Aspects of the TáinDecember Publications, 1992 - 159 sidor Publisher description: The account of Cú Chulainn's single-handed defence of Ulster against the assembled armies of Queen Medb of Connacht is recognized as the centrepiece of Irish heroic epic as well as a mine of information about the behaviour and beliefs of early Irish. This text attempts to bring together for the modern reader an account of the historical development of the tale, how it succeeds or fails as literature, and to what extent it is a 'window on the Iron Age'. |
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An outline of the plot | 9 |
The Background and Development of Táin Bó Cúailnge | 29 |
External influences | 35 |
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Ailill Ailill and Medb Annals Annals of Tigernach archaeological evidence archaic argued Armagh army attack battle Bronze Age brooch bull burial Carney cattle Celtic Studies century Cethern chariot claideb classical Conall Cernach Conchobar Connacht context Cú Chulainn depicted described descriptions Donn Cúailnge Dublin Dún Early Christian early Irish literature Early Mediaeval period Emain Macha Emania Ériu Fer Diad Fergus Finnabair Finnbennach hilt Ireland Irish Iron Age Irish saga Iron Age Iron Age sword killed king kingship La Tène later Latin legends linguistic literary Mac Roth macgnímrada Maige Mallory material culture McCone Medb Medb's motif narrative native Navan Ó Corráin O'Rahilly ogam onomastic oral tradition pagan poem Raftery reference rosc Scéla second recension shield silver society sovereignty goddess spear story suggests Táin Bó Cúailnge Tairb tale Tána Tara TBC II TBC1 TBCI Tène texts Ulaid Ulster Cycle Ulstermen Verba Scáthaige warriors whence the name women