Fled Bricrenn
Fled Bricrenn [f ʴ l ʴ Ed ' v ʴ ʴ r ik r ʴ ʴ eN ] (" Bricrius hard " ) is the title of a story from the 8th century in the Ulster Cycle of Celtic mythology of Ireland. In Lebor na hUidre ( " The Book of the dark-colored cow " ) and in younger manuscripts from the 15th/16th. Century it has been handed down. The individual versions differ in text gaps, and some later additions and deletions.
Content
The well-known as a troublemaker because of his mischievous speeches and dreaded Briuga ( rich peasant ) Bricriu called Nemthenga ( " poison tongue "), a follower of King Conchobar mac Nessa invites the most famous heroes of Ulster to a banquet in his Festhalle ( bruiden ) a. As he threatens them ( dícenn Glam ) in rejecting the invitation with diatribes punish, they come, albeit reluctantly. Bricriu now offers anyone interested in the place of honor with the hero bites ( Curad - me) that is due only to the most excellent of those present. In Loegaire Buadach, Conall Cernach and Cu Chulainn advised immediately in dispute and want to start a fight. The always tried to balance poet ( fili ) King Conchobar, Sencha mac Ailella, advises them to leave the decision to an independent arbitrator. But neither the arbitration of the king Ailill mac Máta of Connacht, still the king of Munster Cú Roí is accepted by the disputants.
As a huge Unknown appears with an ax in the festival hall and declared that he would those of the best heroes of Ulster explain, was willing to cut off his head, but this would suffer if unsuccessful, the next day itself. First Loegaire Buadach tries his luck when he did not make it, he dares not return the next day. The next Conall Cernach 's turn, he also failed and can not get into the hall. Only Cú Chulainn is ready to bear the consequence after his futile blow and appear as promised, so as to present his neck. But the stranger touched with his ax Cú Chulainn only slightly neck and declared him the best hero of Ireland. Then he takes his actual shape - it's Cú Roí.
One version of the legend plays in Cathair. The three are sent by Cú Roí there to decide who was Ireland's greatest hero. Everyone must guard the castle at night while Cú Roí testing them in the form of a greyish Otherworld being from the Crevice Uaigh na GCAT ( " Cave of the Cats" at Cruachain, today Rathcroghan in County Roscommon ). Before the monster cats flee Loegaire and Conall in the rafters, while Cu Chulainn fights with him and defeated it - again, he will be crowned the greatest heroes.
In Táin Bó Flidhais ( " The expelling of Flidais ' cattle ' ) is Bricriu by inciting of Fergus mac Róich the trigger of the campaign against the Connacht Mayo. He describes the beauty of this Queen Flidais so much that Fergus breaks to their conquest.
In the story Scéla mucce Meic Datho ( "The Story of Mac Dathós Pig" ) is a dispute about the heroes bite is also described here Conall Cernach, however the winner against some warriors of Connacht.
The opposite of belligerent Bricriu is always thoughtful to compensation poets and right speakers ( fili ) of King Conchobar mac Nessa, Sencha mac Ailella.
Reception in the Arthurian legend and in modern drama
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is the treatment of the theme of the beheading game (a " Enthauptungsspieles " ) in an Arthurian romance. The round tables Knight Gawain arises here only one of the controversy with the " Green Knight ," which spared him like in the old template.
The Irish poet William Butler Yeats in 1908 his prose drama The Golden Helmet written, in 1910 followed by the Alexandrians Versfassung in The Green Helmet, which he himself referred to as At Heroic farce. Yeats follows pretty much the plot of the old piece involving the Arthurian epic ', where he changes the clothing colors of scenographic reasons. Cuchulainn surprised his companions in green clothes, which is why they think he is a monster, the real enemy Apparitions dressed in red. The dialect coloring of text generated by a poet quite intentional comedy.