Finn Mac Cool (2011)
“Fewer men, native or foreign, were willing to defy the power of the High King of Erin as represented by his Fíanna. As a result, the fénnidi had more time to spend hunting during battle seasons.
Finn, once the most devoted of hunters, rarely joined them, however.
“He lost his pleasure in the chase when Bran died,” Caurag sadly concluded.
To tempt Finn, Caurag acquired other hounds for him of the same type as Bran and Sceolaun, huge animals bred to hunt wolves or take down grown stags. Finn resp...onded to only one of them, an animal known as Conbec of Perfect Symmetry, who looked something like Bran. When the Fíanna were on the move, Finn took Conbec into his bed on cold nights to keep him warm.
When Sceolaun died quietly in her sleep, having attained an unprecedented age for a hound, Finn wept for one of his dogs for the last time. “I called her Survivor, and survivor she was,” he told Caurag. “Bury her deep and put a cairn over her.”
“Like a person?” The huntsman was surprised.MoreLess
Finn, once the most devoted of hunters, rarely joined them, however.
“He lost his pleasure in the chase when Bran died,” Caurag sadly concluded.
To tempt Finn, Caurag acquired other hounds for him of the same type as Bran and Sceolaun, huge animals bred to hunt wolves or take down grown stags. Finn resp...onded to only one of them, an animal known as Conbec of Perfect Symmetry, who looked something like Bran. When the Fíanna were on the move, Finn took Conbec into his bed on cold nights to keep him warm.
When Sceolaun died quietly in her sleep, having attained an unprecedented age for a hound, Finn wept for one of his dogs for the last time. “I called her Survivor, and survivor she was,” he told Caurag. “Bury her deep and put a cairn over her.”
“Like a person?” The huntsman was surprised.MoreLess
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