Miscellaneous Myths: Cú Chulainn

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  • @JanPospisilArt
    @JanPospisilArt 5 років тому +11873

    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.

  • @Gnagniel
    @Gnagniel 3 роки тому +2819

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

    • @coltonwilliams4153
      @coltonwilliams4153 2 роки тому +219

      Gotta give the girl points for style and viciousness.

    • @andruloni
      @andruloni Рік тому +86

      and then they stay incapacitated for many months. sounds bad

    • @StonedtotheBones13
      @StonedtotheBones13 Рік тому +50

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

    • @saros_system
      @saros_system 9 місяців тому +13

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

    • @IronycheinPain
      @IronycheinPain 9 місяців тому +6

      they should just walk it off

  • @SingingInferno
    @SingingInferno 5 років тому +4475

    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
      @danieloceansmith3156 4 роки тому +135

      Claude Olson everyone loves dogs.

    • @zachbahamutson5477
      @zachbahamutson5477 4 роки тому +119

      @@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
      @FrancisR420 4 роки тому +39

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

    • @zachbahamutson5477
      @zachbahamutson5477 4 роки тому +70

      @@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
      @joaofarias9986 4 роки тому +76

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

  • @cphtfluke7565
    @cphtfluke7565 3 роки тому +1019

    "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
      @theonewhouploadsnothing1704 2 роки тому +71

      That’s hilariously awesome!

    • @DeaganDunne
      @DeaganDunne 2 роки тому +132

      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
      @cphtfluke7565 2 роки тому +123

      @@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
      @daviddaugherty2816 Рік тому +40

      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
      @blake3631 Рік тому +20

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

  • @taicanium
    @taicanium 3 роки тому +6005

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

  • @noaim3432
    @noaim3432 4 роки тому +5071

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

  • @krankarvolund7771
    @krankarvolund7771 4 роки тому +5578

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

    • @loganwynn2337
      @loganwynn2337 3 роки тому +224

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

    • @quitkid8727
      @quitkid8727 3 роки тому +78

      Haha🤣
      *Jesus*

    • @laurakirwan999
      @laurakirwan999 3 роки тому +42

      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
      @krankarvolund7771 3 роки тому +18

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

    • @laurakirwan999
      @laurakirwan999 3 роки тому +14

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

  • @stebbenwolfe
    @stebbenwolfe 3 роки тому +2610

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

    • @BlueMiaou
      @BlueMiaou 2 роки тому +97

      isn't that what happened in star wars, also

    • @windyryady6367
      @windyryady6367 2 роки тому +32

      by purple guy

    • @casualgamingauraous2345
      @casualgamingauraous2345 2 роки тому +79

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

    • @josiahws5
      @josiahws5 10 місяців тому +6

      The cú behind the chullain

    • @Shellybean9105
      @Shellybean9105 7 місяців тому +5

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

  • @tonyhakston536
    @tonyhakston536 5 років тому +7229

    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
      @seanegan8150 5 років тому +137

      The accent on the u is the wrong way round

    • @seanegan8150
      @seanegan8150 5 років тому +291

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

    • @FacelessCrowd
      @FacelessCrowd 5 років тому +32

      Yes

    • @Dirt.
      @Dirt. 5 років тому +14

      @@FacelessCrowd Oui

    • @nowhereman6019
      @nowhereman6019 5 років тому +53

      These kinds of myth tropes appear everywhere throughout the world.

  • @bcmarcin9447
    @bcmarcin9447 5 років тому +6769

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

    • @Vanastar
      @Vanastar 4 роки тому +369

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

    • @Cheddarcheesemonkey
      @Cheddarcheesemonkey 4 роки тому +47

      BIG FACTS

    • @dilophosaurussk4333
      @dilophosaurussk4333 4 роки тому +186

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

    • @kabob0077
      @kabob0077 4 роки тому +86

      @@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
      @Blazo_Djurovic 4 роки тому +64

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

  • @ryebread3039
    @ryebread3039 7 років тому +7354

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

    • @Sophie-uc5vh
      @Sophie-uc5vh 7 років тому +1189

      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
      @sarkysuchus8350 7 років тому +476

      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
      @thegayghost872 7 років тому +251

      She was technically in the process of giving birth.

    • @Warden_Vtel
      @Warden_Vtel 7 років тому +212

      Rye Doncha mean... PERGANANANT?

