The Hound of Ulster (2002)
“The Bridge of Leaps ALL THE LONG road back to Emain Macha, and all the next day and the day after, Cuchulain was silent, thinking how he could best accomplish the great deeds that Emer demanded of him.
Now he had heard, one time, of a mighty woman-warrior who lived in the Land of Shadows, which some say is in Skye, and who could teach the arts of war better than any man to those who came to learn from her. So on the third day he bade farewell to Conall his foster brother, and to Laeg his charioteer, saying, ‘I am away over seas to find Skatha of the Land of Shadows, and learn what she alone can teach me.’ Laeg would have come with him, but Cuchulain said, ‘Can you drive sea-swallows in the harness? I must go over seas to find what I seek. Bide here until I come again, and keep my horses swift and happy.’ And so he set out on his journey.
For a long while he wandered, seeking Skatha and the Land of Shadows, and many a time he came near to disaster on the way. And when at last he stood ...on the edge of a vast bog that it seemed had no way round or over, he was near to admitting in despair that the end of his journey was come.MoreLess
Now he had heard, one time, of a mighty woman-warrior who lived in the Land of Shadows, which some say is in Skye, and who could teach the arts of war better than any man to those who came to learn from her. So on the third day he bade farewell to Conall his foster brother, and to Laeg his charioteer, saying, ‘I am away over seas to find Skatha of the Land of Shadows, and learn what she alone can teach me.’ Laeg would have come with him, but Cuchulain said, ‘Can you drive sea-swallows in the harness? I must go over seas to find what I seek. Bide here until I come again, and keep my horses swift and happy.’ And so he set out on his journey.
For a long while he wandered, seeking Skatha and the Land of Shadows, and many a time he came near to disaster on the way. And when at last he stood ...on the edge of a vast bog that it seemed had no way round or over, he was near to admitting in despair that the end of his journey was come.MoreLess
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