Mesca Ulad

Mesca Ulad [' m ʴ eska ' Ulad ] (" The Intoxication of the warriors of Ulster " ) is the title of a story from the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. It is delivered in two parts, the circuit in Old Irish in Lebor na hUidre ( "The Book of the Dark / Dark colored cow " ), the beginning in Middle Irish in Lebor Laignech ( "The Book of Leinster "). The Leabhar Buidhe Lecain ( " The Yellow Book of Lecan " ) and a Scottish manuscript from the 16th century to combine the two parts.

Content

King Conchobar mac Nessa persuaded his two sons Fintan drawing and Cu Chulainn to leave him for a year the sole rule over the whole of Ulster. The two had received from him a year before one-third of the province as a dominion. After the expiration of this time two want to host a big party on the same day for Conchobar. Since he is both obliged, he decides, first at Fintan and in the second half of the night at Cú Chulainn to celebrate. When they run every bezecht with their chariots of Cú Chulainn Fintans to castle, they get lost in the darkness of midnight. It mistakenly end up at them all hostile king Cú Roí, who welcomed guests as hypocritical. He invites her in an iron house with wood paneling for a banquet that he can be closed after entering with chains. Then, the house is on fire - but with Cú Chulainn help the Ulter can break the chains, leave the house and Cú ROIs castle Temair Luachra destroy.

The Drunkenness

For the Celts, the social drink was considered important social component. Especially with the Irish was drinking mainly mead or beer ( said to have been invented by a fellow Partholons ) to drunkenness ( mescae ), even to the " confusion of the beer house " ( cumascc cuirmthige ) with arguing and fighting common and desirable.