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One in bed, the promiscuous Connacht Queen, Maeve, quarrels with her
husband Ailill. They argue over who has the wealth. Ailill doesn't
like the suggestion that he's a kept man. "Her words were they cut
him deep, in a war between the sheets". Ailill's White Bull is
the factor in their subsequent measuring of possessions. Maeve's
a bad loser. Mac Roth, her messenger, goes to Cooley to the famed
Brown for a year, thus giving Maeve the decider. "I once told her where
she could find her dream". The Bull's owner is agreeable Mac Roth and
his party get very drunk and reveal had they not been allowed to borrow
the bull they would taken it by force. The deal breaks down. They go
emptyhanded. Maeve decides on war.
Having all her warriors, and allies from Munster and Tara, and
with Ailill's six and their armies standing by Maeve receives
favourable omens from her Druids. The long march to begins. "The
champions and the Seven Sons are to take away the Donn". However, a
sorceress appears and warns Maeve of impending defeat at the of Dearg
Doom, Cu Chulainn. "Saw the host stained red in war, saw the
around the head of a dragon-boy". The is ignored.
Meanwhile, the men of Ulster are ill with labour pains - the of a
curse put on for their inhuman treatment of a pregnant woman. The one
man exempt from this curse is Cu Chulainn, whose very is shrouded in
mystery. Singlehandedly he takes on the defence of Ulster, Maeve's
soldiers, "And a hawk I'll swoop and swoop again", beheading those who
stray from the main force. "You can me shout 'two heads are better than
none. One hundred are so much better than one'". Cu Chulainn is a
man. Originally called Setanta, he became known as Cu Chulainn, the
Hound of Culann, of his savagery. As the Connacht losses grow
greater, the deposed King of Ulster, Fergus MacRoich, who is having a
affair with Maeve, meets Cu Chulainn and a treaty. Cu Chulainn
to singlehanded combat with any Connacht champion provided Maeve's
army does not advance. One by one, day after day he defeats warrior
until eventually he faces his old foster-brother and friend Ferdia.
Cu pleads with Ferdia to leave. "But Ferdia just laughed and shook
his head and then they fell to battle again". For three days they
fight at a and appear evenly matched until on the third day Cu Chulainn
flies into a rage and loose his supernatural javelin, the terrible Gae
Bolga, destroys his friend. As Ferdia falls Cu Chulainn catches him
and carries him to the riverbank, lamenting. "Life was a game, Now I
your name; your hair". Then overcome by despair Cu Chulainn abandons
the fight.
Maeve's army moves south the stolen bull. The Ulster men rally and
with Cu Chulainn in their ranks they chase. "But before you hit off,
let me say this time you bit off than you can chew". The Morrigan,
Queen of Demons, who has been encouraging slaughter all along,
the outcome. In the battle follows the Connacht army is routed.
"It seems our lied despite our gain. Our tears fall like our
pride". Maeve's life is by Cu Chulainn. As the Ulstermen are taking
the Brown Bull home, they meet Ailill's Bull, the one. The Donn
immediately attacks the White. "You can fool alright but can you fool
the beast"? All day and night they are locked in combat. Morning the
victorious. The armies consider destroying him, the cause of all their
suffering, but him as, dying, he staggers homewards.