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Echtrae Con Culainn ‘The adventure of Cú Chulainn’

  • Ulster Cycle
  • extent: not extant
This story is referred to in the Middle Irish tale-lists, but has not survived.

Classification

Ulster Cycle
Ulster Cycle
id. 1797

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

Secondary sources (select)

Mac Cana, Proinsias, The learned tales of medieval Ireland, Dublin: DIAS, 1980.
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
May 2011, last updated: January 2024