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Tochmarc Baisi bandruad ‘The wooing of Bais the druidess’

  • Irish
  • Medieval Irish literature

A very short text written in an obscure form of medieval Irish and apparently relating to a meeting between Fachtna Fáthach, known from other sources as a legendary king of Ulster, and a certain Bais, sorceress (bandruad) and daughter of Crunnmáel.

Title
Tochmarc Baisi bandruad
‘The wooing of Bais the druidess’
Headed ‘Toghmarc Baisi bandruad ind so’
Manuscripts
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1337 4, pp. 59–87
p. 60a.14–60a.22
rubric: ‘Toghmarc Baisi bandruadh ind so’
beg. ‘Bais bandruadh ingen sidhe Chrunnmoil’
London, British Library, MS Harley 5280 [s. xvi1]
p. 48b
rubric: ‘Tocmarc Báise bandruad inso’
beg. ‘Bais bandruadh ingionn side Crunnmoil’
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 N 10 (967) = Book of Ballycummin [s. xvi]
p. 55.19–55.23
beg. ‘Bais bandroad ingen side Cronnmail’
Language
  • Irish

Classification

Medieval Irish literatureMedieval Irish literature
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Subjects

Fachtna Fáthach
Fachtna Fáthach
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
In the Ulster Cycle, a king of the Ulaid who is regarded in one strand of the tradition as husband of Ness and father of Conchobar mac Nessa.
See more Bais ingen CrunnmaílBais ingen Crunnmaíl
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Sources

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[ed.] Meyer, Kuno [ed.], “Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften: Toghmarc Baisi bandruad ind so”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 8 (1912): 104.
CELT – edition: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
Edition based on TCD 1337 and Harleian 5280.
No translation has been recorded at this stage.
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
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June 2011, last updated: January 2024
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