Cathbad
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Cathbad
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Cathbad or Cathbhadh is the chief druid in the court of King Conchobar mac Nessa in the Ulster Cycle of Irish Mythology. He features in both accounts of Conchobar's birth, in one of which he is the king's father. In the first, Nessa, daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide, the then king of Ulster, asks the druid what it is an auspicious time for. Cathbad replies, "for begetting a king on a queen". There were no other men around, so Ness takes Cathbad to bed and conceives a son. In the second version, Cath
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Mythical Irish druid
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathbad
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2024-01-09T02:34:43Z
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