Aided Chon Culainn

Aided Chon Culainn (Violent Death of Cú Chulainn), also known as Brislech Mór Maige Murthemne (Great Rout at Mag Murthemne), a saga of the Ulster cycle in which Cú Chulainn meets his death on the plain of Mag Muirthemne in Co. Louth. Pierced by a spear, he fastens himself to a pillar-stone so that he may die standing up. When a raven dares to settle on his shoulder, it is taken as a sign that he is dead, and he is beheaded. There is a version in the Book of Leinster.