Fergus

Celtic mythology

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relationship to Medb

  • In Medb

    …affair with the mighty hero Fergus, distinguished for his prodigious virility. Medb had a sacred tree, bile Medb, and was often represented with a squirrel and a bird sitting on her shoulders.

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role in “The Cattle Raid of Cooley”

  • In The Cattle Raid of Cooley

    …section is that in which Fergus, an exile from Ulster at the Connaught court, recalls for Medb and Ailill the heroic deeds of Cú Chulainn’s youth.

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