    • @ladycobrana852
      @ladycobrana852 7 років тому +14

      Donsmacker1 really, omg (starts laughing)

  • @AlexThePyroshark
    @AlexThePyroshark 2 роки тому +394

    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
      @acertainpigeonman9064 11 місяців тому +40

      Slingshots are terrifying, good lord

    • @SparkShadow212
      @SparkShadow212 9 місяців тому +32

      How hard was that cheese, like my god.

    • @durandal_273
      @durandal_273 6 місяців тому +18

      ​@@SparkShadow212Cheese was REALLY hard back then.

    • @rezandrarizkyirianto-1933
      @rezandrarizkyirianto-1933 Місяць тому

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

    • @AlexThePyroshark
      @AlexThePyroshark Місяць тому +3

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

  • @chaserpurple5195
    @chaserpurple5195 5 років тому +2502

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

    • @Becka_Harper
      @Becka_Harper 5 років тому +80

      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.

  • @danieloceansmith3156
    @danieloceansmith3156 4 роки тому +2198

    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

  • @andrewjao6861
    @andrewjao6861 4 роки тому +10871

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

  • @lemeres2478
    @lemeres2478 3 роки тому +372

    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
      @jonassunden9382 Рік тому +28

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

    • @DragonbIaze052
      @DragonbIaze052 6 місяців тому +4

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

    • @Kefkaesque13
      @Kefkaesque13 2 місяці тому +2

      ​​@@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
      @sadrakeyhany7477 14 днів тому

      Ancient binding vows 😭

  • @TheBonkleFox
    @TheBonkleFox 4 роки тому +2528

    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
      @John-Stark 4 роки тому +235

      He goes out like a badass in all 3 routes

    • @kamishin7135
      @kamishin7135 3 роки тому +31

      Too bad he died pathetic in Carnival Phantasm.

    • @dragonnx2843
      @dragonnx2843 3 роки тому +112

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

    • @Moredistress
      @Moredistress 3 роки тому +120

      @@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
      @actuallysatan7105 3 роки тому +81

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

  • @commanderbastard1993
    @commanderbastard1993 4 роки тому +1365

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

    • @chrisschoenthaler5184
      @chrisschoenthaler5184 3 роки тому +105

      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
      @kiraina25 3 роки тому +90

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

    • @elainegoates9792
      @elainegoates9792 3 роки тому +7

      @@kiraina25 which was slightly dumb.

    • @dragonfell5078
      @dragonfell5078 2 роки тому +3

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

  • @wakingdragon7538
    @wakingdragon7538 4 роки тому +3476

    > 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

  • @notafunnyguy2446
    @notafunnyguy2446 3 роки тому +381

    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.

  • @pablotomasllodra4423
    @pablotomasllodra4423 4 роки тому +4564

    “He’s Irish Hercules, Rin!”

    • @tsargoomba91
      @tsargoomba91 4 роки тому +454

      But is he SATAN?

    • @williammcnear3462
      @williammcnear3462 3 роки тому +83

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

    • @pablotomasllodra4423
      @pablotomasllodra4423 3 роки тому +221

      Something Something Fate Something Abridged

    • @tristantsang4325
      @tristantsang4325 3 роки тому +208

      @@williammcnear3462 fate stay night unlimited blade works abridged

    • @williammcnear3462
      @williammcnear3462 3 роки тому +38

      @@tristantsang4325 Thank you.😊

  • @lucifchristo
    @lucifchristo 7 років тому +2951

    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
      @yolomasta6940 7 років тому +331

      George Coggins dude that's metal af

    • @cykrya5156
      @cykrya5156 7 років тому +146

      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
      @yolomasta6940 7 років тому +278

      Acerbus Vultus Cu Chulainn is the most anime mythology hero ever

    • @cykrya5156
      @cykrya5156 7 років тому +22

      yeah agree

    • @rosiemeggie
      @rosiemeggie 7 років тому +46

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

  • @McJethroPovTee
    @McJethroPovTee 7 років тому +3459

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

    • @alectantheapache6261
      @alectantheapache6261 7 років тому +25

      Mc Jethro Pov Tee I see you everywhere

    • @jayblade2000
      @jayblade2000 7 років тому +53

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

    • @McJethroPovTee
      @McJethroPovTee 7 років тому +4

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

    • @ssjokg4952
      @ssjokg4952 7 років тому +19

      Kirito is Fionn mac Cumhaill not Cu.

