morgan1What can we eat that's cheap? Me: There's always Cuchulainn (my pied domestic shorthair). Morgan: OK! Me: Shall I slaughter the fatted cat then? Morgan: NO! That would be CANNIBALISM!
Um, I don't know a lot about the legendary Cuchulainn, but what I do know is not very honorable. Did you feel mean when you named your cat, or is there more to the legend that I should know?
It's the usual story - miraculous conception and birth. His name means Culainn's Hound, because one he was a child of five, he and his father were invited to a dinner party at Chulainn's home. The child was busy at play and told his father that he would catch up. Well Chulainn started the party and put his guard dog - quite the animal, and trained to kill. When the boy arrived, the dog attacked, and the boy handily dispatched him. Chulainn was uspet, because it would be expensive and time-consuming to get another pup raised up right, so what would he do in the meantime? The boy offered to serve in the pup's place until the new pup was trained and raised - hence CuChulainn, the hound of Chulainn.
He was later sent to train with a gent by the name of Ferdia, a reknowned fighter. Ferdia and Cuchulainn ended up on opposite sides of a conflict later on. Cuchulainn pleaded with Ferdia to stand down because he did not want to kill Ferdia, and Ferdia not wanting to be killed by Cuchulainn but bound to the people he served expressed his regrets and joined battle. After CuChulainn killed him, Cuchulainn eulogized him in song.
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Date: 2005-04-19 02:03 am (UTC)It's the usual story - miraculous conception and birth. His name means Culainn's Hound, because one he was a child of five, he and his father were invited to a dinner party at Chulainn's home. The child was busy at play and told his father that he would catch up. Well Chulainn started the party and put his guard dog - quite the animal, and trained to kill. When the boy arrived, the dog attacked, and the boy handily dispatched him. Chulainn was uspet, because it would be expensive and time-consuming to get another pup raised up right, so what would he do in the meantime? The boy offered to serve in the pup's place until the new pup was trained and raised - hence CuChulainn, the hound of Chulainn.
He was later sent to train with a gent by the name of Ferdia, a reknowned fighter. Ferdia and Cuchulainn ended up on opposite sides of a conflict later on. Cuchulainn pleaded with Ferdia to stand down because he did not want to kill Ferdia, and Ferdia not wanting to be killed by Cuchulainn but bound to the people he served expressed his regrets and joined battle. After CuChulainn killed him, Cuchulainn eulogized him in song.