Keating refers to a story that Lugaid, when hunting, once met a hideous hag wearing a magic mask. When he slept with her he took off her mask, and dreamed that she became a beautiful young woman. Keating interprets this as an allegory of Ireland, meaning that Lugaid first endured toil and torment, and then enjoyed pleasure, over her. He also tells a story from the Cóir Anmann ("fitness of names") about a certain Lugaid Loígde, one of the five sons of Dáire Doimthech, all of whom were called Lugaidh. A druid prophesied to Dáire that one of his sons would rule Ireland. When Dáire asked which one, he was told to take all five to Tailtiu and pursue a beautiful fawn which would appear to them there, and the one who outran it would be king. They chased it from Tailtiu to Howth, where a magical mist obscured all five from the men of Ireland. The son who caught and killed the fawn was Lugaidh Laighdhe. However, as this Lugaidh has a different father, Keating does not believe he is the same man.[2]
lugaid, laigde, other, people, with, same, name, lugaid, disambiguation, eochu, ailella, according, medieval, irish, legend, historical, tradition, high, king, ireland, helped, ladrach, overthrow, airgetmar, later, killed, take, kingship, himself, ruled, seven. For other people with the same name see Lugaid disambiguation Lugaid Laigdech son of Eochu mac Ailella was according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition a High King of Ireland He helped Dui Ladrach overthrow Airgetmar and later killed Dui to take the kingship himself He ruled for seven years until he was killed by Airgetmar s grandson Aed Ruad The Lebor Gabala synchronises his reign with that of Artaxerxes III of Persia 358 338 BC 1 The chronology of Geoffrey Keating s Foras Feasa ar Eirinn dates his reign to 537 530 BC 2 that of the Annals of the Four Masters to 738 731 BC 3 Keating refers to a story that Lugaid when hunting once met a hideous hag wearing a magic mask When he slept with her he took off her mask and dreamed that she became a beautiful young woman Keating interprets this as an allegory of Ireland meaning that Lugaid first endured toil and torment and then enjoyed pleasure over her He also tells a story from the Coir Anmann fitness of names about a certain Lugaid Loigde one of the five sons of Daire Doimthech all of whom were called Lugaidh A druid prophesied to Daire that one of his sons would rule Ireland When Daire asked which one he was told to take all five to Tailtiu and pursue a beautiful fawn which would appear to them there and the one who outran it would be king They chased it from Tailtiu to Howth where a magical mist obscured all five from the men of Ireland The son who caught and killed the fawn was Lugaidh Laighdhe However as this Lugaidh has a different father Keating does not believe he is the same man 2 Preceded byDui Ladrach High King of IrelandLGE 4th century BCFFE 537 530 BCAFM 738 731 BC Succeeded byAed RuadReferences edit R A Stewart Macalister ed amp trans Lebor Gabala Erenn The Book of the Taking of Ireland Part V Irish Texts Society 1956 p 261 a b Geoffrey Keating Foras Feasa ar Eirinn 1 27 Annals of the Four Masters M4462 4469 nbsp This biography of a member of an Irish royal house is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lugaid Laigde amp oldid 1082346811, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
