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Borsje, Jacqueline, From chaos to enemy: encounters with monsters in early Irish texts. An investigation related to the process of christianization and the concept of evil, Instrumenta Patristica, 29, Turnhout: Brepols, 1996.
abstract:
This book deals with the theme of 'encounters with monsters' in early Irish texts. Three texts dealing with this theme are central to this study: the Old Irish Adventure of Fergus mac Leite, the Hiberno-Latin Life of St Columba by Adomnan, and the Old Irish Letter of Jesus. The author's investigation of the theme follows two lines. The first main line is the question of how aspects of the process of Christianization were reflected in early Irish literary texts. The second main line focusses on the development of ideas about evil in these textes. These two lines of investigations generated two approaches: firstly, a study into the origin of the descriptions of the monsters and, secondly, an analysis - by means of a hypothesis - of the ideas found in these three texts on this time. The broad scope of the process of Christianization is narrowed down to an investigation of the origin of the monsters and non-canonical scripture, encyclopedic Latin works such as Pliny's Naturalis Historia and Isidore's Etymologiae, related Latin and Old English material, Hiberno-Latin, and Old and Middle Irish texts. The author made this comparison in order to ascertain whether these descriptions were derived from sources and to classify the monsters according to three categories: "native", "imported", or "integrated". The author did this to determine if and how Christian idead influenced the symbolisation of evil in the form of monsters. In order to analyse the ideas about evil, the author distinguishes between two forms of evil: firstly, non-moral evil - evil that occurs without anyone inflicting it intentionally uppn the victims, and secondly, moral evil - evil done intentionally. According to the author's hypothesis, the monsters are said to belong originally to the realm of non-moral evil but, under the influence of Christianity, they also begin to personify moral evil. [...]
Ó Cathasaigh, Tomás, “Gat and díberg in Togail bruidne Da Derga”, in: Anders Ahlqvist, Harri Nyberg, Glyn Welden Banks, and Tom Sjöblom (eds), Celtica Helsingiensia. Proceedings from a Symposium on Celtic Studies, 107, Helsinki: Societas Scientiarum Fennica, 1996. 203–213.
Breatnach, Caoimhín [ed.], Patronage, politics and prose: Ceasacht ingine Guile, Sgéala muice Meic Dhá Thó, Oidheadh Chuinn Cheadchathaigh, Maynooth Monographs, 5, Maynooth: An Sagart, 1996.
Sjöblom, Tom, “Advice from a birdman: ritual injunctions and royal instructions in TBDD”, in: Anders Ahlqvist, Harri Nyberg, Glyn Welden Banks, and Tom Sjöblom (eds), Celtica Helsingiensia. Proceedings from a Symposium on Celtic Studies, 107, Helsinki: Societas Scientiarum Fennica, 1996. 233–251.
Tristram, Hildegard L. C., “The ‘Cattle-raid of Cuailnge’ in tension and transition: between the oral and the written, classical subtexts and narrative heritage”, in: Doris Edel (ed.), Cultural identity and cultural integration: Ireland and Europe in the early Middle Ages, Blackrock: Four Courts Press, 1995. 61–81.
Ní Bhrolcháin, Muireann, “The Banshenchas revisited”, in: Mary OʼDowd, and Sabine Wichert (eds), Chattel, servant or citizen: women’s status in church, state and society, 19, Belfast: Institute of Irish Studies, Queen's University, 1995. 70–81.
Henry, P. L. [ed. and tr.], “Amrae Con Roí (ACR): discussion, edition, translation”, Études Celtiques 31 (1995): 179–194.
Journal volume: Persée – Études Celtiques, vol. 31, 1995: <link>
abstract:
[FR} Amra Con Roí : analyse, édition, traduction.
