Acallam na senórach ll. 611-683. Story of Cnú Deróil and Bláthnait

Short description

Ed. Whitley Stokes, ‘Acallamh na senórach’ in Irische Texte mit Wörterbuch... (1900): lines 611–683; tr. Ann Dooley • Harry Roe, Tales of the elders of Ireland (1999): 20–23. The story of Cnú Deróil and Bláthnait. Summary: second day of the acallam (sixth part). Caílte tells of Finn’s dwarf musician Cnú Deróil, who was exiled from the Túatha Dé Danann out of jealousy for his skills as a musician. It is told in verse how the Fían carried off a woman for him, Bláthnait, a síd-woman of comparable size.

Incipit

Is andsin ro fiarfaig Pátraic do Cháilte: ‘in rabatar airfitigh acuib-se isin Féinn?’

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Summary: second day of the acallam (sixth part). Caílte tells of Finn’s dwarf musician Cnú Deróil, who was exiled from the Túatha Dé Danann out of jealousy for his skills as a musician. It is told in verse how the Fían carried off a woman for him, Bláthnait, a síd-woman of comparable size.

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Caílte mac RónáinCaílte mac Rónáin
Caílte mac Crundchon meic Rónáin
(time-frame ass. with Finn Cycle)
or Caílte mac Crundchon meic Rónáin, kinsman of Finn mac Cumaill and a prominent member of his fían; accomplished warrior and hunter; one of the protagonists of Acallam na senórach
See more Cnú DeróilCnú Deróil

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See more Túatha Dé DanannTúatha Dé (Danann)
Tuatha Dé Danann;Túatha Dé
A common Irish designation for a group of supernatural or magical figures in Irish history, broadly equivalent to the áes síde. In the pseudo-historical tradition represented by Lebor gabála Érenn and other texts, they are presented and arguably, to some extent euhemerised as the pre-Christian people that conquered Ireland from the Fir Bolg and were later overcome by the sons of Míl (the Gaels).
See more BláthnaitBláthnait

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Included

Beg. Abhuc do fuair Finn ferdha

Verse beg. Abhuc do fuair Finn ferdha (26 qq.)

Ed. Stokes, lines 630-683.