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    Scéla mucce Meic Da Thó‘The tale of Mac Da Thó's pig’

    • Old Irish
    • Ulster Cycle
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    Ulster Cycle

    Subject tags

    Ailill mac MátaAilill mac Máta (ass. time-frame: Ulster Cycle) – king of Connacht, husband of Medb of Connacht
    See more     BricriuBricriu (ass. time-frame: Ulster Cycle) – hostel-keeper (briugu) in the Ulster Cycle of tales
    See more     CeltcharCeltchar (ass. time-frame: Ulster Cycle) – Celtcha(i)r mac U(i)thechair, warrior in the Ulster Cycle of tales
    See more     Cet mac MágachCet mac Mátach / Cet mac Mágach (ass. time-frame: Ulster Cycle, Legendary figure) – warrior in the Ulster Cycle of tales; hero of Connacht; in some texts, brother of Findchóem and uncle of Conall Cernach.
    See more     Conall CernachConall Cernach (ass. time-frame: Ulster Cycle) – warrior of the Ulaid in the Ulster Cycle; son of Amergin and Findchóem
    See more     Conchobar mac NessaConchobar mac Nessa (ass. time-frame: Ulster Cycle) – king of the Ulaid in tales of the Ulster Cycle; son either of Cathbad or Fachtna Fáthach (father) and Ness (mother); husband of Mugain; father of Cormac Cond Longas, Cúscraid Mend Macha, Furbaide Fer Bend and Fedelm Noíchrothach; fosterfather of Cú Chulainn.
    See more     Crimthann Nia NairCrimthann Nia Nair
    Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.
    See more     Cúscraid Mend MachaCúscraid Mend Macha (ass. time-frame: Ulster Cycle) – warrior in the Ulster Cycle, son of the Ulster king Conchobar mac Nessa.
    See more     Eógan mac DurthachtEógan mac Durthacht – No short description available
    See more     Fergus mac RóichFergus mac Róich (ass. time-frame: Ulster Cycle) – warrior in tales of the Ulster Cycle; former king of Ulster in exile in Connacht; Medb’s lover
    See more     Lóegaire BúadachLóegaire Búadach (ass. time-frame: Ulster Cycle) – Hero in tales of the Ulster Cycle; said to be a son of Connad Buide and grandson of Iliach
    See more     Lugaid mac Con RoíLugaid mac Con Roí
    Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.
    See more     Medb ChrúachnaMedb Crúachna / Medb of Crúachan / Medb of Connacht (ass. time-frame: Subject:Ulster Cycle) – Queen of the Connachta, co-ruler with her husband Ailill mac Máta, in the Ulster Cycle. She is said to have a daughter, Findabair, and seven sons known as the seven Maines. Her lover is Fergus mac Róich.
    See more     Munremar mac GerrcindMunremar mac Gerrcind (ass. time-frame: Ulster Cycle) – warrior in tales of the Ulster Cycle; commonly identified as a son of Gerrcend
    See more     Mac Da ThóMes Roeda Mac Da Thó (ass. time-frame: Ulster Cycle) – king of Leinster in the tale known as Scéla mucce Meic Mac Da Thó
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    Sources

    Primary sources Text editions and/or modern translations – in whole or in part – along with publications containing additions and corrections, if known. Diplomatic editions, facsimiles and digital image reproductions of the manuscripts are not always listed here but may be found in entries for the relevant manuscripts. For historical purposes, early editions, transcriptions and translations are not excluded, even if their reliability does not meet modern standards.

    [ed.] Thurneysen, Rudolf [ed.], Scéla mucce Meic Dathó, Mediaeval and Modern Irish Series 6, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1935.
    Internet Archive: <link>
    [ed.] Windisch, Ernst [ed.], Irische Texte mit Wörterbuch, 4 vols, vol. 1, Leipzig, 1880.
    Internet Archive: <link>, <link>
    93–112.
    [ed.] Scarre, Annie M. [ed.], “Scél Muicce Maic Dá Thó”, in: Bergin, Osborn, R. I. Best, Kuno Meyer, and J. G. O'Keeffe (eds.), Anecdota from Irish manuscripts, vol. 5, Halle and Dublin, 1913. 8–17.
    Celtic Digital Initiative – PDF: <link> Internet Archive – Anecdota vols 1-5: <link> Internet Archive – Anecdota vols 3-5: <link>
    [ed.] [tr.] Meyer, Kuno [ed. and tr.], Hibernica minora, being a fragment of an Old-Irish treatise on the Psalter, Anecdota Oxoniensia, Mediaeval and Modern Series 8, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1894.
    Internet Archive: <link> TLH – Erchoitmed ingine Gulidi (ed. and tr.): <link>
    199–207. Meyer's translation is reprinted in Koch, J. T., et al., The Celtic Heroic Age. Literary sources for ancient Celtic Europe and early Ireland & Wales (2003): § 80.
    [tr.] Gantz, Jeffrey [tr.], Early Irish myths and sagas, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1981.
    179–187.
    [tr.] Leahy, A. H. [tr.], Heroic romances of Ireland, 2 vols, Irish Saga Library 2, London, 1905–1906.
    Internet Archive – vol. 1: <link> Internet Archive – vol. 2: <link> Internet Archive – vols 1-2 (Google Books): <link> Internet Archive – Gutenberg (plain text): <link>
    vol. 1: 33–49.
    [tr.] Corthals, Johan, Altirische Erzählkunst, Forum Celticum: Studien zu keltischen Sprachen und Kulturen 1, Münster: Lit, 1996.
    Translation into German
    [tr.] Draak, Maartje, and Frida de Jong (trs.), Van helden, elfen en dichters: de oudste verhalen uit Ierland, Amsterdam: Meulenhoff, 1979.
    92–103.

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