Editing Bres (section)

==Name==
''Eochu Bres'' has been translated as "beautiful horseman." The scribes who wrote down the text of the [[Cath Maige Tuired]] record ''Bres'' as meaning 'beautiful', however, this may be a false etymology.<ref>''You will bear a son as a result of our meeting, and let no name be given to him but Eochu Bres (that is, Eochu the Beautiful), because every beautiful thing that is seen in Ireland--both plain and fortress, ale and candle, woman and man and horse--will be judged in relation to that boy, so that people will then say of it, 'It is a Bres.'" '' Section 21 of the [[Cath Maige Tuired]], available at http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/cmt/cmteng.htm</ref> The original meaning of ''Bres'' may have derived from a root meaning "fight," "blow," "effort," "uproar," or "din."<ref name="wolf">{{cite journal |last1=Wolf |first1=Casey June |title=The Mythical Pairing of Brig and Bres - Its Origins and Meaning in Cath Maige Tuired |journal=Academia.edu |date=5 Sep 2015 |page=16}}</ref>