Murchadh
Role: son of Brian · First appears: The Gods · The Ever-living Living Ones · The Morrigu
Life events
- The Morrigu flew over Murchadh's head in the shape of a crow.(The Gods · The Ever-living Living Ones · The Morrigu · 📍 the battle of Cluantarbh)
- With: Morrigu Brian (father of Murchadh)
- “And after that again at the battle of Cluantarbh, she was flying over the head of Murchadh, son of Brian; for she had many shapes, and it was in the shape of a crow she would sometimes fight her battles.”
- Aoibhell offered Dubhlaing two hundred years of happy life if he stayed with her.(The Gods · The Ever-living Living Ones · Aoibhell)
- With: Aoibhell Dubhlaing ua Artigan
- “‘Stop with me, Dubhlaing,’ she said then, ‘and you will have two hundred years of happy life with myself.’”
- Dubhlaing refused Aoibhell's offer, choosing not to abandon Murchadh or his good name.(The Gods · The Ever-living Living Ones · Aoibhell)
- With: Dubhlaing ua Artigan
- “‘I will not give up Murchadh,’ he said, ‘or my own good name, for silver or gold.’”
- Aoibhell foretold that Murchadh and Dubhlaing would fall in battle.(The Gods · The Ever-living Living Ones · Aoibhell)
- With: Aoibhell Dubhlaing ua Artigan
- “And there was anger on Aoibhell when he said that, and she said: ‘Murchadh will fall, and you yourself will fall, and your proud blood will be on the plain to-morrow.’”
- Dubhlaing and Murchadh returned to battle and died there.(The Gods · The Ever-living Living Ones · Aoibhell)
- With: Dubhlaing ua Artigan
- “And they went back into the battle, and got their death there.”
The Gods · The Ever-living Living Ones · The Morrigu
- parent: Brian (father of Murchadh) “And after that again at the battle of Cluantarbh, she was flying over the head of Murchadh, son of Brian; for she had many shapes, and it was in the shape of a crow she would sometimes fight her battles.”
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Extracted from the original text of Gods and Fighting Men. Made with Rho MD.