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* BattleEpicBattleEpic: Medb raises an army of at least six thousand fighters from four out of five provinces, hoping to steal Donn Cúailnge from Ulster.
--> ''Other messengers were despatched by Ailill to the sons of Maga; to wit: to Cet ('the First') son of Magar Anluan ('the Brilliant Light ') son of Maga, and Maccorb ('Chariot-child') son of Maga, and Bascell ('the Lunatic') son of Maga, and En ('the Bird') son of Maga, Dochè son of Maga; and Scandal ('Insult') son of Maga.''
--> ''These came, and this was their muster, thirty hundred armed men. Other messengers were despatched from them to Cormac Conlongas ('the Exile') son of Conchobar and to Fergus macRoig, and they also came, thirty hundred their number. ''
--> ''Other messengers were despatched by Ailill to the sons of Maga; to wit: to Cet ('the First') son of Magar Anluan ('the Brilliant Light ') son of Maga, and Maccorb ('Chariot-child') son of Maga, and Bascell ('the Lunatic') son of Maga, and En ('the Bird') son of Maga, Dochè son of Maga; and Scandal ('Insult') son of Maga.''
--> ''These came, and this was their muster, thirty hundred armed men. Other messengers were despatched from them to Cormac Conlongas ('the Exile') son of Conchobar and to Fergus macRoig, and they also came, thirty hundred their number. ''
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* RememberTheNewGuy: Fer Diad has never been mentioned before he's introduced as Cú Chulainn's best friend from way back.
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* RememberTheNewGuy: Fer Diad has never been mentioned before he's introduced as Cú Chulainn's best friend from way back. May be because of a MissingEpisode somewhere in the prequels.
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There is also an assortment of related tales called the ''remscéla''. These are {{prequel}}s (that is literally what ''remscéla'' means, "before-tales") to the main narrative, expanding on various characters' histories and explaining, for instance, where the bulls came from, why Fergus mac Róich is in exile in Connacht, and who various champions are; another tale, ''Ces Ulad'' (The Debility of the Ulstermen) while not actually considered one of the remscéla, gives an important account of why the men of Ulster were cursed to begin with. Many published editions will include a selection of these (the Kinsella edition includes eight, for instance). The most famous is ''Literature/TheExileOfTheSonsOfUisnech''.
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There is also an assortment of related tales called the ''remscéla''. These are {{prequel}}s (that is literally what ''remscéla'' means, "before-tales") to the main narrative, expanding on various characters' histories and explaining, for instance, where the bulls came from, why Fergus mac Róich is in exile in Connacht, and who various champions are; another are. Another tale, ''Ces Ulad'' (The Debility of the Ulstermen) while not actually considered one of the remscéla, gives an important account of why the men of Ulster were cursed to begin with. Many published editions will include a selection of these (the Kinsella edition includes eight, for instance). The most famous is ''Literature/TheExileOfTheSonsOfUisnech''.
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''Táin Bó Cúailnge'' [[labelnote:pron.]] Tawn boe coolnyeh[[/labelnote]](''The Cattle Raid of Cooley'', though more often simply called ''The Táin'' in English) is an ancient Irish story from the Ulster Cycle of Myth/CelticMythology. It is considered the Irish national epic.
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''Táin Bó Cúailnge'' [[labelnote:pron.]] Tawn boe coolnyeh[[/labelnote]](''The (''The Cattle Raid of Cooley'', though more often simply called ''The Táin'' in English) is an ancient Irish story from the Ulster Cycle of Myth/CelticMythology. It is considered the Irish national epic.
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* AnythingThatMoves: Cú Chulainn, despite his intimate friendship with Fer Diad, has a wife, and unintentionally allows the invasion to take Ulster because he's getting his end away with the King of Tara's wife (or her handmaid, according to a monkish emendation to the text), and has numerous female conquests in other stories.
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* ReallyGetsAround: Cú Chulainn, despite his intimate friendship with Fer Diad, has a wife, and unintentionally allows the invasion to take Ulster because he's getting his end away with the King of Tara's wife (or her handmaid, according to a monkish emendation to the text), and has numerous female conquests in other stories.
