Táin Bó Cúailnge
Irish cattle epic
Táin Bó Cúailnge is an Irish epic, the central tale of the Ulster Cycle in early Irish literature.
The title translates as "The Cattle Raid of Cooley"—the story recounts Queen Medb's invasion of Ulster to seize a prized bull, opposed chiefly by the hero Cú Chulainn.
Often called Ireland's Iliad, it survives in medieval manuscripts but draws on older oral tradition.
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- raidSudden armed incursion
- warriorsPeople engaged in battle
- bloodBody's oxygen carrier
- IrelandNorth Atlantic island republic
Irish literature · wound · chariot · shield · Irish mythology · spear · druids · heroic tales · Morrigan · hero · prophecy · saga · sword · ancient Ireland · single combat · epic · bards · ford
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Old English epic's protagonist
Iliad · Odyssey · Mahabharata · Aeneid · Epic of Gilgamesh
Táin Bó CúailngeOdyssey
Epic of homecoming
Aeneid · Divine Comedy · Pilgrim's Progress · Paradise Lost · Bhagavad Gita