Eochaid

Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx

• comparison: Eochaid, assisted by his druid and the powerful Ogams which the latter wrote on rods of yew, was too formidable for the fairies, and their wrath was not executed till the time of Eochaid's unoffending (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter VII: Triumphs of the Water-world)

  "Eochaid, assisted by his druid and the powerful Ogams which the latter wrote on rods of yew, was too formidable for the fairies, and their wrath was not executed till the time of Eochaid's unoffending grandson, Conaire Mor, who fell a victim to it, as related in the epic story of Bruden DadergQy so called from the palace where Conaire was slain ^."

• relationship: Eochaid, the other brother, went with his party to the banks of the Boyne near the Brug, where the fairy chief Mac 6c or Mac ind 6c had his residence: he destroyed Eochaid's horses the first night, an (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter VII: Triumphs of the Water-world)

  "Eochaid, the other brother, went with his party to the banks of the Boyne near the Brug, where the fairy chief Mac 6c or Mac ind 6c had his residence: he destroyed Eochaid's horses the first night, and the next day he threatened to destroy the men themselves unless they went away."

• attestation: Eochaid had a house built, and a lid put on the well, which he set a woman to guard (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter VII: Triumphs of the Water-world)

  "Eochaid had a house built, and a lid put on the well, which he set a woman to guard."

• relationship: Eochaid then marched to Bri L^ith, and began to demolish Mider's sid^ whereupon Mider was eventually so frightened that he sent forth the queen to her husband, who then went his way, leaving the mound (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter XII: Race in Folklore and Myth)

  "Eochaid then marched to Bri L^ith, and began to demolish Mider's sid^ whereupon Mider was eventually so frightened that he sent forth the queen to her husband, who then went his way, leaving the mound folk to digest their wrath."

• attestation: In this instance it did not arrive till long after Eochaid's day* (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter XII: Race in Folklore and Myth)

  "In this instance it did not arrive till long after Eochaid's day*."