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verse beg. Mug Ruith, rígfhili cen goí

  • Old Irish
  • verse
  • Early Irish poetry
Poem about Mog Ruith
First words (verse)
  • Mug Ruith, rígfhili cen goí
Manuscripts
Language
  • Old Irish
Form
verse (primary)
Length
Number of stanzas: 37

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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Sources

Primary sources Text editions and/or modern translations – in whole or in part – along with publications containing additions and corrections, if known. Diplomatic editions, facsimiles and digital image reproductions of the manuscripts are not always listed here but may be found in entries for the relevant manuscripts. For historical purposes, early editions, transcriptions and translations are not excluded, even if their reliability does not meet modern standards.

[ed.] [tr.] Carey, John, “An Old Irish poem about Mug Ruith”, Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society 110 (2005): 113–134.
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
March 2014, last updated: January 2024
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