Miscellaneous Myths: Cú Chulainn

[@JanPospisilArt]

Cu Chulain doesn't just tie himself to a standing stone. He ties himself to it with HIS OWN INTESTINES hanging out of his cut up belly. So yeah, pretty metal.

[@Sleepyhead156]

Yeah... why do you think one of my skills is literally called "guts"?

[@aczeartk7032]

@@Sleepyhead156 goddamn

[@russianbear7832]

*METAL*

[@alketsadedinaj3011]

@@Sleepyhead156 you make a point....DOG!

[@daddyinthestreetsenpaiinth9250]

This is why Cu is best doggo.

[@taicanium]

Cú Chulainn: "Hey, can I marry your daughter?" Forgall: "Absolutely not." Cú Chulainn: "YOUR FREE TRIAL OF LIVING HAS ENDED."

[@theblan1k0ne]

GAY BULGE!

[@juanpablosalazar4336]

@@theblan1k0ne It's Gáe bulg.

[@theblan1k0ne]

@@juanpablosalazar4336 hehe

[@juanpablosalazar4336]

@@theblan1k0ne Edit, the comment, please.

[@theblan1k0ne]

@@juanpablosalazar4336 No

[@SingingInferno]

Bit of historical fun fact: "Cu" was a prefix given to any Irish man that managed to earn the loyalty of a dog, as hounds were EXTREMELY respected in Ireland at the time.

[@danieloceansmith3156]

Claude Olson everyone loves dogs.

[@zachbahamutson5477]

@@danieloceansmith3156 I would like to present the mesoamericans as a contradiction to what you just said mostly because they murdered dogs in fact one of their evil Gods is the god of dogs.

[@FrancisR420]

@@zachbahamutson5477 what do you mean they murdered Dogs didn't they murder everything, didn't they kill people?

[@zachbahamutson5477]

@@FrancisR420 well they may have killed people they didn't eat people they ate dogs. That is what I was trying to say. The people were ritualistically sacrificed the dogs were unceremoniously killed.

[@joaofarias9986]

That's really funny to me, because "cu" means asshole in portuguese

[@Gnagniel]

"Cursed the men to have labor pains in their hour of need" that is an S tier curse, fantastic.

[@coltonwilliams4153]

Gotta give the girl points for style and viciousness.

[@andruloni]

and then they stay incapacitated for many months. sounds bad

[@StonedtotheBones13]

​@@andruloniwith how metal the women are, idk why they wouldn't go out and fight tbh

[@aidennevada243]

I agree, this is the best and funniest curse ever!

[@IronycheinPain]

they should just walk it off

[@krankarvolund7771]

"Cù Chulainn was an incarnation of Lugh wich was also, confusingly, his father" Christianity: I see no confusion in this.

[@loganwynn2337]

Mormons: "I see ALL the confusion in this."

[@quitkid8727]

Haha🤣 *Jesus*

[@laurakirwan999]

Wow! these are VERY different pronunciations of Cú Chulainn and Emer then I have ever heard. Where were they found? Wikipedia has the pronunciations I am used to, and I assume it is a regional pronunciation or something.

[@krankarvolund7771]

@@laurakirwan999 How do you hear pronounciation from a text? ^^'

[@laurakirwan999]

wiki has pronunciation icons after many words in which are the subject of the intro

[@ryebread3039]

Wait, this woman outran race horses while pregnant?! Give me some of those genes.

[@Sophie-uc5vh]

Actually in the story the woman isn't just pregnant, she's already in labour. She literally outruns the horses while giving birth. Hence the labour pains for the army as a punishment. She's also a goddess though, in the original story, not just a normal woman, so ya

[@sarkysuchus8350]

Im not a goddess (or even a woman) but if you made me run any form race while pregnant with twins, labor pains would be the ,east of your worries. And I dont know if you've ever been in labor, but having your genitals stretch to tearing while your hips creak themselves apart does not sound like a good time. Then again, you'll be surprised what I can do with a corkscrew.

[@thegayghost872]

She was technically in the process of giving birth.

[@Warden_Vtel]

Rye Doncha mean... PERGANANANT?

[@ladycobrana852]

Donsmacker1 really, omg (starts laughing)

[@bcmarcin9447]

What I learned: Celtic Mythology is very metal Christianity wanted it to be less metal Christianity was unsuccessful and it’s still metal

[@Vanastar]

You can't kill the metal. There's a song about it.

[@Cheddarcheesemonkey]

BIG FACTS

[@dilophosaurussk4333]

Same thing with Norse mythology. I swear to the Omnissiah medieval christianity was so fucking boring 90% of the time.

[@kabob0077]

@@Vanastar Some say Metal died, but we all know that which is dead may eternal lie but with stranger eons even Death may die. Besides, Metal is just a Musical Great Old One and can't die. It can only be put to sleep for a time, and when all have forgotten it then it shall awaken.

[@Blazo_Djurovic]

Well, they mostly had issues with all those many gods bits. But they were fine with JUST NORMAL PEOPLE people being FUCKING METAL.

[@stebbenwolfe]

I like how adorably you drew the soon to be slaughtered children.

[@BlueMiaou]

isn't that what happened in star wars, also

[@windyryady6367]

by purple guy

[@casualgamingauraous2345]

“Master Cù there are too many of them, what are we going to do?”

[@josiahws5]

The cú behind the chullain

[@Shellybean9105]

Rest in peace Youth Corps, 5:28 - 5:32

[@tonyhakston536]

Wait, Cú Chulainn is the incarnation of his dad? And took three days to recover after getting wrecked? Is... is Cú Chulainn War Jesus?

[@seanegan8150]

The accent on the u is the wrong way round

[@seanegan8150]

But yeah sure we'll call him War Jesus it's much easier for non Irish people

[@FacelessCrowd]

Yes

[@Dirt.]

@@FacelessCrowd Oui

[@nowhereman6019]

These kinds of myth tropes appear everywhere throughout the world.

[@noaim3432]

"Even in death Cú Chulainn will ruin your day" Kirei learn that the hard way

[@oceanicmage]

The **HARD** way

[@kameyu4927]

Not like he didn’t deserve it

[@salvadortoscano2534]

@@kameyu4927 Fucking amen

[@ficus5375]

Ofcourse i find a fate comment here

[@ghostagent3552]

@@ficus5375 and I'm looking for one

[@chaserpurple5195]

"It is I,your fairy Dad-mother!" 'nough said

[@Becka_Harper]

And that alone sums up why our myths will never be made into movies without a LOT of sanitisation! But fuck me if it’s not the best one sentence representation of Irish mythology, add in “and they all died horribly in ironic tragic ways” and you’re really there.

[@cphtfluke7565]

"A little misadventure with The Morrigan." You mean that time The Chooser of the Slain came to Cu Chulainn in the form of a maiden and offered to lay with him, but he refused her and so she attacked him in the river as an eel until he plucked out her eye, and then she attacked him as a wolf until he broke 3 of her ribs, and then she charged him as a heifer until he broke one of her legs. She then appeared as a bent and broken crone, with all of her injuries, and offers him a drink from the cow she is milking. To thank her for the milk, he heals her injuries. Recap: The Morrigan tried to kill Cu Chulainn three times after he refused to bed her, and he defeated her each time, which should be triple impossible since her divine power is literally to decide who falls in battle. On a side note, the raven who landed on Cu Chulainn after his death was also probably The Morrigan.

[@theonewhouploadsnothing1704]

That’s hilariously awesome!

[@DeaganDunne]

Im not certain how entirely accurate this is, but some interpretations of The Morrigan paint her as very petty (much like most of the Tuatha De'Danan or however its spelled) but also honorable. Using her powers to choose him to die in her attacks wouldn't be honorable. That or her powers to choose who dies doesn't work when she's in the fray. Or he was destined to die as he did and even the goddess of death can't cheat destiny. Hard to tell.

