Lethan
A man who waits at the ford on the Níth and is beheaded there by Cúchulainn.
Overview
Lethan stood at the ford on the river Níth in Conaille, in a rage at what Cúchulainn had done, and waited for him. Cúchulainn cut off his head and left it with the body. Kinsella's note says Lethan is apparently an invention to explain the name of the ford, which simply means ‘the broad ford.’
Connections
Related characters
- Cúchulainn (beheads him at the ford on the Níth)
Places
- Ath Lethan (where he waits for Cúchulainn)
- Conaille
- River Níth
Appears in chapters
Appears in
- Cúchulainn cuts off Lethan's head at the ford and leaves the head with the body. At Ath Lethan. In Chapter V: ‘Death death!’.
- Lethan waits in a rage at the ford on the river Níth in Conaille, and Cúchulainn cuts off his head there. At Conaille. In Chapter V: ‘Death death!’.
- Lethan waits in a rage at the ford on the river Níth, and Cúchulainn cuts off his head there. At River Níth. In Chapter V: ‘Death death!’.