Warriors

Stories tagged Warriors:

• Bricriu's Feast Aug 13, 2025

  

  In the days when the Red Branch Knights were the glory of Ulster, there lived a man named Bricriu of the Poisonous Tongue. Bricriu was wealthy and cunning, but above all, he delighted in stirring up trouble among the warriors. His tongue was sharper than any sword, and his words could turn friend against friend with devastating skill.

  “I shall build the greatest hall in all of Ireland,” Bricriu announced one day, his eyes gleaming with mischief. “And I shall host a feast so magnificent that it will be remembered for a thousand years!”

• The Curse of Macha (Noínden Ulad) Aug 11, 2025

  

  In the ancient days when the warriors of Ulster were renowned throughout all of Ireland for their strength and courage, there came among them a woman whose beauty was matched only by the mystery that surrounded her. This is the tale of Macha, wife to Cruinniuc the farmer, and the terrible curse that would bring low the mightiest warriors in all the land - a curse born not of malice, but of a woman’s pain and a people’s cruelty.

• The Story of the Valkyries Aug 6, 2025

  

  High above the battlefields of Midgard, where mortal warriors clashed with sword and spear beneath storm-darkened skies, flew beings of such terrible beauty that men’s hearts would stop at the sight of them. These were the Valkyries—Odin’s chosen maidens, the “choosers of the slain” who carried the souls of fallen heroes to Valhalla.

  They rode through the air on horses whose hooves struck lightning from the clouds, their armor gleaming like captured starlight and their long hair streaming behind them like banners of war. Each carried a spear that could pierce any armor and a shield that could turn aside any blow, for they were warriors as skilled as any god.

• The Myth of the Amazons Aug 2, 2025

  

  In the distant lands beyond the Black Sea, where the wind swept across endless grasslands and the rivers ran swift and clear, there existed a kingdom unlike any other in the ancient world. This was the realm of the Amazons, the legendary warrior women whose courage and skill in battle were renowned throughout all the lands of mortals and gods alike.

  The Amazons were said to be the daughters of Ares, the god of war, and Harmonia, the goddess of harmony, though some tales claimed their lineage from the war-god and various nymphs of the wild places. Whatever their divine parentage, they inherited from Ares an unquenchable spirit for battle and from their mothers a deep connection to the natural world and to each other.