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Blaí Briugu

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Blaí Briugu (Blaí the Landholder or Hospitaller) is an Ulster warrior in the Ulster Cycle of Irish Mythology. He was wealthy and kept a hostel, and had a geis which required him to sleep with any woman who stayed there unaccompanied.[1] When Brig Bretach, wife of Celtchar, stayed there on her own, he slept with her (as required by his geis) and for that Celtchar killed him.[2]

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  1. ^ Birkhan, Helmut. (1997). Kelten : Versuch einer Gesamtdarstellung ihrer Kultur. Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. ISBN 3700126093. OCLC 37455517.
  2. ^ "The Death-Tales of the Ulster Heroes". celt.ucc.ie. Retrieved 20 June 2019.