    • @dantegisleson1698
      @dantegisleson1698 7 років тому +28

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

  • @el-simplistico5919
    @el-simplistico5919 3 роки тому +1169

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

  • @nyxarachne663
    @nyxarachne663 4 роки тому +1500

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

    • @GBlockbreaker
      @GBlockbreaker 4 роки тому +96

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

    • @kieranjcampbell
      @kieranjcampbell 4 роки тому +6

      Hey baby

    • @radjadawamindra697
      @radjadawamindra697 4 роки тому +32

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

    • @mugenokami2201
      @mugenokami2201 3 роки тому +4

      @@radjadawamindra697 your guys already did

    • @davidbigel9447
      @davidbigel9447 3 роки тому +6

      They’ve already used this technique my guy

  • @Kntrytnt
    @Kntrytnt 7 років тому +659

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

  • @manwithaplan5503
    @manwithaplan5503 5 років тому +2723

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

  • @uziman8898
    @uziman8898 3 роки тому +441

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

    • @gilgamesh7652
      @gilgamesh7652 3 роки тому +77

      Actually Satan

    • @reicelestial2478
      @reicelestial2478 3 роки тому +64

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

    • @thekingkaiju9385
      @thekingkaiju9385 2 роки тому +32

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

    • @keyblademasterclark
      @keyblademasterclark Рік тому +6

      @@thekingkaiju9385 BUT is he Actually Satan?

    • @imdear459
      @imdear459 Рік тому +7

      Rin! He’a going to murder me!

  • @korpsmaninfantry7238
    @korpsmaninfantry7238 5 років тому +3530

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

    • @aredjayc2858
      @aredjayc2858 5 років тому +311

      "But is he Satan?"

    • @francescolombardi3438
      @francescolombardi3438 5 років тому +144

      @@aredjayc2858Cu: I'm starting

    • @aredjayc2858
      @aredjayc2858 5 років тому +184

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

    • @NotMe6044
      @NotMe6044 4 роки тому +149

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

    • @korpsmaninfantry7238
      @korpsmaninfantry7238 4 роки тому +159

      Josiah Matthews first name Mario last name Mario, Mario Mario

  • @ryansullivan7349
    @ryansullivan7349 4 роки тому +4271

    "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
      @thecrow2924 4 роки тому +251

      and she forgot wales

    • @jamiel6005
      @jamiel6005 4 роки тому +187

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

    • @PiracyandDumbbells
      @PiracyandDumbbells 3 роки тому +74

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

    • @ryansullivan7349
      @ryansullivan7349 3 роки тому +283

      @@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
      @PiracyandDumbbells 3 роки тому +104

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

  • @neosragnar1075
    @neosragnar1075 4 роки тому +890

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

  • @Torika2724
    @Torika2724 2 роки тому +284

    “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
      @IanPendleton-gh6ox Рік тому +7

      Damn I love that song!

    • @Torika2724
      @Torika2724 Рік тому +8

      @@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
      @andyknightwarden9746 10 місяців тому +5

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

  • @old-worldghost3451
    @old-worldghost3451 5 років тому +497

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

    • @tiredashell7205
      @tiredashell7205 5 років тому +20

      I see that reference

    • @v.t1947
      @v.t1947 4 роки тому +6

      He die . The end

    • @gp2779
      @gp2779 4 роки тому +11

      The joke of Lancer dying lol

    • @GAarcher
      @GAarcher 2 місяці тому

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

  • @InShane162
    @InShane162 4 роки тому +239

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

    • @GAarcher
      @GAarcher 2 місяці тому

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

  • @aguywithalotofopinions412
    @aguywithalotofopinions412 5 років тому +3823

    “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
      @Methren1 5 років тому +60

      Total anime noob here... Wich one?

    • @houston_co7769
      @houston_co7769 5 років тому +234

      @@Methren1 i think fate stay night

    • @dr.romaniarchaman5426
      @dr.romaniarchaman5426 5 років тому +303

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

    • @robmd887
      @robmd887 5 років тому +191

      Fate is weird

    • @antonijeeremic8282
      @antonijeeremic8282 5 років тому +155

      @poopmannelson1 no Diarmuid was summoned in fate/zero

  • @orangesoda4535
    @orangesoda4535 3 роки тому +144

    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
      @torazely 2 роки тому +7

      Truly, you are cultured. (Love that song)

    • @declanbeech772
      @declanbeech772 2 роки тому +3

      @@torazely what song is it?

