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Bres
Bres
1. 1. The son of Elatha, sometimes Eochaid Bres: Bres the Beautiful, one of the leading characters of Cath Maige Tuired [The (Second) Battle of Mag Tuired]. Bres is conceived when his mother, Ériu, a woman of the Tuatha Dé Danann, is visited by a splendid and mysterious stranger later revealed to be Elatha mac Delbaíth, a king of the rival Fomorians. Bres grows rapidly as a child so that he is the size of a 14-year-old when only 7. None is more beautiful than he, and so he is called ‘Bres the Beautiful’. When Nuadu is deposed as king because of a physical deformity, the Tuatha Dé Danann make Bres the new king in the hope that his reign will bring peace between them and the Fomorians. But he is a poor king and neglects many of his responsibilities, for which he is humiliated in a satire by Cairbre, a poet shabbily received at Bres's palace. After this Bres abandons the Tuatha Dé Danann, joins the family of his father, the Fomorians, and fights with them on the losing side at the Battle of Mag Tuired. He is also thought to have mated with Brigit (under the name Bríg[h]) to produce Rúadán (2), who is killed when he himself tries to kill Goibniu. 2. The son of Balor as mentioned in Oidheadh Chlainne Tuireann [The Tragic Story of the Children of Tuireann]. When Bres greeted Lug Lámfhota he compared the hero to the sun. 3. One of the real names of the Finn Emna, the three Finns of Emain. |
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JAMES MacKILLOP. "Bres." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES MacKILLOP. "Bres." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O70-Bres1.html JAMES MacKILLOP. "Bres." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O70-Bres1.html |
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Bres
Bres, Breas, Bress [Ir., shapely, beautiful (?); fight, uproar, din (?)]. Name borne by several mythological and legendary figures (sometimes by more than one in the same narrative). the best known of which is Bres the son of Elatha.
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JAMES MacKILLOP. "Bres." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES MacKILLOP. "Bres." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O70-Bres.html JAMES MacKILLOP. "Bres." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O70-Bres.html |
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