Amra Con Roí, ou «l’éloge de Cú Roi », est l’une des œuvres archaïques en vieil-irlandais qui ont rarement été éditées. Amra Con Roí est à la source même de la tradition irlandaise : on y trouve le reflet des relations entre Ulaid et Erainn, donc une situation antérieure à l’arrivée des Gaels. L’esthétique du poème et ses traditions ethniques permettent de comprendre pourquoi il a influencé tant de générations de poètes et de seigneurs — car il se fonde essentiellement sur le thème des rapports ancestraux entre ces deux classes. C’est pourquoi il se présente comme un dānastuti, une louange de la générosité du seigneur. Ce type de poème, indigène et traditionnel, a précédé les mètres syllabiques nouveaux introduits en Irlande aux VIe-VIIe siècles.
[EN] Amra Con Roi, or the Eulogy of Cú Roi, is one of several important compositions in archaic Old Irish, which have received scant editorial attention. The poem stands at the very fountainhead of the tradition, reflecting the relations of the Ulaid with the Érainn and hence a pre-Gaelic state of affairs. From its aesthetic character and ethnic traditions we get a clear sense why it should have impressed so many generations of poets and patrons — for it is built essentially upon the age-old relationship between these two classes. Hence the dānastuti in praise of the patron’s munificence. The type of poetic artefact, native and traditional, which Amra Con Roi represents, held precedence over the new syllabic modes introduced in Ireland in the sixth-seventh centuries.
Amra Con Roí, ou «l’éloge de Cú Roi », est l’une des œuvres archaïques en vieil-irlandais qui ont rarement été éditées. Amra Con Roí est à la source même de la tradition irlandaise : on y trouve le reflet des relations entre Ulaid et Erainn, donc une situation antérieure à l’arrivée des Gaels. L’esthétique du poème et ses traditions ethniques permettent de comprendre pourquoi il a influencé tant de générations de poètes et de seigneurs — car il se fonde essentiellement sur le thème des rapports ancestraux entre ces deux classes. C’est pourquoi il se présente comme un dānastuti, une louange de la générosité du seigneur. Ce type de poème, indigène et traditionnel, a précédé les mètres syllabiques nouveaux introduits en Irlande aux VIe-VIIe siècles.
[EN] Amra Con Roi, or the Eulogy of Cú Roi, is one of several important compositions in archaic Old Irish, which have received scant editorial attention. The poem stands at the very fountainhead of the tradition, reflecting the relations of the Ulaid with the Érainn and hence a pre-Gaelic state of affairs. From its aesthetic character and ethnic traditions we get a clear sense why it should have impressed so many generations of poets and patrons — for it is built essentially upon the age-old relationship between these two classes. Hence the dānastuti in praise of the patron’s munificence. The type of poetic artefact, native and traditional, which Amra Con Roi represents, held precedence over the new syllabic modes introduced in Ireland in the sixth-seventh centuries.
Hollo, Kaarina, “A context for Fled Bricrenn ocus Loinges Mac nDuíl Dermait”, in: James P. Mallory, and Gearóid Stockman (eds), Ulidia: proceedings of the First International Conference on the Ulster Cycle of Tales, Belfast and Emain Macha, 8–12 April 1994, Belfast: December, 1994. 91–98.
Mallory, J. P., and Ruairí Ó hUiginn, “The Ulster Cycle: a check list of translations”, in: James P. Mallory, and Gearóid Stockman (eds), Ulidia: proceedings of the First International Conference on the Ulster Cycle of Tales, Belfast and Emain Macha, 8–12 April 1994, Belfast: December, 1994. 291–303.
Mac Giolla Léith, Caoimhín, “Oidheadh Chloinne hUisneach: the transmission of a Gaelic romance”, in: Hildegard L. C. Tristram (ed.), Text und Zeittiefe, 58, Tübingen: Gunter Narr, 1994. 439–454.
Sayers, William, “Conventional descriptions of the horse in the Ulster Cycle”, Études Celtiques 30 (1994): 233–249.
