The Tain

It is amazing that this whole story is around one woman's need to have as much or more than her husband. Just because he had a big bull that she didn't have, she had to go out and find one that was its equal. First, why didn't she just get rid of the bull that her husband had? She could have made him give it up as a present to someone, or she could have it killed. Instead she offers a sum of money to borrow another bull. Why would she want to borrow a bull to equal what her husband had and wouldn't have to give up? Medb started the whole thing and her husband helped. Why would he do that? Medb is one weird person, but she must have been very intelligent in order to get all these people to do this for her.