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There is also an assortment of related tales called the ''remscéla''. These are {{prequel}}s (that is literally what ''remscéla'' means, "before-tales") to the main narrative, expanding on various characters' histories and explaining, for instance, where the bulls came from, why Fergus mac Róich is in exile in Connacht, and who various champions are. Many published editions will include a selection of these (the Kinsella edition includes eight, for instance). The most famous is ''Literature/TheExileOfTheSonsOfUisnech''.
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There is also an assortment of related tales called the ''remscéla''. These are {{prequel}}s (that is literally what ''remscéla'' means, "before-tales") to the main narrative, expanding on various characters' histories and explaining, for instance, where the bulls came from, why Fergus mac Róich is in exile in Connacht, and who various champions are.are; another tale, ''Ces Ulad'' (The Debility of the Ulstermen) while not actually considered one of the remscéla, gives an important account of why the men of Ulster were cursed to begin with. Many published editions will include a selection of these (the Kinsella edition includes eight, for instance). The most famous is ''Literature/TheExileOfTheSonsOfUisnech''.
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* LetsYouAndHimFight: Shortly before the story, the Morrigan bred one of her heifers to Donn and got an exceptional bull-calf from the mating. A few years later, they encountered Finnbhennach, Donn's mortal enemy. [[SinsOfOurFathers The older bull INSTANTLY fought her calf]] and narrowly won, so the Morrigan (being a BloodKnight) wanted to see what happened when Finnbhennach met his REAL enemy.
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* LetsYouAndHimFight: Shortly before the story, the Morrigan bred one of her heifers to Donn and got an exceptional bull-calf from the mating. A few years later, they encountered Finnbhennach, Donn's mortal enemy. [[SinsOfOurFathers The older bull INSTANTLY fought her calf]] and narrowly won, so the Morrigan (being a BloodKnight) wanted to see what happened when Finnbhennach met his REAL ''real'' enemy.
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* LoopholeAbuse: When a recurrence of an ancient curse sees the men of Ulster bedridden and unable to fight as they suffer from magic-induced birth pangs (...it's a long story... involving a horse...), the only person able to stand in the kingdom's defense is [[NoManOfWomanBorn a teenage boy who was not even born in Ulster]].
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* LoopholeAbuse: When a recurrence of an ancient curse sees the men of Ulster bedridden and unable to fight as they suffer from magic-induced birth pangs (...it's a long story... involving a horse...), )[[note]]In brief, the goddess Macha was forced to race against the king of Ulster's horses while heavily pregnant, and won the race but gave birth to her twins on the finish line; as punishment for the disrespect she was shown and the pain and humiliation she suffered, she cursed the men of Ulster to be overcome with weakness -- as weak "as a woman in childbirth" -- at the time of their greatest need, and the curse would last for nine generations.[[/note]] the only person able to stand in the kingdom's defense is [[NoManOfWomanBorn a teenage boy who was not even born in Ulster]].
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The Táin has been adapted into comics on a couple of occasions: ''An Táin'' (2006) by Colmán Ó Raghallaigh and the artists of Creator/CartoonSaloon, ''The Cattle Raid of Cooley'' (2008-2015) by Patrick Brown, ''About a Bull'' (2011-2013) by M.K. Reed, ''Celtic Warrior: The Legend of Cú Chulainn'' (2013) by Will Sliney, and ''Hound'' (2014-2018) by Paul J. Bolger and Barry Devlin (from Music/{{Horslips}}).
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The Táin has been adapted into comics on a couple of occasions: ''An Táin'' (2006) by Colmán Ó Raghallaigh and the artists of Creator/CartoonSaloon, ''The Cattle Raid of Cooley'' (2008-2015) by Patrick Brown, ''About a Bull'' (2011-2013) by M.K. Reed, ''Celtic Warrior: The Legend of Cú Chulainn'' (2013) by Will Sliney, and ''Hound'' ''ComicBook/{{Hound|2014}}'' (2014-2018) by Paul J. Bolger and Barry Devlin (from Music/{{Horslips}}).
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Bishonen is a Definition-Only fan-speak term used only for Japanese/East-Asian media. No examples allowed. Per TRS.
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* {{Bishonen}}: Cú Chulainn, often said to be a smooth-faced PrettyBoy, is described as fitting this trope... Most of the time. Totally subverted with his ''ríastrad'' (see GameFace below.)
