Texts

verse beg. Clanna Israél uili

Early Irish
verse
Early Irish poetry

Early Irish poem ascribed to Flann Fína mac Ossu, which relates how Mog Ruith beheaded John the Baptist.

Title

Also known as The beheading of John the Baptist by Mog Ruith, from the title of A. M. Scarre's edition.

First words (verse)

Clanna Israél uili

Author

Ascribed to: Flann Fína mac OssuFlann Fína mac Ossu

Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.

The last stanza credits Flann Fína mac Ossu with the composition of the poem.

Manuscripts

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 1 (1225) = Leabhar Uí Mhaine (The Book of Uí Maine) [1394]

f. 66 (123) b–d

beg. ‘Glanna Israhel uli’

43 qq.

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D i 1 9 B [s. xv/xvi?]

Language

Early Irish

Form

verse (primary)

Length

Number of stanzas: 43

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Subjects

Legends of Mog Ruith, Simon Magus and John the Baptistapocryphal and pseudepigraphical literature
Legends of Mog Ruith, Simon Magus and John the Baptist

id. 61081

Mog Ruith

Mog Ruith

Legendary Irish magician from Munster, who was linked in Ireland to biblical and apocryphal traditions, notably as a pupil under Simon Magus and as one responsible for the beheading of John the Baptist. He appears in Irish genealogies as a descendant of Medb and her lover Fergus mac Roích and as an ancestor for Fir Maige Féine, in the area about present-day Fermoy.

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John the Baptist

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