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Conchobar [1] mac Nessa (son of Ness) is the king of Ulster in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology.He rules from Emain Macha (Navan Fort, near Armagh).He is usually said to be the son of the High King Fachtna Fáthach, although in some stories his father is the druid Cathbad, and he is usually known by his matronymic, mac Nessa: his mother is Ness, daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide, King of Ulster.
Cathbad makes a prophecy in verse of his future glory, in which he refers to him as "my son and my grandson", suggesting there was once a tradition that Cathbad was Ness's father and that Conchobar was born of incest between them. By the time Conchobar is seven, Fergus mac Róich is king of Ulster and he falls in love with Ness. She consents to ...
It focuses on the mythical Ulster king Conchobar mac Nessa and his court at Emain Macha, the hero Cú Chulainn, and their conflict with the Connachta and queen Medb. [2] The longest and most important tale is the epic Táin Bó Cúailnge (Cattle Raid of Cooley).
The Red Branch (from Old Irish Cróeb Ruad 'dull red branch'; alternatively, from Old Irish Cróeb Derg 'bright red branch') is the name of two of the three royal houses of the king of Ulster, Conchobar mac Nessa, at his capital Emain Macha (Navan Fort, near Armagh), in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. In modern retellings it is sometimes ...
Scéla Conchobair maic Nessa (Scéla Conchobuir meic Nessa) or the Tidings of Conchobar mac Nessa is a title invented by Whitley Stokes [1] for a short prose piece from the Ulster Cycle preserved in the 12th-century manuscript, the Book of Leinster.
Naoise carrying Deirdre, along with his two brothers. Illustration by John D. Batten in Celtic Fairy Tales (1892).. In Irish mythology, Naisi, [1] Noíse or Noisiu (modern spelling: Naoise [ˈn̪ˠiːʃə]) was the nephew of King Conchobar mac Nessa of Ulster, and a son of Uisneach (or Uisliu).
Fedlimid mac Daill - harper and chief storyteller in the court of Conchobar mac Nessa; Fergus Mac Roich - Former king of Ulster. Narrator of Tain Bo Cuailnge. Findchóem - sister of Conchobar mac Nessa and wet nurse of Cú Chulainn; Furbaide Ferbend - son of Conchobar mac Nessa; Láeg - charioteer of Cú Chulainn; Lóegaire Búadach - hapless ...
He features in both accounts of Conchobar's birth, in one of which he is the king's father. In the first, Nessa, daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide, the then king of Ulster, asks the druid what it is an auspicious time for (as he had the ability to foretell the future). Cathbad replies, "for begetting a king on a queen".
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