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* PrettyBoy: Cú Chulainn, often said to be a smooth-faced pretty boy, is described as fitting this trope... Most of the time. Totally subverted with his ''ríastrad'' (see GameFace above.)
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The Táin has been adapted into comics on a couple of occasions: ''An Táin'' by Colmán Ó Raghallaigh and the artists of Creator/CartoonSaloon, ''The Cattle Raid of Cooley'' by Patrick Brown, ''About a Bull'' by M.K. Reed, ''Celtic Warrior: The Legend of Cú Chulainn'' by Will Sliney and ''Hound'' by Paul J. Bolger and Barry Devlin (from Music/{{Horslips}}).
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The Táin has been adapted into comics on a couple of occasions: ''An Táin'' (2006) by Colmán Ó Raghallaigh and the artists of Creator/CartoonSaloon, ''The Cattle Raid of Cooley'' (2008-2015) by Patrick Brown, ''About a Bull'' (2011-2013) by M.K. Reed, ''Celtic Warrior: The Legend of Cú Chulainn'' (2013) by Will Sliney Sliney, and ''Hound'' (2014-2018) by Paul J. Bolger and Barry Devlin (from Music/{{Horslips}}).
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There are also an assortment of related tales called the ''remscéla''. These are {{prequel}}s (that is literally what ''remscéla'' means, "before-tales") to the main narrative, expanding on various characters' histories and explaining, for instance, where the bulls came from, why Fergus mac Róich is in exile in Connacht, and who various champions are. Many published editions will include a selection of these (the Kinsella edition includes eight, for instance). The most famous is ''Literature/TheExileOfTheSonsOfUisnech''.
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There are is also an assortment of related tales called the ''remscéla''. These are {{prequel}}s (that is literally what ''remscéla'' means, "before-tales") to the main narrative, expanding on various characters' histories and explaining, for instance, where the bulls came from, why Fergus mac Róich is in exile in Connacht, and who various champions are. Many published editions will include a selection of these (the Kinsella edition includes eight, for instance). The most famous is ''Literature/TheExileOfTheSonsOfUisnech''.
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The Táin has been adapted into comics on a couple of occasions: ''The Cattle Raid of Cooley'' by Patrick Brown, ''An Táin'' by Colmán Ó Raghallaigh and the artists of Creator/CartoonSaloon, ''Celtic Warrior: The Legend of Cú Chulainn'' by Will Sliney and ''Hound'' by Paul J. Bolger and Barry Devlin (from Music/{{Horslips}}).
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The Táin has been adapted into comics on a couple of occasions: ''The Cattle Raid of Cooley'' by Patrick Brown, ''An Táin'' by Colmán Ó Raghallaigh and the artists of Creator/CartoonSaloon, ''The Cattle Raid of Cooley'' by Patrick Brown, ''About a Bull'' by M.K. Reed, ''Celtic Warrior: The Legend of Cú Chulainn'' by Will Sliney and ''Hound'' by Paul J. Bolger and Barry Devlin (from Music/{{Horslips}}).
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The Táin has been adapted into comics on a couple of occasions: ''The Cattle Raid of Cooley'' by Patrick Brown, ''An Táin'' by Colmán Ó Raghallaigh and the artists of Creator/CartoonSaloon, ''Celtic Warrior: The Legend of Cú Chulainn'' by Will Sliney and ''Hound'' by Paul J. Bolger and Barry Devlin (from Music/{{Horslips}}).
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Though often simply referred to as "'''The''' Táin", technically a ''táin'' (cattle raid) was a whole genre of stories. Some of the lesser tána include the "Táin Bó Fliadhis" and "Táin Bó Regamon".
There are also an assortment of related tales called the ''remscéla''. These are [[{{Prequel}} prequels]] (that is literally what ''remscéla'' means, "before-tales") to the main narrative, expanding on various characters' histories and explaining, for instance, where the bulls came from, why Fergus mac Róich is in exile in Connacht, and who various champions are. Many published editions will include a selection of these (the Kinsella edition includes eight, for instance). The most famous is ''Literature/TheExileOfTheSonsOfUisnech''.
