Espaid

Also known as: E spaid / Want · Family: Tuatha de Danaan · Role: son of Uar · First appears: The Fianna · Finn's Helpers · The Hound · Part 1

After Uar was killed by Caoilte in battle, his three sons, Aincel, Digbail and Espaid, demanded blood-fine from Finn. Finn refused, saying he would not pay for a man killed in battle. The brothers then inflicted continual harm on the Fianna as they sheltered at Slieve Mis.

At last, a blast of wind drove the three into the sea, where they struck one another on the head. “And that was the last that was seen of the three destroying sons of Uar, Aincel and Digbail and Espaid.”

Relationship record

Life events

• The three sons of Uar demanded blood-fine for their father, and Finn refused.(The Fianna · Finn's Helpers · The Hound · Part 1)
  • With: Finn Aincel Digbail
  • “‘And let Caoilte son of Ronan give us the blood-fine for him now,’ they said. ‘What are your names?’ said Finn. ‘Aincel and Digbail and Espaid; Ill-wishing and Harm and Want are our names. And what answer do you give us now, Finn?’ they said. ‘No one before me ever gave a blood-fine for a man killed in battle, and I will not give it,’ said Finn.”
• The three sons of Uar inflicted continual harm on the Fianna while they sheltered at Slieve Mis.(The Fianna · Finn's Helpers · The Hound · Part 1 · 📍 Slieve Mis)
  • With: Finn Aincel Digbail
  • “So the Fianna made little raths for themselves all about Slieve Mis, and they stopped there through a month and a quarter and a year. And through all that time the three red bald-headed men were doing every sort of hurt and harm upon them.”
• A spell drove the three sons of Uar into the sea, where they struck one another dead.(The Fianna · Finn's Helpers · The Hound · Part 2)
  • With: Aincel Digbail
  • “With that the hound sent a blast of wind under them that brought them out into the fierce green sea, and each of them struck a blow on the head of the others. And that was the last that was seen of the three destroying sons of Uar, Aincel and Digbail and Espaid.”

The Fianna · Finn's Helpers · The Hound · Part 1

• parent: Uar “And they said they were three sons of Uar, son of Indast of the Tuatha de Danaan; and it was by a man of the Fianna, Caoilte son of Ronan, their father was killed in the battle of the Tuatha de Danaan on Slieve nan Ean, the Mountain of Birds, in the east.”
• enemies with Caoilte “And it was by a man of the Fianna, Caoilte son of Ronan, their father was killed in the battle of the Tuatha de Danaan on Slieve nan Ean, the Mountain of Birds, in the east. ‘And let Caoilte son of Ronan give us the blood-fine for him now,’ they said.”
• siblings with Aincel “And they said they were three sons of Uar, son of Indast of the Tuatha de Danaan; and it was by a man of the Fianna, Caoilte son of Ronan, their father was killed in the battle of the Tuatha de Danaan on Slieve nan Ean, the Mountain of Birds, in the east.”
• siblings with Digbail “And they said they were three sons of Uar, son of Indast of the Tuatha de Danaan; and it was by a man of the Fianna, Caoilte son of Ronan, their father was killed in the battle of the Tuatha de Danaan on Slieve nan Ean, the Mountain of Birds, in the east.”

The Fianna · Finn's Helpers · The Hound · Part 2

• parent: Uar “And that was the last that was seen of the three destroying sons of Uar, Aincel and Digbail and Espaid.”
• siblings with Aincel “Go out on the deep bitter sea,” he said, “and let each one of you strike a blow of his sword on the head of his brothers.”
• siblings with Digbail “Go out on the deep bitter sea,” he said, “and let each one of you strike a blow of his sword on the head of his brothers.”

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