Quote:
Originally Posted by TFM®
One of the joys of drinking is the many places drink takes you. As my
Google searches took me from one place to another, entering one search
word
after another, I suddenly struck gold! Why did Cuch call himself that? Why
did he take the nickname of the Hound (of Ulster, as it turns out)? Here,
I
believe, is the answer to that question I've often pondered and discovered
quite by accident. The second one will take some manipulation to
re-construct as a single URL, beyond me to post properly, but not beyond
the ability of the Q family to achieve.
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Sorry man, it just ain't so. Cuchulain, not "Cuchlainn" was the "Hound of
Cullen" or something like that.
Yep, I remember it as distinctly as the rest of my foggy memories.
Definitely Hound of Cullen.
Get back to your research and report back when you have rectified this
misinformation.
He *was* damn sure a hound though. A booze hound and a skirt chasin'
hound.
Dawg will hunt,
TFM®
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Hi. Morgan Here. Cuchulain's sister. I will clear up the confusion his name for. Yes he chose "The Hound" as a reference to the mythology surrounding his name. He simply found it it too difficult for most people to remember or pronounce. The issue of the Hound of Cullen and The Hound of Ulster is redundant. They are one in the same. The house of Cullen was the King of Ulster
The story is summarized below:
He gained his better-known name as a child after he killed Culann's fierce guard-dog in self-defence, and offered to take its place until a replacement could be reared. At the age of seventeen he defended Ulster single-handedly against the armies of queen Medb of Connacht in the epic Táin Bó Cúailnge ("Cattle Raid of Cooley"). It was prophesied that his great deeds would give him everlasting fame, but that his life would be a short one. This is the reason why he is compared to the Greek hero Achilles. He is known for his terrifying battle frenzy or ríastrad (similar to a berserker's frenzy, though sometimes called a "warp spasm" because of the physical changes that take place in the warrior), in which he becomes an unrecognisable monster who knows neither friend nor foe. He fights from his chariot, driven by his loyal charioteer Láeg, and drawn by his horses, Liath Macha and Dub Sainglend. In more modern times, Cú Chulainn is often referred to as the "Hound of Ulster".
All other references to him being a booze hound and skirt chaser would be accurate. As would his love of all of you on this site.