Gael — Minor Figures

17 figures from Gods and Fighting Men who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Arranan

first appears The Gods · The Coming of the Gael · The Landing · Part 2

• The Gods · The Coming of the Gael · The Landing · Part 2 · parent: Miled “And as soon as the Men of Dea saw they had left the land, they took to their enchantments and spells, and they raised a great wind that scattered the ships of the Gael, and drove them from one another. But Amergin knew it was not a natural storm was in it, and Arranan, son of Miled, knew that as well, and he went up in the mast of his ship to look about him.”

Colpa

first appears The Gods · The Coming of the Gael · The Landing · Part 2

• The Gods · The Coming of the Gael · The Landing · Part 2 · parent: Miled “And the place where he landed was called Inver Colpa, because Colpa of the Sword, another of the sons of Miled, was drowned there, and he trying to get to land.”

Eimhir

leader · first appears The Gods · The Coming of the Gael · The Battle of Tailltin

• The Gods · The Coming of the Gael · The Battle of Tailltin · parent: Ir “Ulster was divided between Eimhir, son of Ir, son of Miled, and some others of their chief men.”
• The Gods · The Coming of the Gael · The Battle of Tailltin · elder kin: Miled “Ulster was divided between Eimhir, son of Ir, son of Miled, and some others of their chief men.”

Eremon

first appears The Gods · The Coming of the Gael · The Landing · Part 1

• The Gods · The Coming of the Gael · The Landing · Part 1 · parent: Miled “She came on to where Eremon, one of the sons of Miled, was, and sat down before him, and he asked her who was she, and she said: ‘I am Eriu, wife of Mac Greine, Son of the Sun.’”

Heber

leader · first appears The Gods · The Coming of the Gael · The Landing · Part 2

• The Gods · The Coming of the Gael · The Landing · Part 2 · parent: Miled “Five of the sons of Miled in all were destroyed by the storm and the winds the Men of Dea had raised by their enchantments, and there were but three of them left, Heber, and Heremon, and Amergin.”
• The Gods · The Coming of the Gael · The Battle of Tailltin · protégé: Amergin “Heber took the two provinces of Munster, and he gave a share of it to Amergin;”

Heremon

first appears The Gods · The Coming of the Gael · The Landing · Part 2

• The Gods · The Coming of the Gael · The Landing · Part 2 · parent: Miled “And Heremon, another of the sons of Miled, with his share of the ships, was driven to the left of the island, and it is hardly he got safe to land.”