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|Title=The prophecy of Becc mac Dé concerning the king's death | |Title=The prophecy of Becc mac Dé concerning the king's death | ||
|InitiaVerse=Cichse a Temair tar fert a fert fogamraig; Olc bith aromthá | |InitiaVerse=Cichse a Temair tar fert a fert fogamraig; Olc bith aromthá | ||
|Description=Back at Tara, Diarmait asks Becc mac Dé to | |Description=Back at Tara, Diarmait asks Becc mac Dé to ascertain the manner of his death once again. Becc mac Dé repeats the earlier prophecy in verse, beg. ‘Cichse a Temair tar fert a fert fogamraig’. | ||
Diarmait also asks | Diarmait also asks his seer to describe the fate of the kingdom of Ireland in the wake of his death. Becc mac Dé recites another verse prophecy, beg. ‘Olc bith aromthá’. This includes verse lines that are also known from ''Baile Chuind'', painting a future of violence from one Níall to another: ‘a Niall by sea, a Niall in fire, and a Niall to hew down’, after the ruin of Ailech. | ||
... | Still unsatisfied by Becc's answer, Diarmait calls his magicians (''dráithe'') to him again. Becc is angered at the king's attitude, leaves him and is followed by a crowd that craves a prophecy of him. He meets Colum Cille, who informs him that the great gift of prophecy comes to him from God. Asked if he can foretell the day of his death, Becc responds that he has seven more years to live, but realising he has erred, he corrects this to seven months and subsequently, to seven hours. Having thus made three false attempts, Becc requests communion from the saint, who tonsures him and gives him communion and sacrifice. Becc mac Dé is accepted in Heaven. | ||
Becc | The text explains that Becc had never before told a lie; that it was prophesied that Becc would tell three falsehoods on the day of his death; and that because of this, Colum Cille had come to meet Becc. | ||
. | The three druids confirm the prophecy: one refers to death by bloodshed and the shirt worn by the king; the second one to death by drowning and the ale presented to the king; and the third one to death by burning and the bacon on the king's dish. Nevertheless, Diarmait dismisses these prophecies as unlikely. | ||
|Biblio=Ed. {{C|O'Grady 1892a1|at=79-80}}; tr. {{C|O'Grady 1892a2|at=85-86}}; | |||
|DescriptionQuery=No | |DescriptionQuery=No | ||
|SummaryQuery=No | |SummaryQuery=No | ||
|Persons=Becc mac Dé; | |Persons=Becc mac Dé; Colum Cille; | ||
|Places=Tara; | |Places=Tara; Ailech; | ||
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|Title=The death of Diarmait mac Cerbaill | |Title=The death of Diarmait mac Cerbaill | ||
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