"Donn Cúailnge and Finnbennach" 20"x20" from the Táin Bó Cúailnge

#fantasyart #originalart #tainbocuailnge #bulls

#WyrdWednesday #Celtic: Rath na Tarbh means ‘Fort of the bulls’. It is traditionally the site of the fight between the bulls #DonnCuailnge and #Finnbennach at the end of the epic #TáinBóCúailnge.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wik...

#FolkloreSunday #Celtic: `On the seventh day of spring, Donn Cuailnge and Finnbennach clash on the hill of Tarbga. Finnbennach falls there.
Donn carries his loin (Ión) and hip to the ‘Great Ford’, which has since been called Áth Luain;
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"and his heavy mane and great hoofs
the beloved of the cows of Ai
with ponderous tail
and a stallion's breast
and a cow's apple eye
and a salmon's snout
and a hinder haunch
he romps in rut
horn to hear victory
bellowing in greatness
idol of the ox herd
the prime demon Finnbennach."

#folkloresunday #celtic: `On the seventh day of spring, Donn Cuailnge and Finnbennach clash on the hill of Tarbga. Finnbennach falls there. Donn carries his loin (Ión) and hip to the ‘Great Ford’, which has since been called Áth Luain; his foot to Loch Digi […]

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#wyrdwednesday #celtic: Rath na Tarbh means ‘Fort of the bulls’. It is traditionally the site of the fight between the bulls #donncuailnge and #finnbennach at the end of the epic #TáinBóCúailnge.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rathcroghan