#bcos ulster got in a war n all thr grown men were bedridden w pain so queen medb was like 'ah shit what do i do now'

[dullahandyke]

Yes win my Irish folklore podcast of choice has an ep on the curse of macha! Was thinking abt it all class <3

#yes i have shit to be doing. shut up #basicslly abridged version is that macha is goddess of sovereignty n she becsme human to be some lads wife #and she always got the chores done rlly quick bcos goddess and thus her husband was bragging about her #n her husband said 'lol i bet that u could outrun a pack of horses and i have money on it so go do that' #and macha (heavily pregnant with twins) said WHAT THE FUCK #and she did it and she won but all the running plus being pregnant didnt mix well #and she either miscarried or fell on the ground and gave birth then and there w no help #and she went 'FUCK YOU YE USELESS MEN LETS SEE HOW YOU LIKE IT' #and she cursed it so that whenever the grown men of ulster needed to fight theyd be struck down by pain equivalent to childbirth #and that laid the groundwork for cú chulainn's role in the cattle raid of cooley #bcos ulster got in a war n all thr grown men were bedridden w pain so queen medb was like 'ah shit what do i do now' #n then cú chulainn showed up and he was only a child but god could he kill a bitch so ulster didnt get too slaughtered #and then the rest of the táin etc etc #for comparison ive seen people say cú chulainn and the táin are to ireland what achilles and the iliad are to greece #im fully talking out of my ass btw this is all from memory. but its fun innit