Celtic Mythology:

Aided Fergusa


Aided Fhergusa, Aided Ferguso
[Irish, The Violent Death of Fergus]

One of the bawdiest of early Irish narratives, it includes many instances of sexual hyperbole and braggadocio.Fergus mac Léti, the king of Ulster, makes love to the tiny queen Bebo and afterwards taunts her husband Iubdán with the tale.

Bibliography

  • text in S. H. O'Grady, Silva Gadelica, ii (London, 1892), 244ff
 
 
 

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Celtic Mythology. A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. Copyright © James MacKillop 1998, 2004. All rights reserved.  Read more

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