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Legendary figure
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One source places him in myth; the other implies it.
“is an Irish warrior hero and demigod in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, as
well as in Scottish and Manx folklore.”
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“This story is a variation of a standard Indo-European myth.”
— Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010).
Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation
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Description
Warrior hero of the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, trained in combat by
Scáthach; the earliest Irish literary reference to wrestling has him wrestle an
invader from Scotland.
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Scáthach
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“is a legendary Scottish warrior woman and martial arts teacher who trains the
legendary Ulster hero Cú Chulainn in the arts of combat.”
Sources
“In Irish literature, the earliest reference to wrestling is when the hero Cú
Chulainn put on his belt to wrestle an invader from Scotland.”
— Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010).
Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation
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Identifiers
https://martial.is/entity/01M5JWHXPX4JHBF6KD954FC12Z
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Cú Chulainn. In Martialis: Martial Arts
Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5JWHXPX4JHBF6KD954FC12Z - CC
BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
BibTeX
@incollection{martialis_01M5JWHXPX4JHBF6KD954FC12Z, author = {Muñoz, Frederico},
title = {Cú Chulainn}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database},
year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url =
{https://martial.is/entity/01M5JWHXPX4JHBF6KD954FC12Z}, urldate =
{ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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