Saga and Myth in Ancient Ireland |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 12
Page 41
... origin , and they have not the faintest connexion with anything that could be called history apart from the fact that traditions of warfare between the Ulaid and the Connachta have been adventitiously , introduced into a few of them ...
... origin , and they have not the faintest connexion with anything that could be called history apart from the fact that traditions of warfare between the Ulaid and the Connachta have been adventitiously , introduced into a few of them ...
Page 47
... origins of his rule . King tales , on the other hand , show an interest , not primarily in heroic character , but in matters of importance for the community , the origin of peoples or of dynasties , anecdotes about famous 72 Translation ...
... origins of his rule . King tales , on the other hand , show an interest , not primarily in heroic character , but in matters of importance for the community , the origin of peoples or of dynasties , anecdotes about famous 72 Translation ...
Page 53
... origin tale of the Leinster dynasty , entitled Orguin Denna Rig ( The Destruction of Dinn Ríg ) , extant in an imperfectly narrated ninth - century version ; the origin tale of the Ulster sept known as Dál mBúain , which , in its ...
... origin tale of the Leinster dynasty , entitled Orguin Denna Rig ( The Destruction of Dinn Ríg ) , extant in an imperfectly narrated ninth - century version ; the origin tale of the Ulster sept known as Dál mBúain , which , in its ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Ailill and Medb ANCIENT IRELAND battle of Mag battle-victory booklet Bórama Bricriu Cath Maige Tuired Celtic Celts champion Conaire Conall Cernach Conchobar Conchobar mac Nessa Connacht Cormac Crúachain Cú Chulainn Cú Roí Dáirine doorkeeper Duanaire Finn Early Irish eighth-century Emain Macha episode Ériu extant famous feast Fergus Findabair folktales Fomoiri Gartnán Gerard Murphy Growth of Literature Heldensage heroes Heroic Age Heroic cycle Iliad Immrama Irish Heroic Irish Mythological Irish storytelling Irish tradition King cycle king of Tara Leinster Lore and Romantic Maic Dá Thó manuscript versions Medb Medieval Ireland Middle Irish Mór Moytirra Mucce Munster MYTH IN ANCIENT narrated need thee Niall ninth ninth-century ocus Old Irish version origin Ossianic Lore otherworld SAGA AND MYTH Scéla Mucce Maic seventh century story T. F. O'Rahilly Táin Bó Cúailnge tale tale-lists theme Thurneysen to-day Tochmarc Togail Bruidne told Túatha Dé Donann Tuireann twelfth-century Ulster warrior Wooing