[@cphtfluke7565]

@@DeaganDunne Funny thing about The Morrígan's title: CHOOSER of the SLAIN. 1. The Morrígan must CHOOSE when and upon whom to exercise her powers. HOWEVER 2. The combatants must both fight with the intent to SLAY each other, or the combat falls outside of her sphere of influence. So I suppose as long Cu Chulainn wasn't actually trying to kill the eel, the wolf and the heifer, The Morrígan couldn't use her powers. I don't know enough about this particular legend to know if Cu Chulainn realized these animals were actually The Morrígan, or if she chose these animal forms in an attempt to trick him into trying to choose lethal combat. If he realized it was her, it's entirely possible he chose non-lethal combat to deny The Morrígan her divine advantage.

[@daviddaugherty2816]

Also, in the version of the story I read (whose cultural accuracy I don't know), the old woman who got him to break his geas was also The Morrigan in disguise.

[@blake3631]

@@cphtfluke7565 that, and Cu Chulainn is just built different.

[@wakingdragon7538]

> Aife has Cu Chulainn's child > Red says "Cool? How old is he again?" > Dog dies in the odyssey > Red says "NOOOOOOOO" Clearly, a women with the right priorities

[@wildcardjoey4776]

The answer is 8 years

[@galning2768]

Red has her priorities right

[@quitkid8727]

2:51

[@charliefarmer4365]

@@wildcardjoey4776 Red said he was a teenager.

[@wildcardjoey4776]

@@charliefarmer4365 basic math says no

[@danieloceansmith3156]

The funniest thing about this In my opinion is how cu’s first loss... Is to boobs. That feels so protagonisty it’s like it spawned two haram anime seasons

[@sonofthebearking3335]

Well for a second there it did...

[@ihavethehighground8697]

Harem bro not Haram

[@ihavethehighground8697]

@DiscordChaos if they are married then it's halal

[@crawlingboy]

@NecroMelodia it does not since haram means unlawful

[@crawlingboy]

@@ihavethehighground8697 hey a person that has knowledge

[@andrewjao6861]

I loved when this guy was at war with Arthur pendragon, Hercules and Gilgamesh

[@poopsiepop4179]

ZASSHU

[@sorcierenoire8651]

*YOROKOBE SHOUNEN*

[@grinninggrim583]

You forgot Actually Satan

[@andrewjao6861]

Grinning Grim ahhh right my bad

[@redfire1186]

....What the hell was I doing to miss that insane war?

[@AlexThePyroshark]

For anyone who's (rightfully) angry at Queen Medb for fucking up Cu Chuulainn's life in the last part of the video, rejoice: despite all her cunning and cloak and dagger, she would find death at the hands of a piece of cheese. Like, seriously, look it up, I did a double take when I found out.

[@acertainpigeonman9064]

Slingshots are terrifying, good lord

[@SparkShadow212]

How hard was that cheese, like my god.

[@durandal_273]

​@@SparkShadow212Cheese was REALLY hard back then.

[@rezandrarizkyirianto-1933]

She should've went into even more detail about the Cattle Raid of Cooley, Medb, and her husband Ailill

[@AlexThePyroshark]

@@durandal_273 Still pretty hard today, don't underestimate how solid a hunk of parmesan can be.

[@TheBonkleFox]

Y'all joke about him dying, but in UBW you can't deny he at least went out the same way he did in the legends: Metal AF.

[@John-Stark]

He goes out like a badass in all 3 routes

[@kamishin7135]

Too bad he died pathetic in Carnival Phantasm.

[@dragonnx2843]

@@kamishin7135 how many times did he die in that again like one every episode he mind as well be Kenny from South Park

[@Moredistress]

@@dragonnx2843 They do actually make a similar running joke to Southpark’s “You killed Kenny. YOU BASTERD”, every time Cu dies in Carnival Phantasm.

[@actuallysatan7105]

@@Moredistress Which would be LANCER GA SHINDA KONO HITO DENASHI

[@McJethroPovTee]

it's funny how even then, basic anime tropes still exist before anime tropes.

[@alectantheapache6261]

Mc Jethro Pov Tee I see you everywhere

[@jayblade2000]

Cu Chulain- The Prototype Kirito..... or is that the other way around?

[@McJethroPovTee]

Alec Tan Where exactly? coz i tend to lurk in some videos

[@ssjokg4952]

Kirito is Fionn mac Cumhaill not Cu.

[@dantegisleson1698]

And just tropes in general hell theirs even a cyborg character(Cethern mac Fintain)

[@manwithaplan5503]

Oh my God! They killed Lancer! They're not human!

[@justas423]

Basically kenny

[@HighordStarkiller]

RANZA GA SHINDA

[@aredjayc2858]

@@justas423 Carnival Phantasm did basically that

[@financialproblems9308]

Lrdstrkil19 kono hitodanashi

[@thexenosaiyan]

@@HighordStarkiller KONO HITO DE NASHI

[@lemeres2478]

For those wondering- Geass is basically a "superman with kryptonite" style super power. You get a big boost as long as you follow some rule- such as not eating dog meat. However, the strongest warriors might get that way because they have multiple geass. And those might contradict. Like "accept any meal offered by an old lady". Yes. It is an entire mechanic set up for failure.

[@jonassunden9382]

and also how he lost his FIRST spear. doing whatever a bard tells you is NOT a good strategy.

[@DragonbIaze052]

Doesn't Abrahamic mythology have that with Samson? And I guess also kinda used in-reverse with Baldr in Norse mythology?

[@Kefkaesque13]

​​@@DragonbIaze052Yes and No. The "no haircuts" thing was part of the standard Nazirite vows (alongside other things like "no alcohol" and "no touching corpses") that ancient Israelites could take to express dedication to God. A regular person would follow the vows for a period of time specified at the outset, and at the end would shave and burn their hair alongside an animal sacrifice. Samson was supposedly special in that he was a Nazirite from birth (an angel even telling his mother to follow the food/drink parts while he was in the womb) with his vows meant to be life-long. He's the only example in the bible of someone receiving super strength for following the vows, though there is another "Nazirite from birth" (Samuel) who became a major prophet.

[@sadrakeyhany7477]

Ancient binding vows 😭

[@lucifchristo]

yes he tied himself to a rock so he could "Die on his feet" but you didnt mention that he also did so using his own entrails. badassx9 million

[@yolomasta6940]

George Coggins dude that's metal af

[@cykrya5156]

George Coggins it may or may not be true, but realistically speaking its not possible but who the heck cares right? reality is boring anyway

[@yolomasta6940]

Acerbus Vultus Cu Chulainn is the most anime mythology hero ever

[@cykrya5156]

yeah agree

[@rosiemeggie]

so your telling me some land girl DIDNT go up to his corpse and just rape him on the spot? XD

[@ryansullivan7349]

"Why is Celtic Mythology not better known? With Ireland and Scotlands proximity to England, you'd..." Red, I'll stop you right there, because you just answered your own question. (I am English, and i know what we've done)

[@thecrow2924]

and she forgot wales

[@jamiel6005]

@@thecrow2924 And Cornwall and the Isle of Man... :(

[@PiracyandDumbbells]

As half Norse, half African, atleast your self aware.

[@ryansullivan7349]

@@PiracyandDumbbells I believe that every Cultural Artifact in the British Museum, that was plundered or stolen, should be digitally scanned for an accurate 3D rendering, recreated by craftspeople with the closest skill set and style to those original crafters, and the originals be returned to their countries of origin, if requested by their governments. We are not responsible for our ancestors actions and crimes, but continuing to hold onto plunder does endorse their actions

[@PiracyandDumbbells]

@@ryansullivan7349 That's the right thing to do. We don't control our past ancestry so apologies aren't necessary. Thanks.

[@korpsmaninfantry7238]

To quote actually satan "He's basically Irish Hercules Rin!"

