Malthaner, Ariana, “The intersection of literature and law: the saga of Fergus mac Léti”, Studia Celtica Fennica 16 (2019): 90–106.
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The story of Fergus mac Léti is a fascinating text as it provides both a saga tale as well as an insight into the Old Irish legal tradition. The tale itself has primarily been discussed within the legal context, and understandably so as its extant Early Irish versions exist exclusively within legal material. This paper examines The Saga of Fergus mac Léti within the context of the literary echtra tradition and compares it to the existing corpus of echtra material, discussing key elements that are common across all the texts. This paper argues that the similarities between the text and the other extant echtrai are enough to consider that the extant version may reflect the original version identified in Tale List B and contends that Echtra Fergussa maic Lete has earned its place within the saga material.
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