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Celtchar, son of
Uthechar or Uthidir, is a
character from the
Ulster Cycle of
Irish Mythology. In Scéla
Mucce Maic Dathó ("The Tale of Mac Dathó's Pig")...
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Irish literature, the Lúin of
Celtchar (Irish: Lúin Celtchair) is the name of a long,
fiery lance or
spear belonging to
Celtchar mac
Uthechar and
wielded by...
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hound was a pup of
Celtchar's hound Dael, and he was
found in the
skull of
Conganchnes mac
Dedad along with two
other pups (
Celtchar and Mac da Tho's hounds);...
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Death of Cét mac Mágach"
Aided Cheltchair mac
Uthechair "The
Death of
Celtchar mac Uthechair"
Aided Derbforgaill "The
Death of Derbforgaill"
Aided Fergusa...
- When Brig Bretach, wife of
Celtchar, sta****
there on her own, he
slept with her (as
required by his geis) and for that
Celtchar killed him. Birkhan, Helmut...
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Other spears of
religious significance are the Holy
Lance and the Lúin of
Celtchar,
believed by some to have vast
mystical powers. Sir
James George Frazer...
- cities: A. C. L.
Brown and R. S.
Loomis equate Lug's
spear with the Lúin of
Celtchar,
which in
Togail Bruidne Dá
Derga is said to have been
discovered in the...
- pot of
water to keep it from igniting, a
property similar to the Lúin of
Celtchar. This
spear is also
called "Slaughterer" in translation.
There is yet another...
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troublemaker and poet
Cathbad -
chief druid in the
court of
Conchobar mac
Nessa Celtchar - hero of the
Ulaid Cethern mac
Fintain -
Ulster warrior who ****ists Cú...
- horny-skin" in Irish) is a hero
mentioned in the
legend of the
death of
Celtchar mac Uthechair; he does not, however, kill him, but is
killed himself. Conganchnes...