There are also an assortment of related tales called the ''remscéla''. These are [[{{Prequel}} prequels]] (that is literally what ''remscéla'' means, "before-tales") to the main narrative, expanding on various characters' histories and explaining, for instance, where the bulls came from, why Fergus mac Róich is in exile in Connacht, and who various champions are. Many published editions will include a selection of these (the Kinsella edition includes eight, for instance). The most famous is ''Literature/TheExileOfTheSonsOfUisnech''.
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Though often simply referred to as "'''The''' Táin", technically a ''táin'' (cattle raid) was a whole genre of stories. Some of the lesser tána include the "Táin ''Táin Bó Fliadhis" Flidhais'' and "Táin ''Táin Bó Regamon".
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There are also an assortment of related tales called the ''remscéla''. These are[[{{Prequel}} prequels]] {{prequel}}s (that is literally what ''remscéla'' means, "before-tales") to the main narrative, expanding on various characters' histories and explaining, for instance, where the bulls came from, why Fergus mac Róich is in exile in Connacht, and who various champions are. Many published editions will include a selection of these (the Kinsella edition includes eight, for instance). The most famous is ''Literature/TheExileOfTheSonsOfUisnech''.
There are also an assortment of related tales called the ''remscéla''. These are
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Cú Chulainn in battle" by J.C. Leyendecker (1911)]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Cú Chulainn in battle" by J.C. Leyendecker Creator/JCLeyendecker (1911)]]
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* BladeOnAStick: Cú Chulainn's Gáe Bolga.
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There are also an assortment of related tales called the ''remscéla''. These are [[{{Prequel}} prequels]] (that is literally what ''remscéla'' means, "before-tales") to the main narrative, expanding on various characters' histories and explaining, for instance, where the bulls came from, why Fergus mac Róich is in exile in Connacht, and who various champions are. Many published editions will include a selection of these (the Kinsella edition includes eight, for instance). The most famous is ''Literature/TheExileOfTheSonsOfUisneach''.
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There are also an assortment of related tales called the ''remscéla''. These are [[{{Prequel}} prequels]] (that is literally what ''remscéla'' means, "before-tales") to the main narrative, expanding on various characters' histories and explaining, for instance, where the bulls came from, why Fergus mac Róich is in exile in Connacht, and who various champions are. Many published editions will include a selection of these (the Kinsella edition includes eight, for instance). The most famous is ''Literature/TheExileOfTheSonsOfUisneach''.''Literature/TheExileOfTheSonsOfUisnech''.
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There are also an assortment of related tales called the ''remscéla''. These are [[{{Prequel}} prequels]] (that is literally what ''remscéla'' means, "before-tales") to the main narrative, expanding on various characters' histories and explaining, for instance, where the bulls came from, why Fergus mac Róich is in exile in Connacht, and who various champions are. Many published editions will include a selection of these (the Kinsella edition includes eight, for instance). The most famous is ''Literature/TheExileOfTheSonsOfUisneach''.
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The Táin has been adapted into comics on a couple of occasions: ''The Cattle Raid of Cooley'' by Patrick Brown and ''An Táin'' by Colmán Ó Raghallaigh. There are also two concept albums based on the story, both full of EpicRocking -- godfathers of Celtic Rock Music/{{Horslips}} made a concept album, ''The Táin'', based on the story in 1973, and Music/TheDecemberists' 2004 EP ''The Tain'' is Colin Meloy's interpretation/abridgment.
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The Táin has been adapted into comics on a couple of occasions: ''The Cattle Raid of Cooley'' by Patrick Brown and Brown, ''An Táin'' by Colmán Ó Raghallaigh. Raghallaigh and the artists of Creator/CartoonSaloon, ''Celtic Warrior: The Legend of Cú Chulainn'' by Will Sliney and ''Hound'' by Paul Bolger and Barry Devlin (from Music/{{Horslips}}).
There are also two concept albums based on the story, both full of EpicRocking -- godfathers of Celtic Rock Music/{{Horslips}} made a concept album, ''The Táin'', based on the story in 1973, and Music/TheDecemberists' 2004 EP ''The Tain'' is Colin Meloy's interpretation/abridgment.
There are also two concept albums based on the story, both full of EpicRocking -- godfathers of Celtic Rock Music/{{Horslips}} made a concept album, ''The Táin'', based on the story in 1973, and Music/TheDecemberists' 2004 EP ''The Tain'' is Colin Meloy's interpretation/abridgment.
