§ 107

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fightingfighting
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swordsswords
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Agents
Murchad mac BríainMurchad mac Bríain
(d. 1014)
son of Brían Bóruma
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§ 107

On Murchad mac Bríain and what the historians (senchaidi) of the Goídil say: a top-down comparison with champions of the legendary or mythical past (Mac Samáin, Lug Lága, Conall Cernach, Lug Lámfhata and Hector son of Priam)
Agents
Murchad mac BríainMurchad mac Bríain
(d. 1014)
son of Brían Bóruma
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Mac SamáinMac Samáin
Mac Sámain, Garb Daire ... Mac Sámain
one, two or even several legendary figures of the same name; if the available references are to one and the same person, he is a warrior, member of a fían, as well as a judge or sage, whose persona could be invoked as the author of a number of textual passages; Finn’s judge in the poem Fégthar tech Fhinn a nAlmhain. The tale lists mention an Aided Meic Samáin, now lost.
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Conall CernachConall Cernach
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
Warrior of the Ulaid in the Ulster Cycle; son of Amergin and Findchóem. In Irish genealogies, he is presented as an ancestor of the kings of the Dál nAraidi and the Uí Echach Coba.
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LugLug
Lug Samildánach, Lug Lámfada
Prominent member of the Túatha Dé Danann in Irish literature, a king and warrior whose all-round mastery of many skills and disciplines earns him the epithet Samildánach. Through his mother, he is descended from the Fomoire and his maternal uncle Balor is the one-eyed leader of the Fomoire whom he kills in the battle of Mag Tuired.
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Hector of TroyHector of Troy
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§ 107

Murchad mac Bríain compared to Hector, Samson, Hercules and Lug Lámfhata
Agents
Murchad mac BríainMurchad mac Bríain
(d. 1014)
son of Brían Bóruma
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Hector of TroyHector of Troy
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SamsonSamson
Old Testament judge and warrior known for his extraordinary strength, his fights against the Philistines and his betrayal by Delilah, a woman whom he loved.
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HerculesHercules
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LugLug
Lug Samildánach, Lug Lámfada
Prominent member of the Túatha Dé Danann in Irish literature, a king and warrior whose all-round mastery of many skills and disciplines earns him the epithet Samildánach. Through his mother, he is descended from the Fomoire and his maternal uncle Balor is the one-eyed leader of the Fomoire whom he kills in the battle of Mag Tuired.
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