    • @torazely
      @torazely 2 роки тому +10

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

  • @ChakraX2
    @ChakraX2 6 років тому +2087

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

    • @whoknows7968
      @whoknows7968 5 років тому +273

      But every death would be increasingly badass

    • @TheTruestZero
      @TheTruestZero 5 років тому +222

      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
      @NHDOreBros 5 років тому +128

      @@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
      @D1SZZ 5 років тому +22

      Yep... This is very important facts

    • @elijakiger
      @elijakiger 5 років тому +97

      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
    @Aurea0522 4 роки тому +724

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

    • @Ismael-kc3ry
      @Ismael-kc3ry 3 роки тому +25

      I’m trying

    • @crcker3841
      @crcker3841 3 роки тому +33

      absolute chad of a father

    • @zetjet9901
      @zetjet9901 2 роки тому +13

      @@crcker3841 absolute dad of a father

    • @runedoom
      @runedoom Рік тому +1

      ​@@zetjet9901grandpa?

  • @YayapLives
    @YayapLives 4 роки тому +776

    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
      @alfuertemaronkhristianec.6830 4 роки тому +49

      Ikr!

    • @thesymbiotenation.4552
      @thesymbiotenation.4552 3 роки тому +77

      @@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
      @Caroling_Caroli 3 роки тому +19

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

    • @YayapLives
      @YayapLives 3 роки тому +59

      @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
      @phantasosxgames8488 3 роки тому +42

      @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.

  • @LamentingKosherin
    @LamentingKosherin 3 роки тому +112

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

    • @koreankamui98
      @koreankamui98 3 роки тому +14

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

    • @PutoMedicoBrujo
      @PutoMedicoBrujo 3 роки тому +4

      @@koreankamui98 mood

    • @iriszilong1429
      @iriszilong1429 2 роки тому +8

      Celtic, not Greek, lmao

    • @GAarcher
      @GAarcher 2 місяці тому

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

    • @dawey2192
      @dawey2192 2 місяці тому

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

  • @PKINGU
    @PKINGU 4 роки тому +1821

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

    • @darthplagueis13
      @darthplagueis13 4 роки тому +193

      "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
      @melancholygirl7793 3 роки тому +68

      Works on anime protagonists

    • @hyrumcannon3789
      @hyrumcannon3789 3 роки тому +89

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

    • @salvadortoscano2534
      @salvadortoscano2534 3 роки тому +15

      In *great* detail

    • @quantranminh4553
      @quantranminh4553 3 роки тому +74

      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.

  • @spencerharding1977
    @spencerharding1977 5 років тому +932

    "I WANT THAT!"
    -Shiro

  • @retropolis_fae
    @retropolis_fae 7 років тому +427

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

  • @maglevsolanum6704
    @maglevsolanum6704 3 роки тому +137

    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
      @IrishDemon 3 роки тому +21

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

    • @kziila0244
      @kziila0244 3 роки тому +30

      @@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
      @michaelflynn9874 3 роки тому +28

      @@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
      @justanautomaton Рік тому +6

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

    • @Xalerdane
      @Xalerdane Рік тому +45

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

  • @cjyay3449
    @cjyay3449 6 років тому +836

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

  • @bigocelot4002
    @bigocelot4002 4 роки тому +703

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

    • @tanyanikolaevagizdova6571
      @tanyanikolaevagizdova6571 4 роки тому +41

      How the heck?!!

    • @bigocelot4002
      @bigocelot4002 4 роки тому +20

      @@tanyanikolaevagizdova6571 Yep

    • @tanyanikolaevagizdova6571
      @tanyanikolaevagizdova6571 4 роки тому +16

      @@bigocelot4002 Tell me more !

    • @theblan1k0ne
      @theblan1k0ne 4 роки тому +154

      @@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
      @theblan1k0ne 4 роки тому +20

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

  • @Scarletraven87
    @Scarletraven87 5 років тому +400

    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"

  • @lunaequinox7333
    @lunaequinox7333 3 роки тому +62

    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
      @daviddaugherty2816 2 роки тому +7

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

    • @saphyrepyre
      @saphyrepyre 7 місяців тому +2

      @@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
      @lourdeswhitener9713 5 місяців тому

      Stat block pls, perfect for a barbarian.

