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Bríatharthecosc Con Culainn ‘The precept-instruction of Cú Chulainn’

  • Middle Irish
  • Ulster Cycle, Medieval Irish wisdom literature
An early Irish wisdom text found in the context of an episode in Serglige Con Culainn concerning royal candidacy and inauguration.
Speaker/Addressee
Speaker: Cú Chulainn
Cú Chulainn
Young Ulster hero and chief character of Táin bó Cuailnge and other tales of the Ulster Cycle; son of Súaltam or Lug and Deichtire (sister to Conchobor); husband of Emer (ingen Forgaill)
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Addressee: Lugaid Ríab nDerg
Lugaid Ríab nDerg (Reóderg)
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
legendary high-king of Ireland; said to have been born out of an incestuous relationship between the three Findemna (sons of Eochaid Feidlech) and their sister Clothru
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Manuscripts
Language

Classification

Ulster Cycle
Ulster Cycle
id. 1797
Medieval Irish wisdom literatureMedieval Irish wisdom literature
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Subjects

Cú Chulainn
Cú Chulainn
Young Ulster hero and chief character of Táin bó Cuailnge and other tales of the Ulster Cycle; son of Súaltam or Lug and Deichtire (sister to Conchobor); husband of Emer (ingen Forgaill)
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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.] [tr.] Fomin, Maxim, “Bríatharthecosc Con Culainn in the context of early Irish wisdom-literature”, in: Ruairí Ó hUiginn, and Brian Ó Catháin (eds), Ulidia 2: proceedings of the Second International Conference on the Ulster Cycle of Tales, Maynooth 24-27 July 2005, Maynooth: An Sagart, 2009. 140–172.
– University of Ulster: eprint: <link>
[ed.] Dillon, Myles [ed.], Serglige Con Culainn, Mediaeval and Modern Irish Series, 14, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1953.  
Edition based on LU.
CELT – edition: <link>
9–10, lines 262–302 (§§ 25–26) Edition.
[ed.] [tr.] Smith, Roland M., “On the Briatharthecosc Conculaind”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 15 (1925): 187–192.
Internet Archive: <link>
Edition and translation.

Secondary sources (select)

Carey, John, “The uses of tradition in Serglige Con Culainn”, in: James P. Mallory, and Gearóid Stockman (eds), Ulidia: proceedings of the First International Conference on the Ulster Cycle of Tales, Belfast and Emain Macha, 8–12 April 1994, Belfast: December, 1994. 77–84.
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