cÃº roÃ­ (cÃº ruÃ­, cÃº raoi) mac dÃ¡ire is a king of munster in the ulster cycle of irish mythology. he is usually portrayed as a warrior with superhuman abilities and a master of disguise possessed of magical powers. his name probably means "hound of the plain/field",sir john rhys, celtic britain. 3d ed. london, 1904. p. 286; see also t.f. o'rahilly, early irish history and mythology. dublin, 1946. p. 6. or more specifically, "hound of the battlefield".kuno meyer, "brinna ferchertne." zcp 3 (1901). 40-46: 41 n. 4; kershaw, the one-eyed god. jies 36. p. 159. he is the son of dÃ¡ire mac dedad (or dÃ¡ire doimthech), and thus belongs to the clanna dedad. however, t. f. o'rahilly believed this to be artificial, stating that "cÃº roÃ­ and dÃ¡ire are ultimately one and the same".o'rahilly, p. 49 though often an outsider figure, for instance in the role of intervener or arbitrator, cÃº roÃ­ appears in a great number of medieval irish texts, including forfess fer fÃ¡lgae, amra con roi, brinna ferchertne, aided chon roi (in several recensions), fled bricrenn, mesca ulad and tÃ¡in bÃ³ cÃºailnge. the early irish tale-lists refer to such titles as aided chon roÃ­, echtra chon roÃ­ (list a), orgain chathrach chon roÃ­ and cathbÃºada con roÃ­ (list b), but only the first of these tales can be shown to have survived in some form.hellmuth, "a giant among kings and heroes." p. 5. several tales describe the enmity between him and the ulster hero cÃº chulainn, who eventually kills him. ==fled bricrenn==  cÃº roÃ­ plays an important role in the 8th-century tale fled bricrenn (bricriu's feast). the trickster bricriu incites the heroes cÃº chulainn, conall cernach and lÃ³egaire bÃºadach to compete for the champion's portion at a feast, and cÃº roÃ­ is one of those who judged among them. like all the other judges, he chooses cÃº chulainn, but conall and lÃ³egaire refuse to accept his verdict. when the three heroes return to ulster, cÃº roÃ­ appears to each in the guise of a hideous churl (bachlach) and challenges them to behead him, then allow him to return and behead them. only cÃº chulainn is brave and honourable enough to submit himself to the churl's axe, so he is declared champion. this story is related to the "beheading game" motif appearing in many later works in arthurian literature - most famously the 14th-century english poem sir gawain and the green knight, although closer correspondences are to be found in diu crone and la mule sans frein, both of which feature a revolving fortress like cu roi's. ==tÃ¡in bÃ³ cÃºailnge==  ===combat of munremar and cÃº roÃ­=== cÃº roÃ­ appears in the side-
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