Gods and Fighting Men

Mal

Role: son of Aiel, King of Alban · First appears: The Fianna · Finn, Son of Cumhal · The Best Men of the Fianna · Part 3

Life events

  • Aoife, married to Mal, fell in love with Lugaidh's Son because of his praise.(The Fianna · Finn, Son of Cumhal · The Best Men of the Fianna · Part 3)
    • With: Aoife (daughter of the King of Lochlann) Aiel
    • “And Aoife, daughter of the King of Lochlann, that was married to Mal, son of Aiel, King of Alban, heard the great praise the poets were giving to Lugaidh's Son, and she set her love on him for the sake of those stories.”
  • Mal brought three armed battalions to avenge his wife on the Fianna.(The Fianna · Finn, Son of Cumhal · The Best Men of the Fianna · Part 3 · 📍 the Hill of the Poet in Leinster)
    • With: Finn
    • “But one day the three battalions of the Fianna were on the Hill of the Poet in Leinster, and they saw three armed battalions equal to themselves coming, against them, and they asked who was bringing them. “It is Mal, son of Aiel, is bringing them,” said Finn, “to avenge his wife on the Fianna.”
  • Lugaidh's Son killed Mal in battle.(The Fianna · Finn, Son of Cumhal · The Best Men of the Fianna · Part 3 · 📍 the Hill of the Poet in Leinster)
    • With: Lugaidh's Son
    • “And in the middle of the battle he and Lugaidh's Son met, and they fought against one another with spear and sword. And whether the fight was short or long, it was Mal fell by Lugaidh's Son at the last.”

The Fianna · Finn, Son of Cumhal · The Best Men of the Fianna · Part 3

  • married with Aoife (daughter of the King of Lochlann) “And Aoife, daughter of the King of Lochlann, that was married to Mal, son of Aiel, King of Alban, heard the great praise the poets were giving to Lugaidh's Son, and she set her love on him for the sake of those stories.”
  • parent: Aiel “And Aoife, daughter of the King of Lochlann, that was married to Mal, son of Aiel, King of Alban, heard the great praise the poets were giving to Lugaidh's Son, and she set her love on him for the sake of those stories.”
  • enemies with Lugaidh's Son “And in the middle of the battle he and Lugaidh's Son met, and they fought against one another with spear and sword.”

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