    • @lourdeswhitener9713
      @lourdeswhitener9713 5 місяців тому

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

  • @sebastianbrueggerhoff7241
    @sebastianbrueggerhoff7241 4 роки тому +848

    “...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
      @tonhaogamergranudo 3 роки тому +102

      What a burn on Diarmund.

    • @thesymbiotenation.4552
      @thesymbiotenation.4552 3 роки тому +14

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

    • @willvermillion1025
      @willvermillion1025 3 роки тому +13

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

    • @thesymbiotenation.4552
      @thesymbiotenation.4552 3 роки тому +6

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

    • @huonglevan2276
      @huonglevan2276 3 роки тому +45

      @@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

  • @goodkopbadkop9054
    @goodkopbadkop9054 5 років тому +484

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

    • @Lemuel928
      @Lemuel928 4 роки тому +2

      He has a Middle Name?

    • @jaysps3
      @jaysps3 4 роки тому +28

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

    • @thomasdowling2011
      @thomasdowling2011 4 роки тому +5

      @@jaysps3 you mean a sliotar

    • @jaysps3
      @jaysps3 4 роки тому +6

      @@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
      @cilliancronin7298 4 роки тому +3

      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

  • @jodofe4879
    @jodofe4879 3 роки тому +198

    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.

  • @a.b.5688
    @a.b.5688 3 роки тому +111

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

    • @GAarcher
      @GAarcher 2 місяці тому +1

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

  • @Shamazya
    @Shamazya 3 роки тому +364

    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
      @oculttheexegaming2509 3 роки тому +19

      So Setanta with Cu Sith?

    • @demi-femme4821
      @demi-femme4821 3 роки тому +24

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

    • @Brian-tn4cd
      @Brian-tn4cd 3 роки тому +19

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

    • @BoostedMonkey05
      @BoostedMonkey05 2 роки тому +9

      @@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.

  • @freyastuchbery7130
    @freyastuchbery7130 6 років тому +1056

    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
      @timothymclean 6 років тому +23

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

    • @mariascanlan8238
      @mariascanlan8238 6 років тому +15

      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
      @Spartan155 6 років тому +12

      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
      @daragon0055 6 років тому +6

      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
      @OnePieceSpecial 6 років тому +9

      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.

  • @barghestblue731
    @barghestblue731 7 років тому +341

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

  • @aratathekingx1401
    @aratathekingx1401 3 роки тому +25

    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

  • @IHaveaQuestion87
    @IHaveaQuestion87 4 роки тому +392

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

  • @nighty7913
    @nighty7913 7 років тому +860

    celtic mythology deserves soooo much more love than it gets

    • @czarenallyzamonisit4642
      @czarenallyzamonisit4642 7 років тому +4

      hyacinthoide
      ik

    • @gamebawesome
      @gamebawesome 7 років тому +2

      hyacinthoide I know right

    • @mysticblue108
      @mysticblue108 7 років тому +12

      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
      @ivyscribbles8671 7 років тому +3

      Mystic Blue same

    • @eldorados_lost_searcher
      @eldorados_lost_searcher 7 років тому +20

      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
    @musicman9079 2 роки тому +41

    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
      @daviddaugherty2816 Рік тому +13

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

    • @ferghalicious1480
      @ferghalicious1480 6 місяців тому +1

      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
      @abithefallenhuman921 5 місяців тому

      ​@@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

  • @crawler6019
    @crawler6019 6 років тому +934

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

    • @KhanhNguyen-mh5ec
      @KhanhNguyen-mh5ec 6 років тому +10

      CrawlerEnder 935 But what about SMT?

    • @dustmodebros
      @dustmodebros 5 років тому

      Or decemberists comments

    • @pwnorbepwned
      @pwnorbepwned 5 років тому +1

      Or Final Fantasy comments!

    • @buddyboris23
      @buddyboris23 5 років тому +31

      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
      @hulkmeister23 5 років тому +1

      Except he's not blond

  • @sivanneu
    @sivanneu 7 років тому +332

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

    • @KnightGamer724
      @KnightGamer724 6 років тому +48

      Fate/Stay Night, baby.

    • @brodiecrain13
      @brodiecrain13 6 років тому +43

      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
      @basilofgoodwishes4138 6 років тому +1

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

    • @corvuscallosum5079
      @corvuscallosum5079 6 років тому +30

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

    • @corvuscallosum5079
      @corvuscallosum5079 6 років тому +35

      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.

