Cuchulainn: Irish Mythical Hero And His Cruel Magical Spear Gae Bolg

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - For centuries, the Irish mythological tradition based on stories of the Pagan Celts was transmitted verbally until monks began to write them down in the 12^th century in the form of manuscripts.

"Cú Chulainn Riding His Chariot into Battle", illustration by J. C. Leyendecker in T. W. Rolleston's Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race, 1911

Among all of the Irish legends about adventures, voyages, great battles, invasions, and gods, perhaps Cuchulainn (Cú Chulainn) is the main hero of the Ulster Cycle. In ancient Irish literature, the Ulster Cycle contains legends and tales dealing with the heroic age of the Ulaids, a people of northeast Ireland.

An important part of the Ulster Cycle describes the war between Ulster (Ulaid) and Connacht, two of Northern Ireland's most ancient provinces (in the early Middle Ages, the island was divided into five provinces).

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