#Celtic#FairyTaleTuesday: Lugaidh was an interesting character. He was said to have been born of a night of incest between Clothra and her three brothers, Breas, Nar, and Lothola, and was described as ‘beautiful to behold, and stronger in bodily strength in infancy than was usual for a child of his age’. It was said that Clothra feared her family’s line would be wiped out in battle, so she seduced all of her brothers in the hope of producing an heir. When her son was born, he was divided in three by red wavy lines, and each third of him resembled that portion of one of his three fathers.
Clothra need not have worried. Far from being punished for their incestuous behaviour, one hundred and seven of their descendants went on to rule as Kings.
Source: Ali Isaac from H A G <aliisaac@substack.com>
#Celtic#FairyTaleTuesday: The Clan Déisi were led by four brothers, Brecc, Óengus ‘of the dread Spear‘, Eochaid and Forad. Forad’s daughter, Forach, was raped and kidnapped by Cellach, the wayward son of Cormac mac Airt. When he refused to give the poor woman up, Óengus attacked Tara with a group of fifty men. Óengus succeeded in killing Cellach with his ‘dread spear’, but in the process one of the chains hit Cormac in the face, wounding his eye. Thus disfigured, Cormac was forced to relinquish his position as High King to his son, Cairpre Lifechair, as according to law, a King must be whole and unblemished to be fit to rule.
Source: the Spear of Lugh by Ali Isaac
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