{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/celt/crc/index.htm","path":"neu/celt/crc/index.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/crc/index.htm","text":"This is a translation of a story cycle at the core of the saga of Cuchulainn,\none of the masterpieces of Irish literature.\nCuchulainn was the son of the God Lug and the daughter of the king of Ulster.\nCuchulainn had the strength of Hercules, but was slow in gaining control over\nhis powers, which turned him into a monster,\nleaving a trail of mayhem in his wake.\nAt the age of seventeen, still beardless, Cuchulainn single-handedly repeals\nan invasion of Ulster by Queen Mebd of Connacht to steal the\nmythic bull Donn Cuailnge.\nCuchulainn has parallels in other great sagas worldwide,\nsuch as the Mahabharata and the Iliad.\nThis was apparently one the first English translation of this story\nfrom the original manuscripts.\nThis account and the rest of the 'Ulster Cycle' is widely retold\n(e.g. Lady Gregory's Cuchulain of Muirthemne).","title":"The Cattle Raid of Cualnge Index","type":"page"}