There are many great warriors in Celtic mythology, but Cú Chulainn often stands out as the wisest and fiercest. In the Táin Bó Cúailnge, an epic first passed down orally and later written around 600 AD in Ireland, he single-handedly defeats an entire army. Echoes of this story appear in Scottish folklore, and parallels in Welsh mythology imply a more ancient and widespread origin. In the Irish manuscripts, Cú Chulainn defends Ulster during a royal cattle raid as Queen Medb seeks to steal a power

Welsh mythology is broken into short stories within its grander “tree” of lore. These segments are known as “branches.” This tattoo depicts the 3rd and 4th branches of the Mabinogi. The story begins with a salty man named Gwawl, who was formerly betrothed to Rhiannon. But the fairy queen not only escaped this marriage, she outsmarted, embarrassed, and beat up Gwawl in the process. So a series of catastrophes befall Rhiannon’s kingdom, and she and her son become trapped by a magical golden bowl,