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Táin bó Cúailnge I, Táin bó Cúailnge II
Meillgleó nIliachform undefined
Episode in the Táin bó Cúailnge (Recensions I and II).
Táin bó Cúailnge I, Táin bó Cúailnge II, Táin bó Cúailnge III
Slánugud na Mórrignaprose
The narrative covered here consists of two main threads: (1) Slánugud na Mórrigna proper: Cú Chulainn’s meeting with the Morrígan, who is disguised as an old woman with a cow, and his unwitting healing of her injuries as he utters a blessing at every drought of milk he accepts from her; and (2) Cú Chulainn’s victories in a series of fights with numerous opponents sent by Medb of Connacht as he defends Ulster in the area of Delgu Muirtheimne.
Early Irish
Táin bó Cúailnge I, Táin bó Cúailnge II
Toichim na mbuidenprose
Episode in Táin bó Cúailnge (Recensions I and II), in which Ailill and Medb watch the approaching Ulaid through intermediaries. It employs the so-called ‘watchman device’, in which a watchman with keen sight, here Mac Roth, offers a visually rich if puzzling description of what he sees and in which an interpreter of the description, here Fergus mac Róich, is able to identify the approaching characters.
Early Irishwatchman device
Táin bó Cúailnge I, Táin bó Cúailnge II, Táin bó Cúailnge III
Túarascbáil delba Con Culaindprose
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Táin bó Cúailnge I, Táin bó Cúailnge II
Ús in Duib Chúalngni for táinprose
The final episode of the Táin (I, II) and an epilogue to the story of the fight of the two bulls. In the texts, Donn Cúailnge, severely wounded after its triumph over Finnbennach, returns home, scattering body parts of its opponent on the road and giving rise to new placenames. It dies at the end of its journey, either in Druim Tairb (TBC I) or near Taul Tairb (TBC II). Both recensions make use of dinnshenchas in describing the bull’s itinerary, but differ in the placenames they refer to.
Early IrishFinnbennach (Aí)Donn CúailngeCúailnge ... Cooley, Co. Louth
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