Gods and Fighting Men

Cuilinn

Family: Tuatha de Danaan · Role: father of Miluchradh · First appears: The Fianna · Huntings and Enchantments · The Hunt of Slieve Cuilinn

Life events

  • Finn revealed that Miluchradh had enchanted him through jealousy of Aine and said Cuilinn could restore him.(The Fianna · Huntings and Enchantments · The Hunt of Slieve Cuilinn)
    • With: Finn Miluchradh Aine (sister of Miluchradh)
    • “And as to Finn, they asked him was there any cure to be found for him. ‘There is,’ he said; ‘for I know well the enchantment was put on me by a woman of the Sidhe, Miluchradh, daughter of Cuilinn, through jealousy of her sister Aine. And bring me to the hill that belongs to Cuilinn of Cuailgne,’ he said, ‘for he is the only one can give me my shape again.’”
  • Cuilinn gave Finn a vessel whose contents restored Finn's shape and appearance.(The Fianna · Huntings and Enchantments · The Hunt of Slieve Cuilinn · 📍 Cuailgne)
    • With: Finn Manannan Lir
    • “And at the end of that time Cuilinn of Cuailgne, that some say was Manannan, son of Lir, came out of the hill, holding in his hand a vessel of red gold, and he gave the vessel into Finn's hand. And no sooner did Finn drink what was in the vessel than his own shape and his appearance came back to him.”

The Fianna · Huntings and Enchantments · The Hunt of Slieve Cuilinn

  • child: Miluchradh “There is,” he said; “for I know well the enchantment was put on me by a woman of the Sidhe, Miluchradh, daughter of Cuilinn, through jealousy of her sister Aine.”
  • protégé: Finn “And at the end of that time Cuilinn of Cuailgne, that some say was Manannan, son of Lir, came out of the hill, holding in his hand a vessel of red gold, and he gave the vessel into Finn's hand.”

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