess Brigid . In the second battle of Mag Tuired , he was sent to spy on Goibniu , the blacksmith god of the Tuatha De Danann. But he did not keep his order, and on a favorable opportunity Ruadan seized one of Goibnius' spears and tried to stab him with it. However, he pulled him out and inflicted a fatal injury to Ruadan. When Brigid came out on the battlefield to mourn him, her weeping became Ireland's first mourning for death.

See also

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

literature

• 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 .
• Isabella Augusta Gregory : Great Book of Irish Myths and Legends . Pattloch Verlag, Munich, 2001, ISBN 3-629-01624-3

Individual evidence

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. 608.