Táin Bó Froích

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Táin Bó Froích [ taːnʴ voː vroiç ] ("Driving away the Froech cattle"), also Táin Bó Fraích , is the title of a Remscéla (narration) of Táin Bó Cuailnge ("Driving away the cattle from Cooley "). In Lebor Laignech ("The Book of Leinster"), in Leabhar Buidhe Lecain ("The Yellow Book of Lecan") and in two other manuscripts from the 15th and 16th. It has been handed down to us in the 19th century. As a ballad , the first part of the story is contained in Leabhar Deathan Lios Mòir ("The Book of the Dean of Lismore") and was translated from Scottish Gaelic into English in 1756 .

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Táin Bó Froích is divided into two thematically unrelated stories that are only linked by the title hero.

In the first part, Froech mac Idaith is a warrior of the Connacht Army who goes into the field against Ulster . He takes part in this war campaign because he is courting Findabair , the daughter of the royal couple Ailill mac Máta and Medb . When Medb tries in vain to fight the invincible Ulster hero Cú Chulainn and therefore exposes her daughter as a price, Froech reports first, but falls in a duel against Cú Chulainn - also first.

A parallel to the legend Echtra Fergusa maic Léte (“Fergus mac Léites Adventure”) can be seen in the episode where Froech von Ailill, who does not want him as a son-in-law, sneakily into the “black water” of Dublinn Fraích ( Bray , Irish Bré ) is lured. A sea monster ( muirdis ) living there attacks him and he can only escape with great difficulty.

In the second eponymous part, Froech is not married to Findabair, but to another woman who is stolen from him by looters along with his three sons and his cattle. With the help of the hero Conall Cernach, he succeeds in regaining his family and his belongings. To do this, the two have to move across the Irish Sea and the English Channel into the Alps , where the robbery can be found in a castle guarded by a snake. However, Conall manages to let the snake fall asleep in his belt, although the castle is destroyed by him and Froech. Only then does the snake leave the hero again without having bitten him.

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  1. ↑ Helmut Birkhan: Celts. Attempt at a complete representation of their culture. P. 744.
  2. ↑ Helmut Birkhan: Celts. Attempt at a complete representation of their culture. P. 700 f.