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Furbaide Ferbend is a character from the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. His father is Conchobar mac Nessa, king of the Ulaid. His mother is one of the daughters of Eochu Feidlech, the High King of Ireland: in the saga ''Cath Boinde'' ("the battle of the Boyne)〔Joseph O'Neill, (ed. & trans., ("Cath Boinde" ), ''Ériu v.2, 1905, pp.173-185〕 and the ''Dindsenchas'' poem "Carn Furbaide"〔Edward Gwynn (ed. & trans.), ("Carn Furbaide" ), ''The Metrical Dindshenchas'' Vol. 4, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1906〕 she is Eithne, in the saga ''Aided Meidbe'' ("the death of Medb") she is Clothru.〔Vernam Hull (ed. & trans.), ("Aided Meidbe: The Violent Death of Medb" ), ''Speculum'' v.13 issue 1, Jan. 1938, pp. 52-61〕 Eochu gave several of his daughters to Conchobar in marriage in compensation for Conchobar's supposed father, the former High King Fachtna Fáthach, whom Eochu had killed in the Battle of Leitir Ruad.〔 In the sagas Furbaide's mother is murdered by her sister Medb, Conchobar's former wife and the future queen of Connacht, in the poem by her nephew Lugaid Riab nDerg, and her child is born by posthumous Caesarian section. ''Cath Boinde'' explains the name ''Furbaide'' as deriving from Old Irish ''urbad'', "cutting", and says his original name was Diarmaid.〔 According to the ''Dindsenchas'' poem he had two horns on his head, hence his epithet ''ferbend'', "horned man".〔 The glossary ''Cóir Anmann'' ("fitness of names") says the horns – two of silver and one of gold – were on his helmet.〔Whitley Stokes, ("Cóir Anmann (Fitness of Names)" ), ''Irische Text mit Wörterbuch'', Dritte Serie, 2 Heft, Leipzig: Verlag Von S. Hirzel, 1897, p. 288-411〕 At the age of seventeen he fights in Conchobar's army in the Battle of Gáirech and Ilgáirech at the end of the ''Táin Bó Cúailnge'' ("cattle raid of Cooley").〔〔Cecile O'Rahilly, ''Táin Bó Cúailnge Recension 1'', Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1976, pp. 218, 227-228〕〔Cecile O'Rahilly (ed. & trans.), ''Táin Bó Cúalnge from the Book of Leinster'', Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1967, p. 248, 261〕 In the saga ''Mesca Ulad'' ("the intoxication of the Ulaid"), where he is said to be Cúchulainn's foster-son, he fights against the Erna, but he is so beautiful none of them can bring themselves to wound him.〔W. M. Hennessy (ed & trans), ''Mesca Ulad; or, the intoxication of the Ultonians'', Todd Lecture Series, 1889〕 After Conchobar's death his son Cúscraid Mend Macha succeeds him as king of the Ulaid, and gives his brother Furbaide the regions of northern and southern Tethbae.〔R. I. Best (ed. & trans.), ''("The Battle of Airtech" ), ''Ériu 8'', 1916, pp. 170-190〕 In later life, according to ''Aided Meidbe'', he avenges his mother's death. Medb had taken to bathing in a pool on an island. Furbaide measures the distance from the pool to the shore with a rope, and practices with his sling until he can hit an apple on top of a stake from that distance. The next time he sees Medb bathing, he shoots the nearest missile to hand – a piece of cheese – at her, and kills her.〔 In the ''Dindsenchas'' poem he kills the mother of Lugaid Riab nDerg, and Lugaid pursues and kills him in revenge.〔 Legend has it that Furbaide Ferbend was buried in a passage grave atop Carn Clonhugh, more commonly known as Corn or Cairn Hill, north Longford, after the two passage graves that crown the summit. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Furbaide Ferbend」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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