[@aredjayc2858]

"But is he Satan?"

[@francescolombardi3438]

@@aredjayc2858Cu: I'm starting

[@aredjayc2858]

@@francescolombardi3438 "Actually Satan": Not if I start first

[@NotMe6044]

I see I found another that knows of the great Italian spear man...

[@korpsmaninfantry7238]

Josiah Matthews first name Mario last name Mario, Mario Mario

[@notafunnyguy2446]

The reason why he has to use the Gae Bulg on Ferdiad is that Ferdiad's skin is as hard as metal so no weapons could harm him so our hero has to use the Gae Bulg, a weapon that could pierce any armor to kill Ferdiad.

[@hirahiro2331]

Ah thank you!

[@tdhsacademy9540]

Quite literally metal!

[@commanderbastard1993]

Emer's Dad: I hate this guy who is crazy skilled, let's send him to train with a deity of war! Genius.

[@chrisschoenthaler5184]

To be fair, he wasn’t supposed to SURVIVE that quest. This was just a more straightforward case of achieving something that was supposed to be impossible and returning even more badass than when he left.

[@kiraina25]

Yeah no he _fully_ expected Scathach to straight-up murder the boy, not _actually_ train him.

[@elainegoates9792]

@@kiraina25 which was slightly dumb.

[@dragonfell5078]

Ngl when Chulain asked Scathach's twin sister to hear his child I was 100% expecting him to marry her instead of Emer

[@nyxarachne663]

Red: “I wish more characters used this tactic when their friends turned evil.” Highschool DxD: *furiously scribbling notes*

[@GBlockbreaker]

literally the scene of Issei using Juggernaut Drive for the first time

[@kieranjcampbell]

Hey baby

[@radjadawamindra697]

Issei: "Write that down! Write that down!"

[@mugenokami2201]

@@radjadawamindra697 your guys already did

[@davidbigel9447]

They’ve already used this technique my guy

[@pablotomasllodra4423]

“He’s Irish Hercules, Rin!”

[@tsargoomba91]

But is he SATAN?

[@williammcnear3462]

What is this quote from?! It's getting on my nerves that I don't know!

[@pablotomasllodra4423]

Something Something Fate Something Abridged

[@tristantsang4325]

@@williammcnear3462 fate stay night unlimited blade works abridged

[@williammcnear3462]

@@tristantsang4325 Thank you.😊

[@el-simplistico5919]

So this is the man we know as Irish Hercules, or more commonly known as: Mario Mario

[@Baddino45]

“Whats your name” “Mario Mario, first name Mario, last name Mario”

[@thesymbiotenation.4552]

@@Baddino45 Archer: Bite me...

[@salvadortoscano2534]

@@thesymbiotenation.4552 Wanna talk about the moon?

[@el-simplistico5919]

@@salvadortoscano2534 you be quiet about the moon

[@Ranjithpullukattu]

god i miss abridged

[@aguywithalotofopinions412]

“In case he wasn’t anime protagonisty enough yet” Well, he is a member of the main trio of one of the most popular anime franchises ever

[@Methren1]

Total anime noob here... Wich one?

[@houston_co7769]

@@Methren1 i think fate stay night

[@dr.romaniarchaman5426]

Fate/ Stay Night and Fate/Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works. Summoned as a Lancer class servant.

[@robmd887]

Fate is weird

[@antonijeeremic8282]

@poopmannelson1 no Diarmuid was summoned in fate/zero

[@Kntrytnt]

Hey kid, you like proving yourself? Perseus: Do I! Bellerophon: Do I! Cu Chulainn: Do I! Stop. Having. Kids. Prove. Themselves.

[@merrittanimation7721]

Kntrytnt Well it went well for Perseus

[@rebeccahammond4208]

Don’t forget Finn Mac cool (Sorry for not using correct spelling)

[@team10leader1]

Why would Blue ever want to do that? It's the Universal War cry of every brave kid out there

[@Fixation-fluctuation]

Kntrytnt I

[@totally_not_grimm3824]

Lmao

[@YayapLives]

Wait so summer Scathach's Noble Phantasm attack animation in FGO where she jumps up into the air and launches Gae Bolg with a backflip kick is actually accurate usage? Crazy.

[@alfuertemaronkhristianec.6830]

Ikr!

[@thesymbiotenation.4552]

@@alfuertemaronkhristianec.6830 that's how it's supposed to be used instead of Cu just throwing it like a javelin... so Scathach wasn't just showing off...

[@Caroling_Caroli]

Cu's NP in Extella and Extella Link are also pretty cool ngl

[@YayapLives]

@Loch S The Fate series draws from as many myths and legends as it can get its grubby little hands on. Cu Chulainn was one of the original 7 servants in the original work alongside Medea, Hercules, and Gilgamesh so characters related to him were some of the first go to creations for spin offs/ the gacha mobile game. That said they have a _interesting_ habit of making everyone into waifus or weirdos(King Arthur is famously a girl, Saint Martha is a battle manic fist fighter.) so I was surprised the _swimsuit_ version of Scathach actually used Gae Bolg lore accurately when it was such a ridiculous attack.

[@phantasosxgames8488]

@Loch S the funniest thing is Saint Martha , the legend is that she pacified the dragon Tarasque....Fate made so that "pacify" means that she used the wrestling moves that Jacob used to fight an angel , against Tarasque and beat him up until it obeys her.

[@uziman8898]

“Rin be carful. Something tells me this guy is trouble and never wins fights.” ~Satan

[@gilgamesh7652]

Actually Satan

[@reicelestial2478]

@@gilgamesh7652 the "actually" is important, i think

[@thekingkaiju9385]

@@reicelestial2478 HE'S PRETTY MUCH IRISH HERCULES, RIN!

[@keyblademasterclark]

@@thekingkaiju9385 BUT is he Actually Satan?

[@imdear459]

Rin! He’a going to murder me!

[@neosragnar1075]

Cu Chulainn: Battle Continuation: A+ METAL: MAX OUT

[@CraziestMDBCrew]

ransan ga shinda

[@Chaotic-warp]

@@CraziestMDBCrew kono hito de nashi

[@kaminari1927]

METAL: EX+++

[@RandomL0s3r]

He's Grand Metal

[@someguywithabirdface2583]

Battle for 12 hours straight

[@old-worldghost3451]

"Something tells me this guy's trouble and doesn't win fights"

[@tiredashell7205]

I see that reference

[@v.t1947]

He die . The end

[@gp2779]

The joke of Lancer dying lol

[@GAarcher]

*I mean, in ataraxia he did won against bazzet...he also died there.*

[@PKINGU]

That boob tactic should really be in “The Art of War”

[@darthplagueis13]

"When a frenzied combat monstrosity demi-god starts wandering in your direction it may be advisable to confront him with naked tiddies and hope he's not gay" -Sun Tzu

[@melancholygirl7793]

Works on anime protagonists

[@hyrumcannon3789]

I think he actually does mention something about using seductive women to corrupt/undermine the enemy

[@salvadortoscano2534]

In *great* detail

[@quantranminh4553]

It's actually in "The Art of War" tho...... Sometimes a beautiful and clever women can win you the war that an entire army couldn't.

[@Torika2724]

“And the name Cú Chulainn Was sung out loud that night In a tale of rage and ruin and of might And the name Cú Chulainn So furious and wild To remain in myth and memory A legend of the isle” - Miracle of Sound

[@IanPendleton-gh6ox]

Damn I love that song!

[@Torika2724]

@@IanPendleton-gh6ox Same dude it’s so epic. I love when a song gives you a whole plot like that, especially if it’s 8 minutes long. Anything from Miracle of Sound or Aviators that’s 8 minutes long is going to be pure bliss.

[@andyknightwarden9746]

I was looking and hoping for a comment like this, because that song is so awesome.

