Texts

The four jewels of the Tuatha Dé Danann

prose, verse
Mythological Cycle

Short text about the original homes of the Tuatha Dé Danann, their instruction in magical arts, and four magical instruments that they are said to have introduced into Ireland.

Title

The four jewels of the Tuatha Dé Danann

This is the title used by Vernam Hull for the longest text, but it is intended here to represent all known versions.

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Prose and verse

Lebor gabála Érenn

Cath Maige Tuired

Manuscripts

Long version

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1318 cols 573–958 = section of the Yellow Book of Lecan [s. xiv^ex/xvⁱⁿ]

p. 190 (facsimile) col. 907

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12 (536) = Book of Ballymote (Leabhar Bhaile an Mhóta) [1384 x 1406]

London, British Library, MS Egerton 105

Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 1 [s. xvi]

f. 37r

Form

prose, verse (primary)

Classification

Mythological CycleMythological Cycle
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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.] Hull, Vernam, “The four jewels of the Tuatha Dé Danann”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 18 (1930): 73–89.

CELT – edition: <link>

Edition of the YBL text, with variants from BB and Egerton 105

[ed.] [tr.] Gray, Elizabeth A., Cath Maige Tuired: The second battle of Mag Tuired, Irish Texts Society, 52, Kildare: Irish Texts Society, 1982.

comments: Edition, with translation, introduction, notes and indexes, of the tale Cath Maige Tuired

CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link>

CMT version