Celtic fairy traditions
Cú Chulainn
The survey places Cuchulainn within the influence of divine war goddesses and treats his connection with Lugh as a sign of divine origin. Human warfare and Otherworld power remain intertwined. His visit to Fand’s realm leaves him unable to accept separation until magical drinks remove the lovers’ memories and Manannán’s mantle prevents reunion. The return to ordinary life is purchased through forgetting.
Also known as Cú Chulainn
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In the sources
Principal account
ReportedThe survey places Cuchulainn within the influence of divine war goddesses and treats his connection with Lugh as a sign of divine origin. Human warfare and Otherworld power remain intertwined.
Further detail
ReportedHis visit to Fand’s realm leaves him unable to accept separation until magical drinks remove the lovers’ memories and Manannán’s mantle prevents reunion. The return to ordinary life is purchased through forgetting.
Context & interpretation
Evans-Wentz combines named informants, manuscript narratives, and his own psychical theory in a 1911 survey. This entry preserves those distinctions: collected belief and literary tradition do not establish the physical existence of an Otherworld.
Original passages
Source 1
The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries
is in their relation / to the hero Cuchulainn that one can best study the People of m the Goddess Dana in theirOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Celtic fairy traditions; active reader leaf 333
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- IMJ-0045-E001
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Source 2
The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries
all her jealousy ; and then Manannan Mac Lir ' himself came and shook his mantle between Cuchulainn and ' Fand to preventOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Celtic fairy traditions; active reader leaf 377
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- IMJ-0045-E001
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- IMJ-0045-E001-P0377
- Original scan leaf
- 378
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- 378
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