[@ChakraX2]

And after his death, Cu Chulainn would die in every route with his E rank luck

[@whoknows7968]

But every death would be increasingly badass

[@TheTruestZero]

His E rank Luck is due to that. Luck in Nasuverse is the ability to fight destiny. Since he wasn't able to avoid dying at a young age as the prophecy said, his Luck stat is at the lowest point of the Holy Grail War system.

[@NHDOreBros]

@@TheTruestZero It also has to do with the compatibility with the master as Saber's luck was lower with Kiritsugu than with Shirou. And you know how compatible Cu and his master are.

[@D1SZZ]

Yep... This is very important facts

[@elijakiger]

Well at least he has protection from arrows so he can evade attacks for 3 turns unless... wait, can you hear that? *distant Rhongomyniad*

[@Aurea0522]

“Hello I am your fairy dad mother” I could imagine my dad bursting into my room and screaming this

[@Ismael-kc3ry]

I’m trying

[@crcker3841]

absolute chad of a father

[@zetjet9901]

@@crcker3841 absolute dad of a father

[@runedoom]

​@@zetjet9901grandpa?

[@InShane162]

"Sucks to be Fergus. Sucks to be you." ~Cu 'Mario Mario' Chulainn

[@GAarcher]

*Chulainn's true name was Mario, first name Mario, last name Mario, MarioMario*

[@orangesoda4535]

And the name Cu Chullainn was sung about at night. In a tale of rage and ruin and of might. And the name Cu Chullainn so furious and wild to remain in myth and memory, a legend of the isle

[@torazely]

Truly, you are cultured. (Love that song)

[@declanbeech772]

@@torazely what song is it?

[@torazely]

@@declanbeech772 the Tale of Cu Chullainn by Miracle of Sound. Highly recommend.

[@Scarletraven87]

Celltic myths are awesome. They begin with "he slew 100 warriors while one armed" and end with "hit the belly-button-of-achilles with a copperpot flung using starlight"

[@bigocelot4002]

If it makes anyone feel better, Queen Medb gets killed by a* thrown chunk of cheese later on.

[@tanyanikolaevagizdova6571]

How the heck?!!

[@bigocelot4002]

@@tanyanikolaevagizdova6571 Yep

[@tanyanikolaevagizdova6571]

@@bigocelot4002 Tell me more !

[@theblan1k0ne]

@@tanyanikolaevagizdova6571 She was at a poolhouse or something, then some guy with a slingshot and a ball of cheese came by and shot the cheese straight at her head. Thus resulting in her death and cheese memes in the fate community ensues.

[@theblan1k0ne]

@Jeffrey Herrera oh no, he's here... GRAMPS!!!

[@freyastuchbery7130]

I heard someone say that the Irish gods metaphorically shrunk down until they became fairies, while the heroes grew so metaphorically large they literally became giants. There's a legend about Finn Mcool being a giant, and building a stone causeway to go fight another giant in Scotland, and a lot of famous fairies bear resemblance to old Irish deities, so I think that makes sense.

[@timothymclean]

So, the ancient Celts didn't really understand what "metaphor" means?

[@mariascanlan8238]

Jack Stuchbery i think this is rly accurate because in ireland obviously religion is quite prominent but many deities arent specified to be deities and are often simply called "beings" and arent really explained much further.

[@Spartan155]

I think the fact Shakespeare refers to Madb as a fairy has always pretty much confirmed this. But its more like in this video, they turned into kings/queens first then overtime as the otherworld became more fairylike they got re-absorbed into it.

[@daragon0055]

Jack Stuchbery, that is correct but he was originally a giant, as shown by some big footprint somewhere near the causeway, and he scares away the Scottish giant as posing as his 17 month old son and biting off the gold finger of the Scottish giant which he had… for some reason.

[@OnePieceSpecial]

The versions about Fionn Mac Cumhaill being a giant are only used in children's books, possibly to simplify the story. In the actual myths, Fionn is not a giant, but is regarded as a "giant of a man", basically meaning he's bigger than the average sized man. The same goes for the rest of the Fianna.

[@LamentingKosherin]

Cú Chulainn in Celtic: Mystery and Legend Lancer in Fate: Lancer Ga shinda! *YOURE NOT HUMAN!*

[@koreankamui98]

I mean, I’m a guy and I unironically simp for him.

[@PutoMedicoBrujo]

@@koreankamui98 mood

[@iriszilong1429]

Celtic, not Greek, lmao

[@GAarcher]

@@koreankamui98 *Nahhhhh, start simping for Angro mango, that dude is an incarnation of all Rizzez of the world*

[@dawey2192]

​@@GAarcher something tells me you just got into fate and is currently trying to consume as much fate/mythology material as you can

[@sebastianbrueggerhoff7241]

“...hate'ta break it to you Kotomine but if a scratch like this instantly did me in, I wouldn't be much of a Heroic Spirit.“

[@tonhaogamergranudo]

What a burn on Diarmund.

[@thesymbiotenation.4552]

@@tonhaogamergranudo Diarmund's a pussy compared to Cu Chulainn... even if Cu dies almost every time...

[@willvermillion1025]

@@thesymbiotenation.4552 but he dies slower the better the ending

[@thesymbiotenation.4552]

@@willvermillion1025 true... but That's why Cu is better... his deaths are cooler than Diarmund's pussy "curse"

[@huonglevan2276]

@@thesymbiotenation.4552 most servants die every route, Cu died by suicide in UBW so kinda sticked out. in Fate he held off Gilgamesh for 12 hours and HF killed him off early to give the spotlight for other servant since he had his moment in 2 routes already

[@cjyay3449]

"It is I: Your Fairy Dadmother!" I laughed WAAAAAY more than I should.

[@bethgutierrez-vazquez3055]

XDD

[@Raym3a]

Same

[@saladcaesar7716]

you mean fairy dead-mother

[@SophiaAstatine]

Don't forget the glorious bonk to the face that came immediately after.

[@spencerharding1977]

"I WANT THAT!" -Shiro

[@Vejitatheouji]

"WHO'S THERE?! WHO JUST COMPLIMENTED US?!?"

[@francescolombardi3438]

@@Vejitatheouji"I'M SORRY"

[@enkidu1623]

"THEY'RE SO COOL! THEY'RE SO COOL! THEY'RE SO COOL!"

[@williamhoughten7476]

There once was a lancer in blue...

[@LavenderWhale]

He had a dark job to do…

[@lunaequinox7333]

The Gae Bulg will forever be one of my favorite mythical weapons. It sounds like a legendary magic item you'd find in D&D.

[@daviddaugherty2816]

I've put it in my campaign. It also comes with the warp-spasm curse, because it can't be too beneficial.

[@saphyrepyre]

@@daviddaugherty2816I know I’m about late on this, but can you provide the stat block? I’d love to give this to a certain player…

[@lourdeswhitener9713]

Stat block pls, perfect for a barbarian.

[@lourdeswhitener9713]

Also, boobs being the only way to calm down anyone with the warp spasm curse is hilarious.

[@goodkopbadkop9054]

His name was Setanta, he only became Cú Chulainn after he killed the hound.

[@Lemuel928]

He has a Middle Name?

[@jaysps3]

And this is why we have a sports channel named Setanta, he kills the hound with a hurl a slither

[@thomasdowling2011]

@@jaysps3 you mean a sliotar

[@jaysps3]

@@thomasdowling2011 yea you're right with the aul spelling there, tis been a while since I was in school and it's not a word you see commonly wrote down

[@cilliancronin7298]

And the only reason he was at the house in the first place was because he beat an entire team of lads older and stronger than him at hurling

[@Shamazya]

I like how in Shin Megami Tensei games if you fuse Setanta, Cú Chulainn's boyhood name, with a demon that resembles a dog then you get Cú Chulainn

[@oculttheexegaming2509]

So Setanta with Cu Sith?

