Eogan mac Cartaigh
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Eogan mac Cartaigh (died c. 882), also known as The Oak, was the Abbot of Armagh during the late 9th century.
A dedicated Irish Christian priest under High King Flann Sinna's reign, Eogan was secretly the Ollamh and founder of the extremist druid cult known as the Children of Danu.[2]
Biography
Early Life
Eogan mac Cartaigh was born in the 9th century, the youngest boy in a very large Irish family. From a young age, Eogan deeply valued mystical, scholarly and spiritual pursuits and therefore decided that he was destined for life in the Christian Church. Due to his values, Eogan was a devout Christian and dutifully fasted, prayed and memorized religious scripture.[3]
However, he had soon realized that these pursuits had left him somewhat dissatisfied with his life and therefore he slowly began resenting every moment of his religious life. He did however go on pretending to be a dedicated member of Christian society and the faith in general.[3]
One day, during his youth, he was exploring the wooded areas near his village and he accidentally stumbled upon an Irish druid performing a religious ritual. Upon observing the druid ritual in progress, Eogan found spiritual fulfilment in the "earthiness" of the Druid ritual. Reflecting upon his newfound spiritual fulfilment, Eogan decided that he found the Druidic faith much more compelling than his family's Christian faith.[3]
Eogan than secretly became a Druid and secretly followed the Druid ways more dutifully, eventually become a secluded fanatical druid. With the rise of the Norse-Gaelic Christian society in Ireland, Eogan feared the druidic faith would face extinction due to the new Christian society being established over Ireland.[3]
Eogan soon founded an extremist druid cult called the Children of Danu, which primarily consisted of disenfranchised druids and Christians from Irish society.[3] Eogan himself decided to take up a high position in the Church, believing that he could use his power to help his cause by bringing down Irish society from within in order to prevent the Irish Christian society from wiping out the native Druidic faith of Ireland.[4]
What started out as a secluded resistance movement for the druids eventually mutated into a cell of druid extremists who began engaging in the darker aspects of the druidic faith in order to fight off the rising Norse-Gaelic Christian Order in Ireland.[5]
Flann Sinna's rise to High King
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Behind the scenes
Historically the abbot of Armagh during this period was Cathassach mac Robartaig who died c. 883.
Appearances
References
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids – A Scourging of Snakes
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Target menu – "Bio: Eogan mac Cartaigh, The Oak"
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Target menu – "Niamh: Note Found near the Great Stone"
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Database: The Children of Danu