  • @marissacrespo8514
    @marissacrespo8514 4 роки тому +292

    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
      @AgnusCavichioliPereira 3 роки тому +30

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

    • @Sean-sn9ld
      @Sean-sn9ld 3 роки тому +14

      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
      @jadedragon1406 3 роки тому +10

      @@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
      @Sean-sn9ld 3 роки тому +3

      @@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
      @jadedragon1406 3 роки тому +4

      @@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)

  • @jegsdinogod5091
    @jegsdinogod5091 3 роки тому +93

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

    • @coltonwilliams4153
      @coltonwilliams4153 2 роки тому +11

      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
      @SSD_Penumbra 2 роки тому +7

      @@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
      @connorwheatley5640 2 роки тому +1

      @@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
      @GrahamChapman 5 місяців тому +1

      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!

  • @Stad122
    @Stad122 4 роки тому +345

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

    • @robopope7584
      @robopope7584 4 роки тому +27

      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
      @Stad122 4 роки тому +9

      @@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
      @juwebles4352 4 роки тому +5

      Heresy of highest order! Call an exterminatus on ireland

    • @Ajehy
      @Ajehy 4 роки тому +10

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

    • @FoxHound-ut1hu
      @FoxHound-ut1hu 4 роки тому +3

      He's basically Sanguinus

  • @lpk675
    @lpk675 6 років тому +543

    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
      @ilyasbasuki3207 6 років тому +106

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

    • @sidewinder1209
      @sidewinder1209 6 років тому +23

      @@ilyasbasuki3207 for every *100 times

    • @mathunit1
      @mathunit1 6 років тому +4

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

    • @sidewinder1209
      @sidewinder1209 6 років тому +33

      @@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
      @HellecticMojo 6 років тому +42

      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

  • @autumneagle
    @autumneagle 4 роки тому +234

    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
      @joaofarias9986 3 роки тому +24

      So is everybody in the comments section, aparentelly

    • @RedXlV
      @RedXlV 3 роки тому +44

      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
      @laurelelasselin 3 роки тому +6

      @@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
      @salvadortoscano2534 2 роки тому +5

      @@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
      @meunomeelucas8489 2 роки тому +20

      @@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.

  • @iacobuseurus509
    @iacobuseurus509 Рік тому +10

    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
      @Beanboiwolf 7 місяців тому +1

      I think that would be dope

  • @crimsonstrykr
    @crimsonstrykr 6 років тому +440

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

    • @maladroit5581
      @maladroit5581 5 років тому +66

      Bite me, bite me

    • @Cam-jl9kh
      @Cam-jl9kh 5 років тому +53

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

    • @FoxHound-ut1hu
      @FoxHound-ut1hu 5 років тому +41

      Basically Irish Hercules

    • @WyattRumore
      @WyattRumore 5 років тому +34

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

    • @FoxHound-ut1hu
      @FoxHound-ut1hu 5 років тому +39

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

  • @HughMann989
    @HughMann989 4 роки тому +185

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

  • @yokuutsu9097
    @yokuutsu9097 4 роки тому +1167

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

    • @duxhunt
      @duxhunt 3 роки тому +49

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

    • @stephenfox5709
      @stephenfox5709 3 роки тому +251

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

    • @duxhunt
      @duxhunt 3 роки тому +61

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

    • @raisou9750
      @raisou9750 3 роки тому +33

      No, It was a Faker, not Gilgamesh himself.

    • @therodrigosaurio1093
      @therodrigosaurio1093 3 роки тому +83

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

  • @wodahexe8400
    @wodahexe8400 2 роки тому +30

    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
      @oldcowbb Рік тому +2

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

    • @pablothecoffeelover2551
      @pablothecoffeelover2551 11 місяців тому +2

      Lancer is suffering my man

  • @jakecarroll9500
    @jakecarroll9500 4 роки тому +214

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

    • @abigailsaoirsefinnegan
      @abigailsaoirsefinnegan 3 роки тому +20

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

    • @eimhinlynch1517
      @eimhinlynch1517 2 роки тому +7

      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
      @meitanteikudoKID 2 роки тому +5

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

    • @sarahcole9661
      @sarahcole9661 2 роки тому +2

      I heard something like that. Metal.

  • @allison.m_0719
    @allison.m_0719 5 років тому +259

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

  • @LinguineMaker
    @LinguineMaker 6 років тому +265

    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.

