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Quotation from Cuchulain of Muirthemne by Lady Gregory
“he tied himself to it with his breast-belt, the way he would not meet his death lying down, but would meet it standing up.”
Cuchulain of Muirthemne, Death of Cuchulain (1907 John Murray edition (Internet Archive scan))
Mortally wounded, Cuchulain goes to a pillar-stone west of the lake and binds himself to it to face his enemies.
Citation: "he tied himself to it with his breast-belt, the way he would not meet his death lying down, but would meet it standing up." — Lady Gregory, Cuchulain of Muirthemne, Death of Cuchulain (1907 John Murray edition (Internet Archive scan)). (id cuchulain-of-muirthemne-q8)
Portrait: Cuchulainn's death, illustration by Stephen Reid 1904, Stephen Reid, Public domain.
