Táin Bó Cúailnge

Druids existed since the classical era of 500 BCE. Historical documents about the Druids primarily came from the Roman civilization and old Irish sagas. The most infamous historical document is Julius Caesar’s Commentarii de Bello Gallico. Commentarii de Bello Gallico is a compilation of journals about the Julius Caesar’s Gallic War. The direct translations of these journals are titled the Commentaries on the Gallic War. These journals talk about Julius Caesar impressions and experiences in the…

legendary queen of Connacht. As Jadis tells the children the story of her land, and of the destruction of Charn, we can see how it resembles the beginning of ‘Táin Bó Cúailnge’, the story of the Cattle Raid of Cooley. The story beings with a power struggle between family members; in Jadis’s case, between herself and her sister, and in the case of the Táin, between Medbh and her husband Ailill. In each story, there is one thing which sets the two family members apart; Jadis’s knowledge of the…