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Carey, John, The Mythological Cycle of medieval Irish literature, Cork Studies in Celtic Literatures, 3, Cork: CSCL, 2018. iii + 78 pp.

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The Mythological Cycle of medieval Irish literature
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Cork
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CSCL
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2018
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iii + 78
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A striking feature of medieval Irish literature is the prominence accorded to beings who are sometimes called the 'Túatha Dé' (Tribes of the Gods), and sometimes the people of the 'síde' or hollow hills: a magical race, in whom it is possible to recognise the divinities once worshipped by the pre-Christian Irish. Tales in which the 'Túatha Dé' have a central rôle have conventionally been assigned by scholars to a "mythological cycle". This book examines the background and rationale for this classification; discusses the nature of the 'Túatha Dé' themselves; and offers a survey of the tales of the 'Túatha Dé' that are attested from the Old Irish, Middle Irish and Early Modern Irish periods.
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Dennis Groenewegen
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