Ciabhan

Also known as: Ciabhan of the Curling Hair · Family: Fianna · Role: young man · First appears: The Gods · The Ever-living Living Ones · Cliodna's Wave

Life events

Finn sent Ciabhan away because he feared the Fianna's jealousy.(The Gods · The Ever-living Living Ones · Cliodna's Wave)
- With: Finn
- “And Finn had to send him away at the last, for he was in dread of the men of the Fianna because of the greatness of their jealousy.”
Ciabhan bade farewell to his people and left Ireland.(The Gods · The Ever-living Living Ones · Cliodna's Wave · 📍 the Strand of the Cairn)
- “He bade farewell to his people then, and he left them very sorrowful after him, for to part with him was like the parting of life from the body.”
Ciabhan agreed to serve the rider in return for his help.(The Gods · The Ever-living Living Ones · Cliodna's Wave · 📍 Tir Tairngaire)
- “‘There is,’ said the rider, ‘that you would give your service to whoever would give you his help.’ Ciabhan agreed to that, and he put his hand into the rider's hand.”
Cliodna gave Ciabhan her love and agreed to leave with him.(The Gods · The Ever-living Living Ones · Cliodna's Wave · 📍 Manannan's country)
- With: Cliodna
- “But when she saw Ciabhan she gave him her love, and she agreed to go away with him on the morrow.”
Ciabhan and Cliodna left Manannan's country together and reached Ireland.(The Gods · The Ever-living Living Ones · Cliodna's Wave · 📍 Teite's Strand)
- With: Cliodna
- “And they went down to the landing-place and got into a curragh, and they went on till they came to Teite's Strand in the southern part of Ireland.”

The Gods · The Ever-living Living Ones · Cliodna's Wave

friends with Finn (Finn is said to like Ciabhan.) “And Finn liked him well, but the rest of the Fianna got to be tired of him because there was not a woman of their women, wed or unwed, but gave him her love.”
courtship with Cliodna “But when she saw Ciabhan she gave him her love, and she agreed to go away with him on the morrow.”

The Gods · The Ever-living Living Ones · Tadg in Manannan's Islands · Part 3

courtship with Cliodna “I am Cliodna of the Fair Hair,” she said, “daughter of Gebann, son of Treon, of the Tuatha de Danaan, a sweetheart of Ciabhan of the Curling Hair; and it is from me Cliodna's wave on the coast of Munster got its name; and I am a long time now in this island, and it is the apples of that tree you saw that we use for food.”

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