[@demi-femme4821]

You can also just evolve him, but nobody does that unless they're actively disallowing fusion.

[@Brian-tn4cd]

Setanta also has interaction with Scathach in some of the games like in SMT 3 and 5

[@BoostedMonkey05]

@@demi-femme4821 SMT3 cough cough. You can only get him by fusing setanta and leveling him up. Which isn't very bad since setanta is a really good demon to have mid game since he is both adept at magic and physical but his physical skills are really good and nocturne had a bad habit of favoring physical based demons.

[@retropolis_fae]

"Hello, it is I, your fairy dadmother."

[@thejurassicwarewolf3300]

BONK

[@persephonethebookdragon9520]

Cù Chulainn: I didn't know I had a Fairy Dadmother.

[@Toxicvirus-su8yi]

dodie's Ukulele is the name even a 'he' or a 'she' ?

[@maglevsolanum6704]

I was born in Ireland. I've lived here my whole life. I've heard the story of Cú Chulainn a thousand times, and this is the first time I've ever heard someone pronounce it "Kulane" lol

[@IrishDemon]

yup. its painful. how hard would it have been to just check

[@kziila0244]

@@IrishDemon Pretty hard. The pronunciation I found was Coo Coo-hoo-lane, a pronunciation I’m not even sure is right even after hours of searching. Please, tell me the right pronunciation. I can’t take it anymore.

[@michaelflynn9874]

@@kziila0244 In case you still haven't found out, I've always heard it pronounced as Koo Khullann where a is pronounced as in woman.

[@justanautomaton]

I always just pronounced it Coo Hoolane. I never pronounced the C

[@Xalerdane]

In Red’s defense, you guys can’t agree on official pronunciations for _any_ of your words.

[@ckies4777]

Dang this guy is basically an anime character

[@NullSchmid]

Aqua The Max Fangirl @fate/stay night

[@mrmiscellaneous105]

He is. In Fate/Stay Night.

[@bakugoatisangery3286]

Aqua Is Strange I live in Ireland, I can confirm we are all anime characters

[@Themaskedgeneral836]

as a fellow Irish man i can back this up

[@Thememester439]

RWBY Trash so I've got some Scottish in me, what powers can I expect?

[@jodofe4879]

So basically he starts out as a horny teenager/anime protagonist who is also the Hulk and then turns into the epic and tragic protagonist of a metal album who absolutely wrecks everything including his own family and friends and finally ends up avenging his own death. Yeah, that is pretty good story.

[@anothermonkey5871]

Someone PLEASE adapt this!

[@magicball3201]

That still sounds a bit like hulk at the end, ngl

[@crawler6019]

*looks down in comments* Ah. Yes. I knew I was going to find Fate comments here.

[@KhanhNguyen-mh5ec]

CrawlerEnder 935 But what about SMT?

[@dustmodebros]

Or decemberists comments

[@pwnorbepwned]

Or Final Fantasy comments!

[@buddyboris23]

It is one of Cu's only portrayals in modern media, and is the reason behind most of the people who recognize that name. I see nothing wrong with that.

[@hulkmeister23]

Except he's not blond

[@a.b.5688]

After watching this, I'm curious what the Overly Sarcastic version of the Diarmuid Ua Duibhne story would end up being.

[@GAarcher]

*"He is pretty much Irish Lancelot, Irisviel"*

[@barghestblue731]

"Rin, watch out, something tells me this guy is trouble and never wins fights"

[@corvuscallosum5079]

"Dude's not weak, he's just got Lancer luck."

[@maxxcreese9911]

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@luafreire1026]

"He's basically Irish Hercules Rin"

[@alonelyperson6031]

@@luafreire1026 "HE WILL DESTROY ME RIN !!!"

[@Bloodwing-zx9ri]

@@alonelyperson6031 "Nah, you got this."

[@lpk675]

You know what just occurred to me, all 3 of Cu's deaths in Fate/stay night all reference a different element of his death in the actual myth: Fate: Cu died after fighting Gilgamesh for 12 hours straight, referencing him managing to continue fighting for several days before succumbing to his wounds. Unlimited Blade Works: Died after managing to kill Kirei after Kirei forced Cu to kill himself, referencing how he managed to kill his murderers after they fatally wounded him. Heaven's Feel: After being killed by Hassan-i-Sabbah, Cu's corpse remained standing for several seconds before being dragged down into the lake by The Shadow, referencing how Cu's corpse managed to keep standing for days straight even after his corpse began to decompose.

[@ilyasbasuki3207]

For every time Nasu messes up history and legends, he adds an incredibly accurate detail.

[@sidewinder1209]

@@ilyasbasuki3207 for every *100 times

[@mathunit1]

@@sidewinder1209 Fuck both of you. Shitting on Nasu like that.

[@sidewinder1209]

@@mathunit1 we're are not shitting on him, we're pointing out that even tho he trashes most characters, his details are often accurate to myths.

[@HellecticMojo]

Nasu does a weird thing where he gets the obvious and well known part wrong/lie, but gets the obscure details that only the ones who actually do research on the character is correct. It's honestly kind of frustrating sometimes

[@aratathekingx1401]

Honestly. I'm so glad you pointed out the lack of light on Celtic folklore. Honest to God before I even watched this video I would always describe Cu Chulainn as the most metal folk hero in existence

[@marissacrespo8514]

I just wanted to acknowledge how talented red must be. She knows a ton of mythology and tropes. She must have read a thousand books. She can sing like an angel and plays video games like a pro. I mean...give this queen some appreciation.

[@AgnusCavichioliPereira]

And I love her simple but carismatic art. Girl got some renaissance spirit there.

[@Sean-sn9ld]

She could learn to pronounce an extremely well known mythological figure's name properly and not try and tell us "there's no proper way to say it" when there very clearly is having grown up with these stories, speaking the language

[@jadedragon1406]

@@Sean-sn9ld I- but- buddy- buddy no Everyone says them so differently though, there *is* no "correct" way to say so many of their names. People debate pronunciations constantly, she's trying her best and just trying to avoid angry comments from people getting mad at how she said a name or a place or whatever.

[@Sean-sn9ld]

@@jadedragon1406 well she's incorrect when it's easy to find out how to pronounce these things and she's lying saying there's no right way to pronounce these things when there is considering this is my native language and even people who dont speak irish know how to pronounce it. Cú Chullain (Ku Kullen) is easy to say. I dont know where she's getting this Ku Kullaine from , she could've looked it up our most well known mythological figure. I'd forgive bad pronounciation but tryna say there's no correct way to say things in the language I use on a daily basis is bullshit

[@jadedragon1406]

@@Sean-sn9ld Alright, alright, maybe, though I could see her having just given up on deeply researching each pronunciation on each name in each video and just started taking a guesses and running with it. And I can see where she get Coo Cole-lane from since it's like if you were to pronounce it from looking at the letters. Also, so are you saying it's said Coo Colen (just wondering cause I want to know at least a proper way to say it since even the description admits she said it wrong xD)

[@yokuutsu9097]

You forgot to mention when he fought Gilgamesh for like, several hours straight.

[@duxhunt]

That's like imposible in mythology as Gilgamesh is Babylonian and CuChulain is Celtic and metal as hell

[@stephenfox5709]

@@duxhunt I believe he's referring to the Fate series.

[@duxhunt]

@@stephenfox5709 It’s not mythology. It’s historic fanfic.

[@raisou9750]

No, It was a Faker, not Gilgamesh himself.

[@therodrigosaurio1093]

@@raisou9750 They fought in Fate Route tho. Except it happened off-camera

[@nighty7913]

celtic mythology deserves soooo much more love than it gets

[@czarenallyzamonisit4642]

hyacinthoide ik

[@gamebawesome]

hyacinthoide I know right

[@mysticblue108]

hyacinthoide **hugs that mythology** I give it physical love, and all the love! I frickin love any mythology I nerd/geek out over that stuff :3

[@ivyscribbles8671]

Mystic Blue same

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

Is it just me, or is the Celtic reaction to magic a little different than most other mythologies? Most cultures seem to emphasize that magic or great deeds are accomplished because of deities or lineage. Celtic myths have magic happen, and everyone just says, "okay," and moves on.

