This, of course, was Cuchulain's father, Lugh.
This means probably “the belly spear.” With this terrible weapon Cuchulain was fated in the end to slay his friend Ferdia.
See genealogical table, p. 181.
Miss Hull, “The Cuchullin Saga,” p. lxxii, where the solar theory of the Brown Bull is dealt with at length.
A cumal was the unit of value in Celtic Ireland. It is mentioned as such by St. Patrick. It meant the price of a woman-slave.
The cune laid on them by Macha. Sec p. 180.
Cuchulain, as the son of the god Lugh, was not subject to the curse of Macha which afflicted the other Ultonians.
His reputed father, the mortal husband of Dectera
In the Irish bardic literature, as in the Homeric epics, chastity formed no part of the masculine ideal either for gods or men.
“The Ford of the Forked Pole.”