Aed Abra

First appears: The Sick-bed of Cuchulain · Part 1

In Part 1 of The Sick-bed of Cuchulain, at Tete Brecc, Angus told the Ulstermen that Liban would seek Cuchulain on Samhain and that Fand, daughter of Aed Abra, wished to meet him. When asked who he was, Angus replied, “I am Angus, the son of Aed Abra,” then departed.

Relationship record

Life events

• Angus told the Ulstermen that Liban would seek Cuchulain on Samhain and that Fand wished to meet him.(The Sick-bed of Cuchulain · Part 1 · 📍 Tete Brecc)
  • With: Cuchulain Angus
  • “'Tis the wish of Fand's heart, she the tale permits, To sleep at Cuchulain's side. “'If Cuchulain would come to me,' Fand thus told, 'How goodly that day would shine! Then on high would our silver be heaped, and gold, Our revellers pour the wine. “'And if now in my land, as my friend, had been Cuchulain, of Sualtam son, The things that in visions he late hath seen In peace would he safe have won. “'In the Plains of Murthemne, to south that spread, Shall Liban my word fulfil: She shall seek him on Samhain, he naught need dread, By her shall be cured his ill.'””
• Angus identified himself as the son of Aed Abra and then departed.(The Sick-bed of Cuchulain · Part 1 · 📍 Tete Brecc)
  • With: Cuchulain Angus
  • “‘I am Angus, the son of Aed Abra,’ he answered; and the man then left them, nor did any of them know whence it was he had come, nor whither he went.”

The Sick-bed of Cuchulain · Part 1

• child: Angus “‘I am Angus, the son of Aed Abra,’ he answered;”

The Sick-bed of Cuchulain · Part 2

• child: Fand “Fand, the daughter of Aed Abra”

The Sick-bed of Cuchulain · Part 3

• child: Fand (Fand is identified with Aed Abra's daughters in the passage.) “Great is the beauty of Aed Abra's daughters, Unfettered men before them conquered fall; Fand's beauty stuns, like sound of rushing waters,”

The Sick-bed of Cuchulain · Part 4

• child: Fand “Now upon this it was discerned by Manannan that Fand the daughter of Aed Abra was engaged in unequal warfare with the women of Ulster, and that she was like to be left by Cuchulain.”

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Extracted from the original text of Heroic Romances of Ireland. Made with Rho MD.