Nechtan Scéne
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In the Ulster Cycle
of Irish mythology
Nechtan Scéne (Nechta Scéne, Nechtan Scéine) was the mother of three warriors named Fannell, Foill and Tuchell, who boasted they had killed more Ulstermen
than there were Ulstermen still living. They were killed by Cúchulainn
in The Boyhood Deeds of Cúchulainn with the spear Del Chliss of Nechtan.
Ulster Cycle
The Ulster Cycle , formerly known as the Red Branch Cycle, one of the four great cycles of Irish mythology, is a body of medieval Irish heroic legends and sagas of the traditional heroes of the Ulaid in what is now eastern Ulster and northern Leinster, particularly counties Armagh, Down and...
of Irish mythology
Irish mythology
The mythology of pre-Christian Ireland did not entirely survive the conversion to Christianity, but much of it was preserved, shorn of its religious meanings, in medieval Irish literature, which represents the most extensive and best preserved of all the branch and the Historical Cycle. There are...
Nechtan Scéne (Nechta Scéne, Nechtan Scéine) was the mother of three warriors named Fannell, Foill and Tuchell, who boasted they had killed more Ulstermen
Ulaid
The Ulaid or Ulaidh were a people of early Ireland who gave their name to the modern province of Ulster...
than there were Ulstermen still living. They were killed by Cúchulainn
Cúchulainn
Cú Chulainn or Cúchulainn , and sometimes known in English as Cuhullin , is an Irish mythological hero who appears in the stories of the Ulster Cycle, as well as in Scottish and Manx folklore...
in The Boyhood Deeds of Cúchulainn with the spear Del Chliss of Nechtan.