#táin bó cúailnge

[bloctg4]

please share the setanta gossip video you put on IG here, i know the tumblr nerds will appreciate it and i want to share it with them 💚

ÚÚÚÚÚÚÚÚ yass

d'athraigh setanta a ainm? slé!

[stairnaheireann]

Samhain and Irish Mythology

Irish mythology was originally a spoken tradition, but much of it was eventually written down in the Middle Ages by Christian monks, who Christianised it to some extent. Nevertheless, these tales may shed some light on what Samhain meant and how it was marked in ancient Ireland. Irish mythology tells us that Samhain was one of the four seasonal festivals of the year. The 10th-century tale…

[mostly-mundane-atla]

Adding to my stack of writing WIP's: a retelling of the Táin but focused on Cú Chulainn's relationship with his body as a demigod warrior who involuntarily transforms into a grotesque parody of the human form when battle frenzy hits him and also someone sexualized from a young age dealing with the aftermath even though he's still too young to grow a beard. His relationship with Ferdiad is explicitly romantic and Finnabair is a major pov because i love her and think she has a lot to do with the themes i want to explore. Working title is Mine Own Sétanta

[hyperions-fate]

'Cúchulainn in warp-spasm' (Illustration from The Táin, Trans. Thomas Kinsella) (1969) by Louis le Brocquy

[riseupriseupandcomealong]

thinking about finnabair as always

[wodania]

“Two hearts that beat as one, we were comrades in the woods, men who shared a bed and the same deep sleep after heavy fighting.”

Literally sobbing literally crying.

“Food has not passed his lips, nor was the man ever born to high king or shining queen for whose sake I’d do you harm.”

Literally SOBBING literally CRYING

“My brave heart is a dead weight, my soul near torn from its roots; I’d welcome any other fate, than to fight you, Fer Diad.”

LITERALLY SOBBING LITERALLY CRYING.

“He could have cut off my arm, my leg, and still I would mourn Fer Diad of the steeds, who was part of me, and breathes no more.”

LITERALLY SOBBING! LITERALLY CRYING!

“I loved the blush in your cheek, your fine, upstanding young form, your clear eye, your way of speech. I loved the way you held yourself.”

LITERALLY SOBBING!!! LITERALLY CRYING!!!

“Had you fallen at the hands of Greek warriors, my life would not have outlasted yours. I would have died by your side.”

literally deceased.

[cowboywodania]

I think I’ve seen this film before and I didn’t like the ending

[thelastofthebookworms]

My tag for this series is 'fairy tales'.

[sadbhkellett]

I just know the Book of Leinster/Recension II scribe was the Jenny Joyce of the twelfth century

[mademoiselleseraph]

I wish the Táin Bó Cúailnge had more of a fandom because Medb has to deal with a faery twink in the woods who not only kills her men by the hundreds but also throws rocks at her every time he sees her and I think we could get a lot of good memes out of it

[anragaire]

Ok but Hozier stripping Cú Chulainn back to his real name (Setanta) and emphasising the tragedy and burden of his youth and the expectations of being a son of Lugh, and the pity in his portrayal of the hero's death, and how it stands side by side with the grief felt for the lost innocence of "one more sweet boy to be butchered by men" in the song's overt anti-imperialist context

[stairnaheireann]

Samhain and Irish Mythology

Samhain and Irish Mythology

Irish mythology was originally a spoken tradition, but much of it was eventually written down in the Middle Ages by Christian monks, who Christianised it to some extent. Nevertheless, these tales may shed some light on what Samhain meant and how it was marked in ancient Ireland. Irish mythology tells us that Samhain was one of the four seasonal festivals of the year. The 10th-century tale…

[trans-cuchulainn]

i was listening to shostakovich at work today and the piece i used for in loco parentis came on – not the one for the pas de deux but the slow one that cú chulainn uses as his solo at the end. anyway i was thinking about how completely unfair that competition would be because that piece is SO LONG and trying to compare that to a, like, standard 90-second variation or whatever it is that ferdia's doing is apples and oranges, i mean, you can't, they wouldn't have let him enter with that if it was his primary competition piece and it's only because it's the weird tie break recall that he gets away with it. and i was like. why did i do this, as a writer. why didn't i make it fair.

but then of course it couldn't be fair, could it? it's comrac fir diad it was always meant to be an unfair fight. the scales were never even.

[caemthe]

𝐆𝐄𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐌𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑

𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐒 / 𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐄: liri

𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐃𝐀𝐘: february 20th

𝐙𝐎𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐂 𝐒𝐈𝐆𝐍: pisces

𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓: 1.72m

𝐇𝐎𝐁𝐁𝐈𝐄𝐒: rp, drawing, yoga, walking around the city & visiting (free) art galleries

𝐅𝐀𝐕𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐑: yellow

𝐅𝐀𝐕𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊: the táin by thomas kinsella

𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐆:  rock lobster

𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐌𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐄 / 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐖: frieren

𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃: the iliad

𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍: the respective tales of my muses and the concepts they represent, the culture and context they were written on, irish mythology and specifically the ulster cycle, shows, books and poetry that left quite the impression on me

𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐁𝐄𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐃 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐔𝐑𝐋: caemthe means lovers in old irish and belongs to an excerpt (two hearts that beat as one, we were lovers in the woods, men who shared a bed and the same deep sleep...) from the famous lament in the táin in which cú chulainn talks about his relationship with ferdiad and always manages to make me tear up. i think i initially chose it for a sideblog where i wrote ferdiad and emer (heart companion & wife of cú chulainn) but then decided to keep all my muses in a multi, it stuck and it's my brand™ now lol. cú, dee and pat are my main muses now but the name still applies due to their tales

𝐅𝐔𝐍 𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐓: i've a small peruvian dog (rita!), which is a hairless breed, which means she gets cold easily so she has plenty of warm clothes (for the night & winter) and cute dresses (during the day). she actually has her own little wardrobe with her own little hangers 🥺💗

tagged by: @intcritus ty ambie ///// xoxoxo

[avillicit]

cú chulainn puppy play fantasy. yeah sorry i had to slay your guard dog, i feel really bad about it, guess i'll take his place if you want. yeah i'll sleep at the foot of your bed and follow behind you all day and get headscritches when i'm a good boy. because it's the right thing to do, you see. no other reason. *chews on squeaky toy*

[cowboywodania]

He’s literally so funny like I get he murdered a man or whatever but he’s funny he’s silly