Nadcrantail

Family: Connaught · Role: warrior · First appears: The Death of Nadcrantail

In “The Death of Nadcrantail,” Nadcrantail demanded that Findabair be given to him before he would fight: “I will not go,” he said, “unless Findabair be given to me.” The next morning, he went from the camp with nine sharpened holly spears and threw them at Cuchulainn, who evaded them while catching birds.

Cuchulainn’s spear came down through Nadcrantail’s crown to the ground. Nadcrantail asked leave to tell his sons where his hidden treasures were, then return to be beheaded. He returned and threw his sword at Cuchulainn; after Cuchulainn leapt clear and the sword broke against a pillar, Cuchulainn struck off Nadcrantail’s head and cut his body down to the navel.

Relationship record

Life events

• Nadcrantail threw nine spears at Cuchulainn, who evaded them while pursuing birds.(The Death of Nadcrantail)
  • With: Cuchulainn
  • “Nadcrantail goes next morning from the camp, and he takes nine spits of holly, sharpened and burned. Now Cuchulainn was there catching birds, and his chariot near him. Nadcrantail throws a spear at Cuchulainn; Cuchulainn performed a feat on to the point of that spear, and it did not hinder him from catching the birds.”
• Cuchulainn's spear came down through Nadcrantail's crown; Nadcrantail asked leave to go and tell his sons of his hidden treasures, and then come back to be beheaded.(The Death of Nadcrantail)
  • With: Cuchulainn
  • “Cuchulainn throws the spear at him, but it was on high, so that from above it alighted in his crown, and it went through him to the ground.”
• Nadcrantail returned to fight Cuchulainn, who struck off his head and cut his body apart.(The Death of Nadcrantail)
  • With: Cuchulainn
  • “He goes thence to seek Cuchulainn, and throws his sword at Cuchulainn. Cuchulainn leaps on high, so that it struck the pillar, and the sword broke in two. Then Cuchulainn went mad as he had done against the boys in Emain, and he springs on his shield therewith, and struck his head off. He strikes him again on the neck down to the navel. His four quarters fall to the ground.”

The Death of Nadcrantail

• enemies with Cuchulainn “Nadcrantail throws a cast at him; Cuchulainn leaps on high before it.”
• admired: Findabair “'I will not go,' said he, 'unless Findabair be given to me.'”

Also listed in Connaught — Minor Figures

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Extracted from the original text of The Cattle-Raid of Cualnge. Made with Rho MD.