Redg
Ailill's satirist, sent to talk Cúchulainn out of his javelin, who gets it through the head.
Overview
Ailill's satirist Redg is sent to get Cúchulainn's javelin, because Cúchulainn would be less trouble without it. Cúchulainn offers any gift but that, strikes him for refusing what he chose to offer, and when Redg threatens to take away his good name, flings the javelin through Redg's head. The ford is named Ath Tolam Sét, the Ford of the Overwhelming Gift, and the copper point of the javelin came to rest at a ford further east called Umarrith.
‘Now, that is a stunning gift!’ the satirist cried.
Connections
Related characters
- Ailill (The king whose satirist he was)
- Cúchulainn (Asked him for his javelin and was killed with it)
Places
- Ath Tolam Sét (The Ford of the Overwhelming Gift, where he died)
- Cuib
- Umarrith (Where the copper point of the javelin came to rest)
Appears in chapters
Appears in
- Redg, Ailill's satirist, is sent to get Cúchulainn's javelin, and Cúchulainn refuses him. At Ath Tolam Sét. In Chapter VIII: The Bull is Found. Further Single Combats. Cúchulainn and the Morrígan.
- Cúchulainn throws the javelin and kills Redg, and the ford takes its name from the gift. At Ath Tolam Sét. In Chapter VIII: The Bull is Found. Further Single Combats. Cúchulainn and the Morrígan.
- Ailill's satirist Redg demands Cúchulainn's javelin and Cúchulainn throws it through his head, so that the place is called Ath Tolam Sét, the Ford of the Overwhelming Gift; the copper point comes to rest at Umarrith. At Cuib. In Chapter VIII: The Bull is Found. Further Single Combats. Cúchulainn and the Morrígan.