Tadhg mac Céin
Tadhg mac Céin is the name of a legendary Irish king. A moralizing legend is reported about him in the glossary of Bishop Cormac ( Sanas Cormaic ) from the 10th century. It is also included in the Leabhar Mhic Cárthaigh Riabhaigh ("The Book of Lismore") from the 15th century.
Eachtra Thaidhg Mhic Céin
According to the story Eachtra Thaidhg Mhic Céin ("The Adventure of Tadhg mac Céin") in the Celtic mythology of Ireland, the son of Tadhg mac Céin decides to organize a festival for his father at which he wants to serve him as many different meats as possible. The only thing he cannot kill is the badgers, because they hide in their safe burrow. He resorted to ruse and made the badgers a promise on behalf of his father that he would leave them unmolested. Since the badgers believe the word of their namesake, they leave the burrow and are killed. However, when the son presented the slain animals at the feast, he was cursed by his indignant father for having abused a promise in his name.
etymology
The name Tadhg [ ˈteɪɡ , ˈtiːɡ , also ˈtaɪɡ ] comes from the derived Celtic word * tazgo- ("badger"), which was probably the king's totem animal . Even today, Tadhg is a common first name in Ireland and Scotland , in anglicized form Teague and Tim.
Another Celtic word for the badger was * brokko- , Irish broc , welsh broch , English brock .
See also
literature
- Bernhard Maier : Small lexicon of names and words of Celtic origin. CH Beck OHG, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-406-49470-6 .