[@musicman9079]

Cu Chulainn tying himself to a standing stone, refusing to go down even after he was dead is a heroic ending that just feels really powerful.

[@daviddaugherty2816]

And that's _without_ the little tidbit that he tied himself up with his own intestines.

[@ferghalicious1480]

Probably one of the most powerful symbols in Ireland today. There’s a statue of it in the GPO in Dublin, which is where the leaders of the Easter Rising fought the British from in 1916.

[@abithefallenhuman921]

​@@ferghalicious1480there's a massive mural to it in Lenadoon, Belfast, with the crow of the Morrigan resting on his neck, so I'd go as far as to say it's incredibly wide spread across the Isle, not beginning to mention the amount of art created jsut depicting his death

[@allison.m_0719]

Damn Red where is a full cover of Bleeding Out GIRL YOU CAN SING

[@jakecarroll9500]

Did anyone else hear a version where Cu Chulainn used his own guts to tie himself to the rock?

[@abigailsaoirsefinnegan]

That's the version my uncle, Paddraig told me when I was a kid.

[@eimhinlynch1517]

Yeah. but the version i grew up with has him dying during the Táin story after battling Medb's army for months, eventually tying himself to an oak. I was actually about 16 before hearing any story set after this.

[@meitanteikudoKID]

Yeah, I heard this version too. Still Metal AF though.

[@sarahcole9661]

I heard something like that. Metal.

[@IHaveaQuestion87]

Cu Chulainn is so cool that he even makes full body tights look good. 10/10

[@theblan1k0ne]

agreed

[@oceanicmage]

“A Man in Blue Full-Body Tights has Drowned in Lego City!”

[@iwasnthere8822]

lancer ga shinda

[@honokakazuno]

KONO HITO DE NASHI

[@pandorasboxofcatvideos5892]

Ah. So that's why both Cu Chulain alter, and Rin(demi servant) get a version of Gae Bolg that causes spikes to shoot out of the target. On that note, did Fate just make up the whole "curse that reverses cause and effect, to always strike the heart" thing? A lot of their stuff is based on obscure parts of myths, but it was like, his main thing in Stay/night, yet isn't mentioned nearly as frequently as the one you mentioned.

[@durrangodsgrief6503]

It did but it also takes reference from shit like lughs spear and Odin gungnir

[@durrangodsgrief6503]

If I remember right

[@ValkoinenShiro]

Yes and no. There's a lot of "when shot will never miss its target" in myths and legends. I think the Gae Bolg was one such weapon, but may be remembering wrong.

[@mirzapramudya1580]

I think it's just to represent the fact he never misses with his spear Alot of Fate abilities comes from aspects of the legend stories, like Andersen being able to make fiction a reality with his NP because he's a writer, or Arash's Stella killing him when he uses it because that was the final arrow he shot (iirc)

[@sivanneu]

.This is entirely anime, and could serve as an entire anime, easily

[@KnightGamer724]

Fate/Stay Night, baby.

[@brodiecrain13]

Knight Gamer Mikero Regis Tollamol He meant an entire anime just about Cu chulain, not one with an inaccurate version of him as a minor antagonist

[@basilofgoodwishes4138]

Brodie Crain And Lancer in that series sucks balls, like really hard.

[@corvuscallosum5079]

OI Fate Lancer is awesome and I will fight anyone who claims otherwise.

[@corvuscallosum5079]

While I agree that Fate isn't the right fit for someone who wants a story focusing on Cu, calling him a minor antagonist strikes me as more than a little unfair. Also Fate sorta just uses mythological and historical figures as excuses to make up their own nonsense, so fair enough if that isn't your jam. Personally though I goddamn love their nonsense.

[@1000kylestar]

You forgot to mention Cu Chulainn is best doggo

[@D1SZZ]

Omg... There's Cu proto Cu Lancer Cu Caster Cu alter

[@RandomBeardGuy]

@CybertheAlicorn Yorokobe Shounen

[@Sleepyhead156]

@@D1SZZ you forgot my caster form bro

[@jessiek289]

He deserves many pets uwu

[@TwoGoblinsInATrenchCoat]

500th like. Also, yes.

[@LinguineMaker]

My favorite Celtic hero is the one guy in from the pub who was so drunk that got into a fight with another guy and made the night more entertaining for everyone.

[@bstewart41520]

I'm that guy! I also fought that guy! Several of that guy at different times and places.

[@h0m3st4r]

You mean all of them?

[@EveryoneElseIsWeirdImNormal]

So my uncle

[@1stcaptainraldoron538]

So you mean every Celt ever?

[@iacobuseurus509]

Years ago this video inspired me to write an urban fantasy novel, and I’m finally getting around to it. Irish mythology and folklore is an insane rabbit hole

[@Beanboiwolf]

I think that would be dope

[@Stad122]

"Something called a 'Warp spasm' transforms him into a large, ugly, powerful sinewy monster." BY THE EMPEROR!

[@robopope7584]

What is this warp sorcery. He’s obviously a servant of Khorne, possessed by a demon of Tzeentch or something. This is speculation, as I have no idea how this would happen in real life, obviously.

[@Stad122]

@@robopope7584 It's the Imperial Truth my friend! Worship of any gods throughout the centuries is but a veneer for the four disgusting spirits that hold tyrany over the immaterium!

[@juwebles4352]

Heresy of highest order! Call an exterminatus on ireland

[@Ajehy]

@@juwebles4352 - England tried that, it didn’t work.

[@FoxHound-ut1hu]

He's basically Sanguinus

[@autumneagle]

So I'm randomly watching Fate Stay Night anime and the heroic spirit 'Lancer' gets named as Cu Chulain. Now I'm here to figure out who this guy really was

[@joaofarias9986]

So is everybody in the comments section, aparentelly

[@RedXlV]

The Fate franchise has actually done a lot to at least make people aware that Celtic mythology *exists.* Though I remain disappointed that none of the many version of Cu Chulainn in the franchise actually have the warp spasm. Not even the Berserker version in Fate/Grand Order.

[@laurelelasselin]

@@joaofarias9986 Me watching the video and scrolling through the comments: *I don't know who you are or what you mean but I'm going to pretend I know and imagine you don't exist.*

[@salvadortoscano2534]

@@RedXlV That's actually interesting. Having a typical snarky Cu that then goes warp spasm would be awesome and I would *love8 to see Ufotable animate that!

[@meunomeelucas8489]

@@RedXlV Fun fact: Berserker Cu Alter isn't the actual one, he is merely a version altered by Medb, the ACTUAL Berserker Cu was so horrifying and dangerous that the world straight up kicked him out of the Throne Of Heroes. And this is the same place that has people like Gilles De Rais, Francis Prelati, Vlad III and other messed up people who could cause a lot of problems if summoned, but they're still there because they're useful to the world if summoned and given a mission, even the evilest of people are still there, however Berserker Cu was removed from it because of how dangerous he is. Cu Alter is scared of the actual Berserker Cu.

[@GrizzlyAdams94]

I think my favorite part of this whole story is Cu Chulainn's return from the Land of Shadows. After Forgall refused to let Cu marry his daughter he stormed the castle, killed 24 men, stole the treasures of the castle, abducted Emer and killed Forgall himself. The more I read into Celtic myth, the stranger and more interesting it seems to get. I love it

[@quadeevans6484]

Whatever with myths and stealing wives from peoples husbands

[@tanyanikolaevagizdova6571]

@@quadeevans6484 Forgall was her DAD .