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Though often simply referred to as "'''The''' Táin", technically a ''táin'' (cattle raid) was a whole genre of stories. Some of the lesser tána include the "Táin Bó Fliadhis" and "Táin Bó Regamon".
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''Táin Bó Cúailnge'' [[labelnote:pron.]] Tawn boe coolnyeh[[/labelnote]](''The Cattle Raid of Cooley'', thoigh more often simply called ''The Táin'' in English) is an ancient Irish story from the Ulster Cycle of Myth/CelticMythology. It is considered the Irish national epic.
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''Táin Bó Cúailnge'' [[labelnote:pron.]] Tawn boe coolnyeh[[/labelnote]](''The Cattle Raid of Cooley'', thoigh though more often simply called ''The Táin'' in English) is an ancient Irish story from the Ulster Cycle of Myth/CelticMythology. It is considered the Irish national epic.
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''The Cattle Raid of Cooley'' (''Táin Bó Cúailnge'') is an ancient Irish story from the Ulster Cycle of Myth/CelticMythology. The oldest surviving manuscripts are in Middle Irish and date to the 12th century, but there are allusions to it in Old Irish poems of the 7th century, and elements of it are strikingly similar to things the [[UsefulNotes/AncientGreece Greeks]] and [[AncientRome Romans]] used to say of the Celts.
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''Táin Bó Cúailnge'' [[labelnote:pron.]] Tawn boe coolnyeh[[/labelnote]](''The Cattle Raid of Cooley'', thoigh more often simply called ''The Cattle Raid of Cooley'' (''Táin Bó Cúailnge'') Táin'' in English) is an ancient Irish story from the Ulster Cycle of Myth/CelticMythology. It is considered the Irish national epic.
The oldest surviving manuscripts are in Middle Irish and date to the 12th century, but there are allusions to it in Old Irish poems of the 7th century, and elements of it are strikingly similar to things the [[UsefulNotes/AncientGreece Greeks]] and [[AncientRome Romans]] used to say of the Celts.
The oldest surviving manuscripts are in Middle Irish and date to the 12th century, but there are allusions to it in Old Irish poems of the 7th century, and elements of it are strikingly similar to things the [[UsefulNotes/AncientGreece Greeks]] and [[AncientRome Romans]] used to say of the Celts.
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The Táin has been adapted into comics on a couple of occasions: ''The Cattle Raid of Cooley'' by Patrick Brown and ''An Táin'' by Colmán Ó Raghallaigh. There are also two concept albums based on the story, both full of EpicRocking -- godfathers of Celtic Rock ''Music/{{Horslips}}'' made a concept album, ''The Táin'', based on the story in 1973, and Music/TheDecemberists' 2004 EP ''The Tain'' is Colin Meloy's interpretation/abridgment.
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The Táin has been adapted into comics on a couple of occasions: ''The Cattle Raid of Cooley'' by Patrick Brown and ''An Táin'' by Colmán Ó Raghallaigh. There are also two concept albums based on the story, both full of EpicRocking -- godfathers of Celtic Rock ''Music/{{Horslips}}'' Music/{{Horslips}} made a concept album, ''The Táin'', based on the story in 1973, and Music/TheDecemberists' 2004 EP ''The Tain'' is Colin Meloy's interpretation/abridgment.
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The Táin has been adapted into comics on a couple of occasions: ''The Cattle Raid of Cooley'' by Patrick Brown and ''An Táin'' by Colmán Ó Raghallaigh. Irish Celtic-rock band ''Music/{{Horslips}}'' made a concept album based on the story in 1973. Music/TheDecemberists' EP ''The Tain'' is a setting of Colin Meloy's interpretation/abridgment of the epic to EpicRocking.
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The Táin has been adapted into comics on a couple of occasions: ''The Cattle Raid of Cooley'' by Patrick Brown and ''An Táin'' by Colmán Ó Raghallaigh. Irish Celtic-rock band There are also two concept albums based on the story, both full of EpicRocking -- godfathers of Celtic Rock ''Music/{{Horslips}}'' made a concept album album, ''The Táin'', based on the story in 1973. 1973, and Music/TheDecemberists' 2004 EP ''The Tain'' is a setting of Colin Meloy's interpretation/abridgment of the epic to EpicRocking.interpretation/abridgment.
