Carpre

Also known as: Corpre · Family: Tuatha de Danaan · Role: poet · First appears: The Gods · The Coming of the Tuatha de Danaan · The Reign of Bres · Part 2

Life events

• Corpre satirized Bres after receiving poor hospitality at the king’s house.(The Gods · The Coming of the Tuatha de Danaan · The Reign of Bres · Part 2)
  • With: Bres
  • “Without food ready on a dish; without milk enough for a calf to grow on; without shelter; without light in the darkness of night; without enough to pay a story-teller; may that be the prosperity of Bres.”

The Gods · The Coming of the Tuatha de Danaan · The Reign of Bres · Part 2

• parent: Etain (mother of Carpre) “Corpre, son of Etain, poet of the Tuatha de Danaan.”

The Gods · Lugh of the Long Hand · The Great Battle of Magh Tuireadh · Part 1

• parent: Etain (mother of Carpre) “Then Lugh asked Carpre, the poet, son of Etain, what could he do. ‘It is not hard to say that,’ said Carpre.”

Also listed in Tuatha de Danaan — Minor Figures

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