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|Title=Becc mac Dé and his prophecy concerning Áed Dub
|Title=Becc mac Dé and his prophecy concerning Áed Dub
|Number=6
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|Description=Becc mac Dé is the best seer of his time, as the following story illustrates.  
|Description=Becc mac Dé is the best seer of his time, as the following anecdote illustrates. One day, he meets three men coming from Tara, each of whom asks him a question. Becc mac Dé answers them all in one reply. Even when there are nine of them, he can answer them in the same way.  
# One day, he meets three men from Tara, each of whom asks him a question. Becc mac Dé answers them all in one reply. Even when there are nine of them, he can answer them in the same way.  
 
# One day, Becc mac Dé is with Diarmait at Tara, who is much praised by eulogists (''in t-aes admolta''). Before Becc is Áed Dub, whose father is the late Suibne, king of Dál nAraidi. Diarmait had killed Suibne and taken Áed Dub into fosterage.
One day, Becc mac Dé is with Diarmait at Tara, who is much praised by eulogists (''in t-aes admolta''). Before Becc is Áed Dub, whose father is the late Suibne, king of Dál nAraidi. Diarmait had killed Suibne and taken Áed Dub into fosterage. Becc predicts that a canid (''cú conamail'' or ''cú ruad''), possibly Áed Dub, will destroy the house. Becc continues with a detailed picture of the king's death: Diarmait will be in the house of Banbán the hospitaller when Áed Dub will offer a poisonous drink to the king's mouth, ...
|DescriptionQuery=No
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|SummaryQuery=No
|Persons=Becc mac Dé; Áed Dub mac Suibni;  
|Persons=Becc mac Dé; Áed Dub mac Suibni;
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|Title=The protection of Ruadán
|Title=The protection of Ruadán

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