[@wodahexe8400]

The Number 1 requirement for qualifying as a Lancer class Servant is for your story to give you a really unfortunate end with some more bad luck happening even way before that point.

[@oldcowbb]

kinda because celtic love lancer hero, and they love to make them suffer at the same time

[@pablothecoffeelover2551]

Lancer is suffering my man

[@wellno7377]

Fun Fact : Cu Chulainn killed his master after he killed himself

[@nahomthegeek4014]

Only in fate does that make sense

[@marseldagistani2251]

@@nahomthegeek4014 considering that in Fate Scathach (Hope I wrote it Correctly despite my English Letters in the Laptop keypoard) is Immortal and a Guardian to the Gates of the Underworld

[@nahomthegeek4014]

@@marseldagistani2251 is she? I thought she lived in the land of shadows or something

[@marseldagistani2251]

@@nahomthegeek4014 well the Land of Shadows is where the Gate to the Celtic Underworld is located

[@nahomthegeek4014]

@@marseldagistani2251 oh I see. Ok nvm

[@MM-bj8og]

I've actually been to the Isle of Sky before. Unfortunately the only place we could stay at on the island was a Hostel called "Saucy Mary's." Their pizza was terrible.

[@Sleepyhead156]

Lol

[@Ajehy]

You’d think the sauce would at least be decent.

[@FrOg-kh4wc]

oof

[@peterroberts2737]

Who goes to Skye for the pizzas?

[@kieranjcampbell]

So true

[@Le0nVale]

i guess you could say that he was quite the... thorn in cu chulainn's side.

[@melissabautz2346]

METAL

[@dianeinsertlastnamehere7296]

That pun was beautiful but it was TOO SOON DAMNIT NOW I'M CRYING

[@merrittanimation7721]

Hah

[@jegsdinogod5091]

Vikings: "We're an entire metal genre" Celts: "........Hold my Jameson, laddy."

[@coltonwilliams4153]

The vikings and the Celts would get along like a house on fire. They have a common enemy, after all. Irishman: Oi, lads! Want to go have some fun? Viking: Oh, aye. I think I know exactly what yer thinking. Viking and Irishman: *grins evilly at the Englishman* Englishman: N-now wait a second, gents…

[@SSD_Penumbra]

@@coltonwilliams4153 My favorite piece of historical text is from a Norwegian sailor from the 8th century that basically said "Yo, these guys are fucking metal" when sailing around Scotland.

[@connorwheatley5640]

@@coltonwilliams4153 they actually did IIRC, So well that they spawned an entire new subculture (the Norse-Gaels) in the Western Highlands and Islands of Scotland.

[@GrahamChapman]

As a Swede/Norwegian: I consider Scots to be honorary Scandinavians (I mean, the Scottish highlands _is_ the southernmost part of the Scandinavian mountains) and feel a deep cultural kinship with the Irish (since we're both the originating places of the archetypical fairies and giants and stuff). I just wish Celtic mythology was as popular as Norse mythology. Thor and Odin get overexposed a lot imo, and Setanta and The Morrigan get sadly underexposed. I want video games and movies and comic book series with characters based on Setanta and the Tuatha Dé Danann, damnit!

[@jackbelmont4389]

"If a wound like this would do me in, i wouldn't be much of a heroic spirit"

[@EternalVirgin]

And then you have Diarmuid

[@jackbelmont4389]

@@EternalVirgin to be fair he had the final laugh with the grail

[@rarewaifu]

*Fate/Stay Night:* allow us to introduce ourselves

[@axics2936]

hahahahaaha xDDD

[@altercard5389]

ϟ lancer ga shinda!

[@abandonedfragmentofhope5415]

Plenty of Celtic mythology in the Fate franchise for sure.

[@rahulrai7910]

@@altercard5389 Kono hitodenashi

[@oniemployee3437]

Yeah.. Fate/Stay night is some bullshit.

[@crimsonstrykr]

[Lancer references intensifies] first name mario last name mario. Mario mario.

[@maladroit5581]

Bite me, bite me

[@Cam-jl9kh]

Funny, I took you for the great Italian spearmen, Cu Chulame.

[@FoxHound-ut1hu]

Basically Irish Hercules

[@WyattRumore]

@@FoxHound-ut1hu its fine, just use your reality marble and pull him into hell

[@FoxHound-ut1hu]

@@WyattRumore THERE ARE SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH THAT IDEA RIN !!!

[@Izanagi009]

Just found this vid, I admit I love Cu Chulainn from Fate and the fact that he has a moniker of "irish Hercules" at times. Still, he seems quite fascinating and I wish more media besides Fate did stuff with him

[@absolutemadlad5662]

He did show up in marvel at one point and beat the shit out of thor for trying steal his spear (which was called slaughter instead of gae bolg for some reason) so I guess there's that

[@durrangodsgrief6503]

@@absolutemadlad5662 he was using his pops spear at the time

[@LilyKazami]

The Ivalice games in Final Fantasy use his Riastrad form as a Zodiac demon. Except that until the retranslation of war of the lions, his name was mangled continuously as things like "Queklain" or "Cuhuln".

[@mirzapramudya1580]

A lot of other medias use Cu actually Marvel (iirc), SMITE, SMT........... Uuuuuhhhhh

[@johnnyjoestar850]

Cu in fate is so fine tho

[@thaddeusb8715]

"TWENTY NINE SIMULTANEOUS RIGHT HOOKS!" That's not an anime attack you hear very often. "And he just TANKED the Twenty Nine Simultaneous Right Hooks!" "Who DOES that?!"

[@thaddeustrystan7459]

A certain ORA boi does that

[@nyetloki]

Thats sounds like something Naruto would use and also would tank.

[@HughMann989]

Famous quote by Cú Chulainn: Actually satan: Who are you? Cú Chulainn: Mario, First name Mario Last name Mario, Mario Mario

[@crenui]

I thought it was pronounced "Coo Hulayn" Dammit, he always dies before he says his name

[@benjaminconner8405]

This is way closer than the way the video said it.

[@personalRCH]

There is a lot of regional variation in these celtic names. Someone will always complain, even if one tries to use a reconstructed earlier version of said name

[@definitelynotcharlie4001]

It pronounced co culin

[@definitelynotcharlie4001]

I think

[@ecthelionalfa]

Not in the fgo game, he can outlive almost everyone

[@dotdotdot...176]

This is amazing storytelling, it has all the spunk, heroism, action and _emotions._ That part about brothers-in-battle Cú Chulainn and Ferdiad having to fight each other to the death, and then Cú Chulainn cradling him after his (Ferdiad's) death just ripped my heart out. He won that battle, but at what cost? That just hit me right in the feels.

[@Astavyastataa]

“Lancer ga shinda!” “KONO HITO DE NASHI!”

[@GAarcher]

*Cu Chulainn should be a rider...after all, he is just as good as Ayrton Senna*

[@heiry2810]

if only Cú Chulainn didn't have an E Rank Luck!

[@lucasbeck1391]

@Jeffrey Herrera should have killed shinji as well

[@somedude2454]

*luck 0*

[@DarkeLourd]

Only in one route. In the other two, he gets killed offscreen by some loser who thinks golden armor is a good idea except when fighting normal humans, and gets his heart ripped out by a muslim before being eaten by a shadow monster.

[@DarkeLourd]

@Jeffrey Herrera They made HF a movie series and already covered that fight. It's a bit longer, but mostly Cu chasing Hassan around the city and Hassan playing defense until Hassan lures him to the lake where the fight ends the familiar way.

[@ragecageofsneezingdragon4916]

I understood that reference!

