Finn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)
- Irish poets, members of a fían (fénnidi)
Finn mac Cumaill (earlier mac Umaill?), Find úa Báiscni: central hero in medieval Irish and Scottish literature of the so-called Finn Cycle; warrior-hunter and leader of a fían
See also: Aí ArdúallachAí Ardúallach
(time-frame ass. with Finn Cycle)
daughter of Finn mac Cumaill
See more Ailbe ingen ChormaicAilbe ingen Chormaic
(time-frame ass. with Cormac mac Airt)
daughter of Cormac mac Airt; wooed by Finn mac Cumaill in the tale of Tochmarc Ailbe.
See more Blaí ingen Deirg DíanscothaigBlaí ingen Deirg Díanscothaig
(time-frame ass. with Finn Cycle)
Daughter of Derg Díanscothach and the mother of Finn’s son Oisín.
See more Bran, Sceolaing and AdnúallBran, Sceolaing and Adnúall
hounds of Finn mac Cumaill
See more Caílte mac RónáinCaílte mac Rónáin
Caílte mac Crundchon meic Rónáin
(time-frame ass. with Finn Cycle)
or Caílte mac Crundchon meic Rónáin, kinsman of Finn mac Cumaill and a prominent member of his fían; accomplished warrior and hunter; one of the protagonists of Acallam na senórach
See more Cormac mac AirtCormac mac Airt
(time-frame ass. with Cormac mac Airt)
Legendary high-king of Ireland; son of Art son of Conn Cétchathach; contemporary of Finn mac Cumaill.
See more Cúldub mac uí BirggeCúldub mac uí Birgge
Cúldub mac Fidga
Cúldub (mac (h)uí Birgge in Finn and the man in the tree; mac Fidga in Echta Lagen...), fairy thief and opponent of Finn mac Cumaill.
See more Cumall mac TrénmóirCumall mac Trénmóir
(time-frame ass. with Finn mac Cumaill)
father of Finn mac Cumaill; a fían-leader who fell in the battle of Cnucha.
See more Fergus FínbélFergus Fínbél
Fergus Fínbhélach
(time-frame ass. with Finn mac Cumaill, Cormac mac Airt)
In tales of the Finn Cycle, a poet in the retinue of Finn mac Cumaill, sometimes identified as a son of a certain Finn.
See more GráinneGráinne
(time-frame ass. with Finn Cycle, Cormac mac Airt)
daughter of Cormac mac Airt
See more Mac Lesc mac LadáinMac Lesc mac Ladáin
(time-frame ass. with Finn mac Cumaill)
A servant or aithech of Finn mac Cumaill.
See more Mac LugachMac Lugach
incestuously begotten son of Finn’s son Dáire Derg and daughter Lugach
See more Muirne MuncháemMuirne Muncháem
(time-frame ass. with Finn Cycle)
mother of Finn mac Cumaill; daughter of Tadg mac Núadat.
See more Oisín mac FinnOisín mac Finn
Oisín mac Finn;Oisín
(time-frame ass. with Finn Cycle, Finn mac Cumaill, Saint Patrick, Cormac mac Airt)
A fían-warrior, son of Finn, in the Finn Cycle of medieval Irish literature
See more Oscar mac OisínOscar mac Oisín
(time-frame ass. with Finn Cycle)
son of Oisín son of Finn mac Cumaill
See more
(time-frame ass. with Finn Cycle)
daughter of Finn mac Cumaill
See more Ailbe ingen ChormaicAilbe ingen Chormaic
(time-frame ass. with Cormac mac Airt)
daughter of Cormac mac Airt; wooed by Finn mac Cumaill in the tale of Tochmarc Ailbe.
See more Blaí ingen Deirg DíanscothaigBlaí ingen Deirg Díanscothaig
(time-frame ass. with Finn Cycle)
Daughter of Derg Díanscothach and the mother of Finn’s son Oisín.
See more Bran, Sceolaing and AdnúallBran, Sceolaing and Adnúall
hounds of Finn mac Cumaill
See more Caílte mac RónáinCaílte mac Rónáin
Caílte mac Crundchon meic Rónáin
(time-frame ass. with Finn Cycle)
or Caílte mac Crundchon meic Rónáin, kinsman of Finn mac Cumaill and a prominent member of his fían; accomplished warrior and hunter; one of the protagonists of Acallam na senórach
See more Cormac mac AirtCormac mac Airt
(time-frame ass. with Cormac mac Airt)
Legendary high-king of Ireland; son of Art son of Conn Cétchathach; contemporary of Finn mac Cumaill.
See more Cúldub mac uí BirggeCúldub mac uí Birgge
Cúldub mac Fidga
Cúldub (mac (h)uí Birgge in Finn and the man in the tree; mac Fidga in Echta Lagen...), fairy thief and opponent of Finn mac Cumaill.
See more Cumall mac TrénmóirCumall mac Trénmóir
(time-frame ass. with Finn mac Cumaill)
father of Finn mac Cumaill; a fían-leader who fell in the battle of Cnucha.
See more Fergus FínbélFergus Fínbél
Fergus Fínbhélach
(time-frame ass. with Finn mac Cumaill, Cormac mac Airt)
In tales of the Finn Cycle, a poet in the retinue of Finn mac Cumaill, sometimes identified as a son of a certain Finn.
See more GráinneGráinne
(time-frame ass. with Finn Cycle, Cormac mac Airt)
daughter of Cormac mac Airt
See more Mac Lesc mac LadáinMac Lesc mac Ladáin
(time-frame ass. with Finn mac Cumaill)
A servant or aithech of Finn mac Cumaill.
See more Mac LugachMac Lugach
incestuously begotten son of Finn’s son Dáire Derg and daughter Lugach
See more Muirne MuncháemMuirne Muncháem
(time-frame ass. with Finn Cycle)
mother of Finn mac Cumaill; daughter of Tadg mac Núadat.
See more Oisín mac FinnOisín mac Finn
Oisín mac Finn;Oisín
(time-frame ass. with Finn Cycle, Finn mac Cumaill, Saint Patrick, Cormac mac Airt)
A fían-warrior, son of Finn, in the Finn Cycle of medieval Irish literature
See more Oscar mac OisínOscar mac Oisín
(time-frame ass. with Finn Cycle)
son of Oisín son of Finn mac Cumaill
See more
See also references for related subjects.
Soverino, Tiziana, “‘Here, Finn… take this and give him a lick of it’: two place-lore stories about Fi(o)nn Mac Cum(h)aill in medieval Irish literature and modern oral tradition”, in: Matthias Egeler (ed.), Landscape and myth in northwestern Europe, 2, Turnhout: Brepols, 2019. 147–161.
Innes, Sìm, “Fionn and Ailbhe’s riddles between Ireland and Scotland”, in: Matthieu Boyd (ed.), Ollam: studies in Gaelic and related traditions in honor of Tomás Ó Cathasaigh, Madison and Teaneck: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2016. 271–285.
Nagy, Joseph Falaky, “Finn and the Fenian tradition”, in: Julia M. Wright (ed.), A companion to Irish literature, vol. 1, Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. 27–38.
Stern, Ludwig Christian, “Ceangal nan tri chaol”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 6 (1908): 188–190.
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