Journal volume: Persée – Études Celtiques, vol. 30, 1994: <link>
abstract:
[FR] Descriptions conventionnelles du cheval dans le Cycle d'Ulster.
La description normative du cheval chez Isidore de Séville est proposée comme modèle de l'organisation et du contenu du portrait de l'attelage qui figure dans le topos étendu du guerrier qui s'avance dans le cycle épique des Ultoniens. L'origine des traits stylistiques de la suite d'adjectifs enchaînée, toutefois, est à chercher dans la tradition indigène et, vraisemblablement, orale. L'article se termine par un glossaire de 150 adjectifs recueillis dans 15 textes typiques.
[EN] Isidore of Seville’s normative description of the horse is posited as an antecedent for the organization and content of the portrayal of the team of horses that figures in the larger topos of the approaching warrior in the Ulster cycle of epic texts. Stylistic features of the enchained sequence of adjectives, however, have their origin in the native, most likely oral, tradition. The article concludes with a glossary of 150 adjectives from 15 typical texts.
La description normative du cheval chez Isidore de Séville est proposée comme modèle de l'organisation et du contenu du portrait de l'attelage qui figure dans le topos étendu du guerrier qui s'avance dans le cycle épique des Ultoniens. L'origine des traits stylistiques de la suite d'adjectifs enchaînée, toutefois, est à chercher dans la tradition indigène et, vraisemblablement, orale. L'article se termine par un glossaire de 150 adjectifs recueillis dans 15 textes typiques.
[EN] Isidore of Seville’s normative description of the horse is posited as an antecedent for the organization and content of the portrayal of the team of horses that figures in the larger topos of the approaching warrior in the Ulster cycle of epic texts. Stylistic features of the enchained sequence of adjectives, however, have their origin in the native, most likely oral, tradition. The article concludes with a glossary of 150 adjectives from 15 typical texts.
Dooley, Ann, “The invention of women in the Táin”, in: James P. Mallory, and Gearóid Stockman (eds), Ulidia: proceedings of the First International Conference on the Ulster Cycle of Tales, Belfast and Emain Macha, 8–12 April 1994, Belfast: December, 1994. 123–133.
Greenwood, E. M., “Some aspects of the evolution of Táin bó Cúailnge from TBC I to LL TBC.”, in: James P. Mallory, and Gearóid Stockman (eds), Ulidia: proceedings of the First International Conference on the Ulster Cycle of Tales, Belfast and Emain Macha, 8–12 April 1994, Belfast: December, 1994. 47–54.
Shkunayev, Sergey, “Material changes and traditional behaviour in some Ulster Cycle tales”, in: James P. Mallory, and Gearóid Stockman (eds), Ulidia: proceedings of the First International Conference on the Ulster Cycle of Tales, Belfast and Emain Macha, 8–12 April 1994, Belfast: December, 1994. 239–242.
Mallory, James P., and Gearóid Stockman (eds), Ulidia: proceedings of the First International Conference on the Ulster Cycle of Tales, Belfast and Emain Macha, 8–12 April 1994, Belfast: December, 1994.
Muhr, Kay, “The location of the Ulster Cycle: Part I: Tóchustal Ulad”, in: James P. Mallory, and Gearóid Stockman (eds), Ulidia: proceedings of the First International Conference on the Ulster Cycle of Tales, Belfast and Emain Macha, 8–12 April 1994, Belfast: December, 1994. 149–158.
Sessle, Erica, “Misogyny and Medb: approaching Medb with feminist critism”, in: James P. Mallory, and Gearóid Stockman (eds), Ulidia: proceedings of the First International Conference on the Ulster Cycle of Tales, Belfast and Emain Macha, 8–12 April 1994, Belfast: December, 1994. 135–138.
Mac Gearailt, Uáitéar, “The relationship of Recensions II and III of the Táin”, in: James P. Mallory, and Gearóid Stockman (eds), Ulidia: proceedings of the First International Conference on the Ulster Cycle of Tales, Belfast and Emain Macha, 8–12 April 1994, Belfast: December, 1994. 55–70.
