Eochu Airem

Eochaid Airem [' eoxið ' arev ] (" Eochaid the Ploughman ") is the name of a legendary figure from the Ulster Cycle of Celtic mythology of Ireland. He is in the narrative Tochmarc Etaine ( " The wooing of Étaín " ) the king of Ulster, his brothers are Anguba Ailill and his predecessor as king Eochaid Fedlech ( " Eochaid the Durable " ), who is considered the father of Queen Medb of Connacht.

After the beautiful Étaín of Fuamnach, wife of Midir, out of jealousy in different animals and finally bewitched into a creature of the air, it will be swallowed up by the wife of the warrior ETAR and then reborn. King Eochaid Airem falls in love with this new Étaín and takes her to wife. But since Midir Étaín still sought after, he seeks it and finds them at Eochaid. Now he effected by a spell that Eochaid 's brother Ailill madly in love Étaín, but it remains true to Eochaid. Since, therefore, fails this plan, Midir Eochaid calls out to a fidchell game - the price should be the possession Etains. Midir manages to beat Eochaid and kidnap Étaín in shape of a swan.

Looking for Étaín Eochaid leaves of his warriors all Side ( " Elf Hill " ) dig up his kingdom, as he rightly suspected, Midir had hidden with Étaín there. Finally, he finds the two, but Midir presented to him 50 women to choose from, all of which look just like Étaín. Eochaid opts for the one which he considers to be his wife, but this is his own, conceived with Étaín daughter ESA. Only after he took them with him and slept with her, Midir tells the horrified Eochaid, whom he impregnated her there. This violates the ESA and then wants to kill the newborn. A shepherd rescues the two and pulls the child - it is the famous High King Conaire Mór.

In the story Togail Bruidne Since Derga ( " The destruction of the hall since Dergas " ) is High King Etarscél, the son Eochaid, the father of Conaire Mor's, he convinced his wife Mes Buachalla.