#and she always got the chores done rlly quick bcos goddess and thus her husband was bragging about her
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Yes win my Irish folklore podcast of choice has an ep on the curse of macha! Was thinking abt it all class <3
#yes i have shit to be doing. shut up#basicslly abridged version is that macha is goddess of sovereignty n she becsme human to be some lads wife#and she always got the chores done rlly quick bcos goddess and thus her husband was bragging about her#n her husband said 'lol i bet that u could outrun a pack of horses and i have money on it so go do that'#and macha (heavily pregnant with twins) said WHAT THE FUCK#and she did it and she won but all the running plus being pregnant didnt mix well#and she either miscarried or fell on the ground and gave birth then and there w no help#and she went 'FUCK YOU YE USELESS MEN LETS SEE HOW YOU LIKE IT'#and she cursed it so that whenever the grown men of ulster needed to fight theyd be struck down by pain equivalent to childbirth#and that laid the groundwork for cú chulainn's role in the cattle raid of cooley#bcos ulster got in a war n all thr grown men were bedridden w pain so queen medb was like 'ah shit what do i do now'#n then cú chulainn showed up and he was only a child but god could he kill a bitch so ulster didnt get too slaughtered#and then the rest of the táin etc etc#for comparison ive seen people say cú chulainn and the táin are to ireland what achilles and the iliad are to greece#im fully talking out of my ass btw this is all from memory. but its fun innit
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