Koch, John T., “Windows on the Iron Age: 1964–1994”, in: James P. Mallory, and Gearóid Stockman (eds), Ulidia: proceedings of the First International Conference on the Ulster Cycle of Tales, Belfast and Emain Macha, 8–12 April 1994, Belfast: December, 1994. 229–237.
Ó Béarra, Feargal, “Táin bó Cúailnge: leagan III: téacs agus aistriúchán”, MA thesis, University College Galway, 1994.
Diplomatic edition of the fragments of TBC III in Egerton 93 and TCD 1319 (H 2. 17).
Müller, Nicole, “Passive and discourse in Táin bó Cúailnge”, in: James P. Mallory, and Gearóid Stockman (eds), Ulidia: proceedings of the First International Conference on the Ulster Cycle of Tales, Belfast and Emain Macha, 8–12 April 1994, Belfast: December, 1994. 193–199.
Ford, Patrick K., “The idea of everlasting fame in the Táin”, in: James P. Mallory, and Gearóid Stockman (eds), Ulidia: proceedings of the First International Conference on the Ulster Cycle of Tales, Belfast and Emain Macha, 8–12 April 1994, Belfast: December, 1994. 255–261.
Bruford, Alan, “Why an Ulster cycle?”, in: James P. Mallory, and Gearóid Stockman (eds), Ulidia: proceedings of the First International Conference on the Ulster Cycle of Tales, Belfast and Emain Macha, 8–12 April 1994, Belfast: December, 1994. 23–30.
Ó Béarra, Feargal, “Táin bó Cúailnge III: abach aimrid?”, in: James P. Mallory, and Gearóid Stockman (eds), Ulidia: proceedings of the First International Conference on the Ulster Cycle of Tales, Belfast and Emain Macha, 8–12 April 1994, Belfast: December, 1994. 71–76.
Sadowska, Ewa, “The military nature of the raiding campaign in Táin bó Cúailnge”, in: James P. Mallory, and Gearóid Stockman (eds), Ulidia: proceedings of the First International Conference on the Ulster Cycle of Tales, Belfast and Emain Macha, 8–12 April 1994, Belfast: December, 1994. 243–250.
Lazar-Meyn, Heidi Ann, “Colour terms in Táin bó Cúailnge”, in: James P. Mallory, and Gearóid Stockman (eds), Ulidia: proceedings of the First International Conference on the Ulster Cycle of Tales, Belfast and Emain Macha, 8–12 April 1994, Belfast: December, 1994. 201–205.
Hillers, Barbara, “The heroes of the Ulster cycle”, in: James P. Mallory, and Gearóid Stockman (eds), Ulidia: proceedings of the First International Conference on the Ulster Cycle of Tales, Belfast and Emain Macha, 8–12 April 1994, Belfast: December, 1994. 99–106.
Carey, John, “The uses of tradition in Serglige Con Culainn”, in: James P. Mallory, and Gearóid Stockman (eds), Ulidia: proceedings of the First International Conference on the Ulster Cycle of Tales, Belfast and Emain Macha, 8–12 April 1994, Belfast: December, 1994. 77–84.
Korolev, Andrey A., “The co-cloth formula and its possible cultural implications”, in: James P. Mallory, and Gearóid Stockman (eds), Ulidia: proceedings of the First International Conference on the Ulster Cycle of Tales, Belfast and Emain Macha, 8–12 April 1994, Belfast: December, 1994. 251–253.
Tristram, Hildegard L. C., “What is the purpose of Táin bó Cúailnge?”, in: James P. Mallory, and Gearóid Stockman (eds), Ulidia: proceedings of the First International Conference on the Ulster Cycle of Tales, Belfast and Emain Macha, 8–12 April 1994, Belfast: December, 1994. 11–21.