  • @pandorasboxofcatvideos5892
    @pandorasboxofcatvideos5892 2 роки тому +95

    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
      @durrangodsgrief6503 Рік тому +11

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

    • @durrangodsgrief6503
      @durrangodsgrief6503 Рік тому +3

      If I remember right

    • @ValkoinenShiro
      @ValkoinenShiro Рік тому

      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
      @mirzapramudya1580 Рік тому +1

      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)

  • @1000kylestar
    @1000kylestar 6 років тому +560

    You forgot to mention
    Cu Chulainn is best doggo

    • @D1SZZ
      @D1SZZ 5 років тому +7

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

    • @RandomBeardGuy
      @RandomBeardGuy 5 років тому +3

      @CybertheAlicorn Yorokobe Shounen

    • @Sleepyhead156
      @Sleepyhead156 5 років тому +1

      @@D1SZZ you forgot my caster form bro

    • @jessiek289
      @jessiek289 5 років тому +1

      He deserves many pets uwu

    • @TwoGoblinsInATrenchCoat
      @TwoGoblinsInATrenchCoat 5 років тому +1

      500th like. Also, yes.

  • @thaddeusb8715
    @thaddeusb8715 5 років тому +404

    "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
      @thaddeustrystan7459 4 роки тому +4

      A certain ORA boi does that

    • @nyetloki
      @nyetloki 4 роки тому +1

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

  • @ckies4777
    @ckies4777 7 років тому +3164

    Dang this guy is basically an anime character

    • @NullSchmid
      @NullSchmid 6 років тому +238

      Aqua The Max Fangirl @fate/stay night

    • @mrmiscellaneous105
      @mrmiscellaneous105 6 років тому +287

      He is. In Fate/Stay Night.

    • @bakugoatisangery3286
      @bakugoatisangery3286 6 років тому +335

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

    • @Themaskedgeneral836
      @Themaskedgeneral836 6 років тому +141

      as a fellow Irish man i can back this up

    • @Thememester439
      @Thememester439 6 років тому +66

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

  • @Izanagi009
    @Izanagi009 3 роки тому +102

    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
      @absolutemadlad5662 2 роки тому +5

      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
      @durrangodsgrief6503 Рік тому +1

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

    • @LilyKazami
      @LilyKazami Рік тому

      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
      @mirzapramudya1580 Рік тому +1

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

    • @johnnyjoestar850
      @johnnyjoestar850 Рік тому +1

      Cu in fate is so fine tho

  • @jackbelmont4389
    @jackbelmont4389 4 роки тому +148

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

    • @EternalVirgin
      @EternalVirgin 4 роки тому +15

      And then you have Diarmuid

    • @jackbelmont4389
      @jackbelmont4389 3 роки тому +10

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

  • @Le0nVale
    @Le0nVale 7 років тому +188

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

  • @crenui
    @crenui 5 років тому +465

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

    • @benjaminconner8405
      @benjaminconner8405 5 років тому +24

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

    • @personalRCH
      @personalRCH 5 років тому +44

      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
      @definitelynotcharlie4001 5 років тому +19

      It pronounced co culin

    • @definitelynotcharlie4001
      @definitelynotcharlie4001 5 років тому +1

      I think

    • @ecthelionalfa
      @ecthelionalfa 5 років тому +3

      Not in the fgo game, he can outlive almost everyone

  • @vardiganxpl1698
    @vardiganxpl1698 3 роки тому +12

    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
      @whiteraven181 2 роки тому +5

      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.

  • @Astavyastataa
    @Astavyastataa 4 роки тому +118

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

    • @GAarcher
      @GAarcher 2 місяці тому

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

  • @GrizzlyAdams94
    @GrizzlyAdams94 5 років тому +70

    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

  • @janetestherina7169
    @janetestherina7169 6 років тому +118

    So that's how the OG lancer ga shinda

  • @dotdotdot...176
    @dotdotdot...176 Рік тому +4

    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.

  • @wellno7377
    @wellno7377 4 роки тому +379

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

    • @nahomthegeek4014
      @nahomthegeek4014 4 роки тому +44

      Only in fate does that make sense

    • @marseldagistani2251
      @marseldagistani2251 4 роки тому +14

      @@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
      @nahomthegeek4014 4 роки тому +5

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

    • @marseldagistani2251
      @marseldagistani2251 4 роки тому +13

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

    • @nahomthegeek4014
      @nahomthegeek4014 4 роки тому +2

      @@marseldagistani2251 oh I see. Ok nvm

  • @dracosfire7247
    @dracosfire7247 5 років тому +79

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

  • @ivancaraig1715
    @ivancaraig1715 5 років тому +373

    "Lancer ga shinda!"
    "Kono hitodenashi!"

