Caladbolg

Caladbolg

"Caladbolg" ("hard belly", or possibly "hard lightning"), sometimes written "Caladcholg" ("hard blade"), is the sword of Fergus mac Róich from the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Spelled "Caladcholg", it is also associated with the more obscure Ulster hero Fergus mac Leda, suggesting a conflation of two legends. It was said to be a two-handed sword that made a circle like an arc of rainbow when swung, and to have the power to slice the tops off hills and take out an entire host.During the "Táin Bó Cuailnge", Ailill mac Máta takes "Caladbolg" away from Fergus mac Róich when he discovers Fergus' affair with his wife Medb. He gives it back when the Ulstermen rally against his armies. Fergus wreaks havoc against Ulster's forces with his blade, but Conall Cernach convinces him not to kill Conchobar mac Nessa. Fergus strikes the Three Great Strokes on three small hills instead, blasting off their tops.

"Caladbolg" may be related linguistically to Cúchulainn's spear, the "Gáe Bulg", and is thought to be a source or analogue of King Arthur's sword Excalibur, which in early Welsh is called "Caledfwlch".

References

*MacKillop, James James MacKillop (1998). "Dictionary of Celtic Mythology". Oxford. ISBN 0-19-860967-1.


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