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Bibliography

Bondarenko, Grigory, “Ireland as mesocosm”, in: Emily Lyle (ed.), Celtic myth in the 21st century: the gods and their stories in a global perspective, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2018. 53–71.

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Article
“Ireland as mesocosm”
Pages
53–71
Year
2018
Subjects and topics
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early Irish literature folklore, mythology and popular culture
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BanbaBanba
(time-frame ass. with Irish legendary history)
Banba is a designation for Ireland as a whole, though  “[o]rig. name of north Leinster = mag mBreg, hence from British compound *Banno-Magos [...] or from *ban-w-yā as a theonym” (eDIL s.v. Banba), as well as an eponymous character or personification who is said to have given her name to the island; sometimes mentioned along with two sisters, Ériu and Fódla, who did likewise.
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