    • @theblan1k0ne
      @theblan1k0ne 4 роки тому

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

    • @theblan1k0ne
      @theblan1k0ne 4 роки тому

      @Jeffrey Herrera lol

    • @GAarcher
      @GAarcher 2 місяці тому

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

  • @BowandSvent
    @BowandSvent 3 роки тому +17

    I'm surprised you left out the part where he ends the war with Maeve because he accidently finds her in the forest while she's having her period. He doesn't kill her, he's just like "damn I didn't want it to end this way either" and forces her to call off her army."

  • @heiry2810
    @heiry2810 6 років тому +698

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

    • @lucasbeck1391
      @lucasbeck1391 6 років тому +24

      @Jeffrey Herrera should have killed shinji as well

    • @somedude2454
      @somedude2454 6 років тому +2

      *luck 0*

    • @DarkeLourd
      @DarkeLourd 6 років тому +8

      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
      @DarkeLourd 6 років тому +1

      @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
      @ragecageofsneezingdragon4916 6 років тому +4

      I understood that reference!

  • @brae4602
    @brae4602 6 років тому +401

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

    • @augustcross2305
      @augustcross2305 6 років тому +44

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

    • @ilmanhaqimi24
      @ilmanhaqimi24 6 років тому +27

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

    • @henfinzim
      @henfinzim 6 років тому +16

      What if I told you Cu means ass in portuguese?

    • @augustcross2305
      @augustcross2305 6 років тому +12

      @@henfinzim
      It would make too much sense.

    • @ilmanhaqimi24
      @ilmanhaqimi24 6 років тому +4

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

  • @dank_smirk9971
    @dank_smirk9971 6 років тому +121

    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)

  • @hunsler1006
    @hunsler1006 3 роки тому +7

    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.

  • @newsystembad
    @newsystembad 6 років тому +695

    "He's basically Irish Hercules, Rin!"

    • @corvuscallosum5079
      @corvuscallosum5079 6 років тому +146

      "Nah you got this, Actually Satan!"

    • @cathalhughes5996
      @cathalhughes5996 6 років тому +9

      Id love to see kratos Vs him

    • @silvergir89
      @silvergir89 6 років тому +21

      Hmmm more like Achilles since he was also prophicise to be glorious at the cost of a short life.

    • @dapeach06
      @dapeach06 6 років тому +35

      Not the famed spearman Cu Chu-LAME?

    • @the-sunny-side2962
      @the-sunny-side2962 6 років тому

      Len?

  • @MM-bj8og
    @MM-bj8og 5 років тому +190

    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.

  • @CeltKnight
    @CeltKnight 4 роки тому +83

    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
      @julienbrightside8635 4 роки тому +11

      Sounds like a reasonable way to settle things.

    • @AgnusCavichioliPereira
      @AgnusCavichioliPereira 3 роки тому +11

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

    • @faolanj66
      @faolanj66 3 роки тому +2

      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

  • @AzraelThanatos
    @AzraelThanatos 2 роки тому +21

    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.

  • @jadentan1204
    @jadentan1204 4 роки тому +259

    All I know is that he keeps dying due to his E rank luck.
    “LANCER GA SHINDA”

    • @GBlockbreaker
      @GBlockbreaker 4 роки тому +12

      in Hollow Ataraxia they jokingly downgraded his luck to F rank

    • @paulolucero9864
      @paulolucero9864 4 роки тому +21

      “Kono hito de nashi!!!”

    • @ren7686
      @ren7686 4 роки тому +18

      @@paulolucero9864 in both lore and fgo, he's damn near immortal and far outshine other servant including SSR in term of survivability

    • @xaviaxs
      @xaviaxs 4 роки тому +10

      @@ren7686 i mean when you have guts plus a stupid evasion that lasts for so long with max level you can just have evasion for most of fight

    • @thesymbiotenation.4552
      @thesymbiotenation.4552 4 роки тому +8

      @@GBlockbreaker first Diermund now Cu Chulainn, What's next, Scathac wants to die but never does!?