Conchobar

Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx

• attestation: Thus, when a herald from an enemy's camp comes to parley with Ciichulainn and his charioteer, the latter, being first approached, describes himself as the ' man of the man down there,' meaning Ciichul (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter XI: Folklore Philosophy)

  "Thus, when a herald from an enemy's camp comes to parley with Ciichulainn and his charioteer, the latter, being first approached, describes himself as the ' man of the man down there,' meaning Ciichulainn, to whom he pointed; and when the herald comes to Cuchulainn himself, he asks him whose man he is: Cuchulainn describes himself as the ' man of Conchobar mac Nessa.'"

• relationship: In another version of the story, Ciichulainn is an incarnation of Lug: the narrative relates how a foster-son was accepted by Dechtere, sister to Conchobar MacNessa, king of Ulster (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter XII: Race in Folklore and Myth)

  "In another version of the story, Ciichulainn is an incarnation of Lug: the narrative relates how a foster-son was accepted by Dechtere, sister to Conchobar MacNessa, king of Ulster."

• attribution: In Ireland one of the most famous kings of the fairies was called Mider of Bri L^ith, where he resided in a sid or mound in the neighbourhood of Ardagh, in the county of Longford; and thither Irish le (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter XII: Race in Folklore and Myth)

  "In Ireland one of the most famous kings of the fairies was called Mider of Bri L^ith, where he resided in a sid or mound in the neighbourhood of Ardagh, in the county of Longford; and thither Irish legend represents him carrying away Et&in, queen of Eochaid Airem, king of Ireland during a part of Conchobar MacNessa's time."