Ku Horin

(Chu Chulainn)

Introduction

The Ku Horin, an Alliance flagship, is the Japanese spelling for Chu Chulaiin, a hero of Irish-Gaelic legends.. 

Ku Horin.. This should be Cu Chulainn. This was a hero in Irish Gaelic
mythology. The 1st century BC date given by Encarta is a bit dubious; according to other sources it was first written in 7BC and had been passed by oral tradition for centuries before that.

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C�EChulainn, principal hero of the Ulster Cycle of early Irish Gaelic
literature, of about the 1st century BC. As a youth, C�EChulainn (or
Cuchulainn) was renowned for his great strength and heroic deeds. He was educated by the outstanding warriors and poets of the time at the court of his uncle, Chonchobor, king of Ulster. He died through Medb's trickery after a battle against all the forces of Ireland

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One day, the hellhound watchdog of Culann the smith obstructed young Cu Chulainn’s way to a party he had been invited to, so he, already late, slew the dog. This type of senseless, and mostly unprovoked, violence would come to be his standard reaction to adverse situations, and would eventually lead to his downfall.

kuhorin.htm / December 19, 2000