#i feel like when i read the tbc i constantly seesaw back and forth between “haha he’s only 17” and “oh my god he’s only 17”

[riseupriseupandcomealong]

hi more ulster cycle art based on this passage: “From the Monday after the feast of Samain at summer’s end to the Wednesday after the feast of Imbolc at spring’s beginning, Cúchulainn never slept — unless against his spear for an instant after the middle of the day, with head on fist and fist on spear and the spear against his knee” - táin bó cúailnge tr. thomas kinsella

#i feel like when i read the tbc i constantly seesaw back and forth between “haha he’s only 17” and “oh my god he’s only 17” #this is one of the latter moments #my art #art #me #ulster cycle #tain bo cuailnge #cu chulainn #linocut #irish mythology