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OʼConnor, Ralph, The destruction of Da Derga's hostel: kingship and narrative artistry in a mediaeval Irish saga, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.

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The destruction of Da Derga's hostel: kingship and narrative artistry in a mediaeval Irish saga
Place
Oxford
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2013
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History, society and culture
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Maine MilscothachMaine Milscothach
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
One of the seven Maines, sons of Ailill and Medb in the Ulster Cycle; or one of two or three different characters in the tale of Togail bruidne Da Derga.
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Contents

Acknowledgements; Note on quotations; List of illustrations; Introduction
[1] “The text and its authors; or, how to write a saga”
[2] “A child of the Otherworld”
[3] “The plunderers' dilemma”
[4] “The road to Da Derga's hostel”
[5] “The house of death”
[6] “The perfect spy”
[7] “Sovereignty shattered”
[8] “The Latin dimension: classical and biblical influence”
[9] “Conaire, Saul, and sacred kingship”
[10] “The message of the Togail: tract or tragedy?”
[11] “Afterword: reading the Togail
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
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March 2013, last updated: September 2021