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Echtrae Chrimthainn Nia Náir ‘The (Otherwordly) adventure of Crimthann Nia Náir’

  • Medieval Irish literature
  • extent: not extant

The text is lost, but the title is included in medieval tale-lists A and B and the story is alluded to in a number of texts.

Classification

Medieval Irish literatureMedieval Irish literature
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Subjects

Crimthann Nia Náir
Crimthann Nia Náir
son of Lugaid Ríab nDerg; high-king of Ireland in Irish tradition

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Sources

Secondary sources (select)

Borsje, Jacqueline, “Über die Identität von Nár Túathcháech aus der verlorengegangenen Erzählung Echtrae Chrimthainn Nia Náir”, in: Erich Poppe (ed.), Keltologie heute: Themen und Fragestellungen. Akten des 3. Deutschen Keltologensymposiums, Marburg, März 2001, 6, Münster: Nodus, 2004. 169–193.
Igitur – PDF: <link>
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
July 2011, last updated: March 2024