Heroes & Prophecies · Ireland
Cú Chulainn
The Irish hero of the Ulster Cycle, famed for battle frenzy and tragic fate.
Legend File
Cú Chulainn is the blazing hero of the Ulster Cycle, young, brilliant, and doomed. His battle frenzy transforms him into something nearly monstrous, and his greatest stories mix impossible combat with binding promises and tragic choices. He is heroic because he can stand alone, but tragic because standing alone is exactly what fate demands.
Source Framing
Medieval Irish Ulster Cycle literature around Cu Chulainn/Cuchulainn: warrior of Ulster, hound-name origin, riastrad battle frenzy, Tain Bo Cuailnge fame, geasa, and heroic early death.
