Texts

verse beg. Túatha Dé Danann fo diamair

  • Middle Irish
  • verse
  • Early Irish poetry, Mythological Cycle

Poem (11 quatrains) embedded in the Lebor gabála Érenn.

First words (verse)
  • Túatha Dé Danann fo diamair
Context(s)The (textual) context(s) to which the present text belongs or in which it is cited in part or in whole.
Author
Ascribed to: TanaideTanaide
Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.

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Ascribed to Tanaide in LL and BB.
Language
  • Middle Irish
  • Middle Irish (?)
Form
verse (primary)
Length
Number of stanzas: 11

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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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.] Macalister, R. A. Stewart [ed.], Lebor gabála Érenn: The book of the taking of Ireland, 5 vols, vol. 4, Irish Texts Society, 41, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, 1939.
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220–225 direct link
[ed.] [tr.] Lehmacher, Gustav [ed. and tr.], “Tuatha Dé Donann”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 13 (1921): 360–364.
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Dennis Groenewegen
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December 2011, last updated: January 2024