Gods and Fighting Men

Octriallach

Family: Fomor · First appears: The Gods · Lugh of the Long Hand · The Great Battle of Magh Tuireadh · Part 1

Life events

  • The Fomor landed at Scetne with their king and host.(The Gods · Lugh of the Long Hand · The Great Battle of Magh Tuireadh · Part 1 · 📍 Scetne)
    • With: Indech De Domnann Elathan (son of Lobos) Elathan (son of Delbaeth)
    • “The whole host of the Fomor were come this time, and their king, Balor, of the Strong Blows and of the Evil Eye, along with them; and Bres, and Indech, son of De Domnann, a king of the Fomor, and Elathan, son of Lobos, and Goll and Ingol, and Octriallach, son of Indech, and Elathan, son of Delbaeth.”
  • Octriallach ordered the Fomor to fill the well with stones, drying it and raising a cairn over it.(The Gods · Lugh of the Long Hand · The Great Battle of Magh Tuireadh · Part 2 · 📍 the well of Slane)
    • “But after that Octriallach, son of Indech, called to the Fomor and bade each man of them bring a stone of the stones of Drinnes and throw them into the well of Slane. And they did that till the well was dried up, and a cairn raised over it, that is called Octriallach's Cairn.”
  • Cass-mail fell in battle by Octriallach.(The Gods · Lugh of the Long Hand · The Great Battle of Magh Tuireadh · Part 2 · 📍 Magh Tuireadh)
    • With: Cass-mail
    • “And Cass-mail fell by Octriallach, and the Dagda got a dreadful wound from a casting spear that was thrown by Ceithlenn, wife of Balor.”

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

  • parent: Indech “and Indech, son of De Domnann, a king of the Fomor, and Elathan, son of Lobos, and Goll and Ingol, and Octriallach, son of Indech, and Elathan, son of Delbaeth.”

The Gods · Lugh of the Long Hand · The Great Battle of Magh Tuireadh · Part 2

  • parent: Indech “But after that Octriallach, son of Indech, called to the Fomor and bade each man of them bring a stone of the stones of Drinnes and throw them into the well of Slane.”
  • enemies with Cass-mail “And Nuada of the Silver Hand, their King, and Macha, daughter of Emmass, fell by Balor, King of the Fomor. And Cass-mail fell by Octriallach, and the Dagda got a dreadful wound from a casting spear that was thrown by Ceithlenn, wife of Balor.”

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