Easal

Role: king · First appears: The Gods · Lugh of the Long Hand · The Sons of Tuireann · Part 6

Easal, king of Ioruaidh, agreed with his people to give his pigs to Brian, Iuchar and Iucharba, the sons of Tuireann. That night he welcomed them to his house, where they were given food, drink and beds.

At Ioruaidh, Easal accompanied the three to persuade its king, his son-in-law, to give them the whelp: “a daughter of mine is his wife”. The whelp was given to the sons of Tuireann, the king was released, and peace was made.

Relationship record

Life events

• Easal agreed to give the sons of Tuireann his pigs, and they accepted them.(The Gods · Lugh of the Long Hand · The Sons of Tuireann · Part 6)
  • With: Brian Iuchar Iucharba
  • “Then the king whispered and took advice with his people about the matter, and it is what they agreed, to give up the pigs of their own free will to the sons of Tuireann, since they could not see that any one had been able to stand against them up to that time.”
• Easal hosted the sons of Tuireann at his house.(The Gods · Lugh of the Long Hand · The Sons of Tuireann · Part 6)
  • With: Brian Iuchar Iucharba
  • “Easal brought them to his own house that night, and they were served with food, and drink, and good beds, and all they could wish for.”
• Easal accompanied the sons of Tuireann to Ioruaidh to persuade its king to give them the whelp.(The Gods · Lugh of the Long Hand · The Sons of Tuireann · Part 6 · 📍 Ioruaidh)
  • With: Brian Iuchar Iucharba
  • “‘Give me one request,’ said Easal, ‘and that is to bring me with you to the King of Ioruaidh, for a daughter of mine is his wife, and I would wish to persuade him to give you the whelp without a battle.’”
• The sons of Tuireann received the whelp, the king was released, and peace was made.(The Gods · Lugh of the Long Hand · The Sons of Tuireann · Part 6 · 📍 Ioruaidh)
  • With: Brian Iuchar Iucharba King of Ioruaidh
  • “So then the whelp was given to the sons of Tuireann, and the king was unbound, and peace was made between them.”

The Gods · Lugh of the Long Hand · The Sons of Tuireann · Part 6

• with King of Ioruaidh (Easal is the King of Ioruaidh's father-in-law.) “Then Easal went on shore peaceably, and he went to where his son-in-law, the king, was, and told him the story of the sons of Tuireann from beginning to end.”
• protégé: Brian “Easal brought them to his own house that night, and they were served with food, and drink, and good beds, and all they could wish for.”
• protégé: Iuchar “Easal brought them to his own house that night, and they were served with food, and drink, and good beds, and all they could wish for.”
• protégé: Iucharba “Easal brought them to his own house that night, and they were served with food, and drink, and good beds, and all they could wish for.”
• younger kin: King of Ioruaidh “for a daughter of mine is his wife, and I would wish to persuade him to give you the whelp without a battle.”

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Extracted from the original text of Gods and Fighting Men. Made with Rho MD.