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Dúan in cethrachat cest - § 4. After the Flood
§ 4 (after the Flood)

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§ 4. After the Flood —

Ed. and tr. Rudolf Thurneysen, ‘Das Gedicht der vierzig Fragen von Eochaid ua Cérín’, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 13 (1921).

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Verse: Who are the three survivors of the Flood who visited every place in Ireland, from top to top? Interlinear gloss: Three brothers of Cessair, namely Luám, Medar and Mél. One night before the Flood, they came to Ireland; they did not speak to Cessair (niro-acaillsit itir Cessair); they were there in the form of birds; at Benn Boirche.

§ 4 (after the Flood)

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Verse: Who are the three survivors of the Flood who visited every place in Ireland, from top to top? Interlinear gloss: Three brothers of Cessair, namely Luám, Medar and Mél. One night before the Flood, they came to Ireland; they did not speak to Cessair (niro-acaillsit itir Cessair); they were there in the form of birds; at Benn Boirche.

See Petra S. Hellmuth, ‘The Dindshenchas and Irish literary tradition’ in Cín Chille Cúile... (2004): 124, e.g. on the choice of place (Mourne Mountains) and its association with birds.

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bird • magical transformation

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Flood

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Cesair <strong>Cesair</strong> <br>Cesair or Cessair, daughter of Bíth and granddaughter of Noah
Luám ... brother of Cessair No associated entry available from the subject index
Medar ... brother of Cessair No associated entry available from the subject index
Mél ... brother of Cessair No associated entry available from the subject index

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Benn Boirche