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The Sword of Light or Claidheamh Soluis (Old Irish; modern Irish: Claíomh Solais [ˌklˠiːw ˈsˠɔlˠəʃ]) is a trope object that appears in a number of Irish and Scottish Gaelic folktales. The "Quest for sword of light" formula is catalogued as motif H1337.
Ailill mac Máta had stolen Fergus's sword when he caught him in flagrante with Medb. Fergus carved a dummy wooden sword to disguise the fact he was unarmed. [3]: pp. 154-155 Ailill returns the sword to him before the final battle, and Fergus speaks a poem over it, calling it Caladcholc in one version, [3]: pp. 121, 234 and Caladbolg in another.
The other three treasures are the Claíomh Solais or Sword of Light, the Sleá Bua or Spear of Lugh and the Coire Dagdae or The Dagda's Cauldron. Some Scottish chroniclers, such as John of Fordun and Hector Boece from the thirteenth century, treat the Lia Fáil the same as the Stone of Scone in Scotland. [1]
Sword (claideb/claiomh) which belonged to Núada: No one ever escaped from it once it was drawn from its sheath, and no one could resist it. The sword is also described in the Tain legend as "Nuadu's Cainnel"—a glowing bright torch. [5] Muirias or Murias Semias Cauldron (coire) of the Dagda
This sword is used by Llenlleawg Wyddel to kill Diwrnach Wyddel and his men. Ceard-nan Gallan, the Smith of the Branches, sword of Oisín. Claíomh Solais (Sword of Light), the sword of Nuada Airgeadlámh. The sword glowed with the light of the sun and was irresistible in battle, having the power to cut his enemies in half.
It was named for the "Sword of Light" (in modern spelling Claíomh Solais) of Gaelic myth. Eoin MacNeill was its first editor, overseeing its publication from 1899 to 1901. [1] In 1900 the League took control of the weekly bilingual paper Fáinne an Lae, when its editor went bankrupt.
Claíomh Solais – Sword of Nuada, the king of the gods in Irish mythology; in legend, the sword glowed with the light of the sun and was irresistible in battle, having the power to cut his enemies in half. Gáe Bulg – Spear of Cúchulainn; made from the bones of a sea monster.
The Dalcassians (Irish: Dál gCais [ˌd̪ˠaːlˠ ˈɡaʃ]) are a Gaelic Irish clan, generally accepted by contemporary scholarship as being a branch of the Déisi Muman, that became very powerful in Ireland during the 10th century.