Texts

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

Old Irish
Ulster Cycle

Manuscripts

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18) = Book of Leinster [s. xii²]
ff. 112a–114a
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1337 pp 708-776 (comprising parts of vols 22 and 23), pp 792-809 (comprising part of vol. 23) [1616]
pp. 743–748
London, British Library, MS Harleian 5280 [s. xviⁱⁿ]
ff. 40r–42r
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 512 I, (a) ff. 101-122, (b) ff. 1-36, (c) ff. 45-52 [s. xv / s. xvi]
ff. 105v 2–108 r 2
Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Adv. MS 72.1.36 [s. xvii]
ff. 86r–91v
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1412 (H 6. 8) [s. xviii]
pp. 37–50

Language

Old Irish

Textual relationships

Related:
Sgéala muice Meic Dhá Thó

Associated items

Bruidne Érenn (prose), Muc mic Dá Thó, tlacht-múad torc

Classification

Ulster Cycle

Subjects

Ailill mac MátaAilill mac Máta (ass. time-frame: Subject:Ulster Cycle) – king of Connacht, husband of Medb of Connacht
See more BricriuBricriu (ass. time-frame: Subject:Ulster Cycle) – hostel-keeper (briugu) in the Ulster Cycle of tales
See more CeltcharCeltchar (ass. time-frame: Subject: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: Subject:Ulster Cycle) – 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: Subject: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: Subject: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 NáirCrimthann Nia Náir – son of Lugaid Ríab nDerg; high-king of Ireland in Irish tradition
See more Cúscraid Mend MachaCúscraid Mend Macha (ass. time-frame: Subject: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: Subject: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: Subject: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: Subject: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: Subject: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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Contributors

C. A.,Dennis Groenewegen,Patrick Brown