The Ulster Cycle (Irish: an Rúraíocht), formerly known as the Red Branch Cycle, is a body of medieval Irish heroic legends and sagas of the Ulaid. It is...
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Ossianic Cycle /ˌɒʃiˈænɪk/ after its narrator Oisín, it is one of the four groupings of Irish mythology along with the Mythological Cycle, the Ulster Cycle, and...
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Nessa - king of Ulster Cú Chulainn - mythological hero known for his terrible battle frenzy Deirdre - tragic heroine of the Ulster Cycle; when she was born...
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Irish mythology (section Ulster Cycle)
("Battle of Moytura"), and the Aided Chlainne Lir ("Children of Lir"). The Ulster Cycle consists of heroic legends relating to the Ulaid, the most important...
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Scottish mythology (section Ulster Cycle)
most part in prose. The centrepiece of the Ulster Cycle is the Táin Bó Cúailnge. Other important Ulster Cycle tales include The Tragic Death of Aife's only...
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Ulster (/ˈʌlstər/; Irish: Ulaidh [ˈʊlˠiː, ˈʊlˠə] or Cúige Uladh [ˌkuːɟə ˈʊlˠə, - ˈʊlˠuː]; Ulster Scots: Ulstèr or Ulster) is one of the four traditional...
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The Morrígan (category Ulster Cycle)
appearances, in which she is depicted as an individual, are in stories of the Ulster Cycle, where she has an ambiguous relationship with the hero Cú Chulainn. In...
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Ulster Cycle, which centers on Cú Chulainn and the Kingdom of Ulster The Cycle of the Gods, centering on the god-like Tuatha Dé Danann The Baal Cycle...
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groupings of early Irish sagas, along with the Mythological Cycle, the Ulster Cycle and the Fianna Cycle. The kings that are included range from the almost entirely...
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Early Irish literature (section Ulster Cycle)
contains the oldest surviving reference to characters and events from the Ulster Cycle. The oldest surviving manuscripts containing examples of the written...
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