[@dank_smirk9971]

Here's a more detailed description of the ríastrad for those of you who are curious: "Then took place the first twisting-fit and rage of the royal hero Cuchulain, so that he made a terrible, many-shaped, wonderful, unheard of thing of himself. His flesh trembled about him like a pole against the torrent or like a bulrush against the stream, every member and every joint and every point and every knuckle of him from crown to ground. He made a mad whirling-feat of his body within his hide. His feet and his shins and his knees slid so that they came behind him. His heels and his calves and his hams shifted so that they passed to the front. The muscles of his calves moved so that they came to the front of his shins, so that each huge knot was the size of a soldier's balled fist. He stretched the sinews of his head so that they stood out on the nape of his neck, hill-like lumps, huge, incalculable, vast, immeasurable and as large as the head of a month-old child." "He next made a ruddy bowl of his face and his countenance. He gulped down one eye into his head so that it would be hard work if a wild crane succeeded in drawing it out on to the middle of his cheek from the rear of his skull. Its mate sprang forth till it came out on his cheek. His mouth was distorted monstrously. He drew the cheek from the jaw-bone so that the interior of his throat was to be seen. His lungs and his lights stood out so that they fluttered in his mouth and his gullet. He struck a mad lion's blow with the upper jaw on its fellow so that as large as a wether's fleece of a three year old was each red, fiery flake which his teeth forced into his mouth from his gullet." "There was heard the loud clap of his heart against his breast like the yelp of a howling bloodhound or like a lion going among bears. There were seen the torches of the Badb, and the rain clouds of poison, and the sparks of glowing-red fire, blazing and flashing in hazes and mists over his head with the seething of the truly wild wrath that rose up above him. His hair bristled all over his head like branches of a redthorn thrust into a gap in a great hedge. Had a king's apple-tree laden with royal fruit been shaken around him, scarce an apple of them all would have passed over him to the ground, but rather would an apple have stayed stuck on each single hair there, for the twisting of the anger which met it as it rose from his hair above him." "The Lon Laith ('Champion's Light') stood out of his forehead, so that it was as long and as thick as a warrior's whetstone. As high, as thick, as strong, as steady, as long as the sail-tree of some huge prime ship was the straight spout of dark blood which arose right on high from the very ridge-pole of his crown, so that a black fog of witchery was made thereof like to the smoke from a king's hostel what time the king comes to be ministered to at nightfall of a winter's day." - (translated by Joseph Dunn)

[@gretablackwell495]

_METAL_

[@thebastard890]

*M E T A L*

[@xyzen9673]

Metal

[@hunsler1006]

I like how when he does fighting his best friend the story goes on to describe how Ireland is then cursed to suffer at the hands of infighting between different clans as brothers and friends kill one another. Which Ireland does for a long time.

[@dracosfire7247]

According to some stories I've heard, he tied himself to the Standing Stone with his own entrails. Which is even more metal.

[@CeltKnight]

My family history aside, Irish mythology always fascinated me. I love how the gods are basically super humans, but still human. I forget which one it was, but he came to a town and a guard refused to let him. He declared that he was god so-and-so. The guard didn't believe him. The pair settled on a deal that IF he really was the god so-and-so he'd be able to beat the guard at chess and the two played and god so-and-so could not enter until he won. The game probably wasn't "chess" as we know it, and the monk who wrote this out, noted in the margins that at the proposed time Chess had not yet reached Ireland so it was some other game. BUT STILL ... "No, I don't believe you're a god so you have to beat me at chess or no pub for you, buddy!" Irish god: "M'kay, set 'em up."

[@julienbrightside8635]

Sounds like a reasonable way to settle things.

[@AgnusCavichioliPereira]

Change "chess" to "Children's Card Game" and you got a pretty typical yugioh episode plot there.

[@faolanj66]

You're thinking of Lugh, and it wasn't that they didn't believe that He was skilled in what He said He was, but they already had people of those talents in the hall of the Gods, essentially. He was the only one who could do them all, though

[@ivancaraig1715]

"Lancer ga shinda!" "Kono hitodenashi!"

[@theblan1k0ne]

@Jeffrey Herrera to be fair, it was going really *REALLY* fast

[@theblan1k0ne]

@Jeffrey Herrera lol

[@GAarcher]

*Cu Chulainn should be a rider...after all, he is just as good as Ayrton Senna*

[@vardiganxpl1698]

I only know him well for getting killed a lot in his Lancer-Class form in many Fate routes/universes...But when he appears in a different Servant class, specifically Caster-Class, he doesn't die. And is actually useful

[@whiteraven181]

To be fair he's useful to those he chooses to support in his Lancer form too, he's just never able to win the War because he always ends up in unlucky situations and dies guaranteeing the opportunities for allies to escape or buying time against enemies... just like in his myth.

[@justas423]

Author of Fate: I'm gonna make cu chulain a Character but make gae bolg a spear that targets the hearts and pierces through magic. *Later in Fate apocrypha* Author of Fate: Ok I gotta give Vlad the impaler a melee weapon. I GOT IT. I'll give him a spear that allows him to summon pikes in the inside of the person who made contact with the spear.

[@damnthatsrough970]

Slimeustas The Slime King you know they were made by different people

[@justas423]

@@damnthatsrough970 still...

[@financialproblems9308]

What doesn’t make sense is that in fgo he’s supposed to be a berserker and his lancer form looks more badass

[@AlchemistStar50]

@@financialproblems9308 I mean in apocrypha he was a double class servant (Berserker/Lancer) so making him berserker would make more sense since that version uses the Vampire legend. Te FExtra Vlad (Lancer) is the real life human Vlad that was a war general that fought for his nation.

[@TheGawain13]

@@AlchemistStar50 He wasn't a double Class, he single used his NP which turned him into a monster, but it didn't change his class. Its just in FGO he is summoned as a Berserker which causes his legend of dracula NP to always be passively on.

[@brae4602]

ah yes, Cú Chulainn with his mighty Gay Bulge, a classic tale

[@augustcross2305]

His GAY BULGE happens to EXPAND in order to pierce the heart of the nearest man. And not just literally...

[@ilmanhaqimi24]

@@augustcross2305 archer raw ass can't withstand the powers of gay bulge.

[@henfinzim]

What if I told you Cu means ass in portuguese?

[@augustcross2305]

@@henfinzim It would make too much sense.

[@ilmanhaqimi24]

@@henfinzim what if I told you I'm not surprised..

[@alaina4396]

"The anthropologist in my heart makes me sad." Same when I went to the Patheon and was told that it was turned into a Christian church, instead of being left alone with its original mythology. I have nothing against Christians, I am one, it just makes me sad that the original purpose of the Pantheon was changed.

[@fantasyshadows3207]

Me too, despite being Christian, the other mythologies are really interesting but uprooted into Christianity, Like stop adding folk lore stuff as part of the Bible! Other people can have stories and legends of their past so you don’t have to believe them but don’t just Christian paint job all over their stories!

[@omega1575]

Fantasy Shadows so...your saying that Christianity is like a kid playing a game of pretend? Like, “yeah, you have notre dame, but I have the parthanon! I also have these many short stories and invaded every other religion so I can be the best!” (I don’t mean any offense to Christianity)

[@fantasyshadows3207]

More like it started off as a minority and hated but acting for what God wanted, Then became mainstream popular and stuff and got dragged into politics, Later getting drunk and causing stuff like the crusades and going “LETS CHRISTIANIZE EVERYTHING FOR NO REASON!!” And passed out on the ground so I guess like a kid playing pretend

[@caoilfhinnreddy5606]

I am irish and one our our most sacred celtic sites has a church right next to it and a Christian saint statue :(

[@fantasyshadows3207]

Caoilfhinn sorry about that People can go corrupt and justify their insanity and pride and evil instincts with religion Sorry again

[@AzraelThanatos]

One of the other things with Cu Chulainn is that along with being an engine of destruction, he's also a freaking wizard with a mastery of runic magic there. He's the Irish mix of the Hulk and John Constantine with the various crap he got up to.

[@janetestherina7169]

So that's how the OG lancer ga shinda