Blaí Briugu (Blaí the Landholder or Hospitaller) is an
Ulster
Ulster (; or ; or ''Ulster'') is one of the four traditional or historic provinces of Ireland, Irish provinces. It is made up of nine Counties of Ireland, counties: six of these constitute Northern Ireland (a part of the United Kingdom); t ...
warrior in the
Ulster Cycle
The Ulster Cycle (), formerly known as the Red Branch Cycle, is a body of medieval Irish heroic legends and sagas of the Ulaid. It is set far in the past, in what is now eastern Ulster and northern Leinster, particularly counties Armagh, Do ...
of
Irish Mythology
Irish mythology is the body of myths indigenous to the island of Ireland. It was originally Oral tradition, passed down orally in the Prehistoric Ireland, prehistoric era. In the History of Ireland (795–1169), early medieval era, myths were ...
. He was wealthy and kept a hostel, and had a ''
geis'' which required him to sleep with any woman who stayed there unaccompanied. 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.
References
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Ulster Cycle