Lóthar
Medb's herdsman, who tells her where the bull has gone and is attacked by it at Finnabair.
Overview
Medb asks where the bull might be, and Lóthar tells her it has left with all its heifers and is now in Dubchoire, the Black Cauldron, in Glenn Gat of the Osiers. When the bull is driven back to Finnabair it sees Lóthar and attacks him in a fury, taking out his entrails on its horns.
but on the same night that the men of Ulster were laid low by their pangs, he left with all his three score heifers.
Connections
Related characters
- Donn Cuailnge (the bull that attacks him)
- Medb (the herdsman who reports to her)
Places
- Dubchoire (where he says the bull is)
- Finnabair Chuailnge (where the bull attacks him in the camp)
Appears in chapters
Appears in
- Lóthar, Medb's herdsman, tells her that the bull is in Dubchoire, the Black Cauldron, in Glenn Gat of the Osiers. At Dubchoire. In Chapter VI: From Finnabair Chuailnge to Conaille.
- Medb tells them they have not done well enough, since the bull is not with them, and the herdsman Lóthar is called and says the bull has gone to Dubchoire in Glenn Gat of the Osiers. At Finnabair Chuailnge. In Chapter VI: From Finnabair Chuailnge to Conaille.
- The men catch the bull with osier shackles and drive him toward Finnabair, where he sees the herdsman Lóthar and kills him, then attacks the camp with his heifers and kills fifty heroes before vanishing. At Finnabair Chuailnge. In Chapter VI: From Finnabair Chuailnge to Conaille.