Briatic World
(See Kabala.) Briccriu surnamed "of the Poisoned Tongue": an Ulster chieftain mentioned in the myth of Cuchulain, a mediæval Irish romance. It is said that upon one occasion he asked certain warriors to a feast, and started the question of which of them was the greatest. Conall, Laery, and Cuchulain, were selected, and a demon called "The Terrible" was requested to decide the point. He suggested whoever could cut off his, The Terrible's, head to-day, and allow-his own head to be cut off on the morrow, would be the most courageous, and therefore most deserve the title of champion. Cuchulain succeeded in beheading the devil, who immediately picked up his head and vanished. The next day he reappeared in his usual form in order to cut off Cuchulain's head. On his placing his head on the block, the demon told him to rise, and acknowledged that he was champion of Ireland.