Freeman, Philip M., “Elements of the Ulster Cycle in pre-Posidonian classical literature”, in: James P. Mallory, and Gearóid Stockman (eds), Ulidia: proceedings of the First International Conference on the Ulster Cycle of Tales, Belfast and Emain Macha, 8–12 April 1994, Belfast: December, 1994. 207–216.
Lea, Anne E., “Beyond boasting: Táin bó Cuailnge and Le voyage de Charlemagne”, in: James P. Mallory, and Gearóid Stockman (eds), Ulidia: proceedings of the First International Conference on the Ulster Cycle of Tales, Belfast and Emain Macha, 8–12 April 1994, Belfast: December, 1994. 107–113.
Ó Cathasaigh, Tomás, “Reflections on Compert Conchobuir and Serglige Con Culainn”, in: James P. Mallory, and Gearóid Stockman (eds), Ulidia: proceedings of the First International Conference on the Ulster Cycle of Tales, Belfast and Emain Macha, 8–12 April 1994, Belfast: December, 1994. 85–89.
Sjöblom, Tom, “On the threshold: the sacredness of borders in early Irish literature”, in: James P. Mallory, and Gearóid Stockman (eds), Ulidia: proceedings of the First International Conference on the Ulster Cycle of Tales, Belfast and Emain Macha, 8–12 April 1994, Belfast: December, 1994. 159–164.
Pehnt, Annette, “Skulls and gulls: Cuchullin in the Scottish Gaelic ballad”, in: James P. Mallory, and Gearóid Stockman (eds), Ulidia: proceedings of the First International Conference on the Ulster Cycle of Tales, Belfast and Emain Macha, 8–12 April 1994, Belfast: December, 1994. 263–268.
Ó Riain, Pádraig, “The Táin: a clue to its origins”, in: James P. Mallory, and Gearóid Stockman (eds), Ulidia: proceedings of the First International Conference on the Ulster Cycle of Tales, Belfast and Emain Macha, 8–12 April 1994, Belfast: December, 1994. 31–37.
Vielle, Christophe, “The oldest narrative attestations of the Celtic mythical and traditional heroic cycle”, in: James P. Mallory, and Gearóid Stockman (eds), Ulidia: proceedings of the First International Conference on the Ulster Cycle of Tales, Belfast and Emain Macha, 8–12 April 1994, Belfast: December, 1994. 217–227.
Sayers, William, “Severed heads under Conall’s knee (Scéla mucce Meic Dathó)”, Mankind Quarterly 34 (1994): 369–378.
Findon, Joanne, “A woman’s words: Emer versus Cú Chulainn in Aided Óenfir Aife”, in: James P. Mallory, and Gearóid Stockman (eds), Ulidia: proceedings of the First International Conference on the Ulster Cycle of Tales, Belfast and Emain Macha, 8–12 April 1994, Belfast: December, 1994. 139–148.
Freeman, Philip M., “Visions from the dead in Herodotus, Nicander of Colophon, and the Táin bó Cúailnge”, Emania: Bulletin of the Navan Research Group 12 (1994): 45–48.
Orchard, Andy [ed.], “‘Audite omnes amantes’: a hymn in Patrick's praise”, in: David N. Dumville, and Lesley Abrams (eds), Saint Patrick, AD 493–1993, 13, Woodbridge: Boydell, 1993. 153–173.
Edel, Doris, “Die Táin bó Cúailnge zwischen Mündlichkeit und Schriftlichkeit: Prolegomena zu einer Geschichte ihrer Entwicklung”, in: Martin Rockel, and Stefan Zimmer (eds), Akten des ersten Symposiums Deutschsprachiger Keltologen (Gosen bei Berlin, 8.–10. April 1992), 11, Tübingen: Niemeyer, 1993. 83–99.
Tristram, Hildegard L. C. (ed.), Studien zur Táin bó Cúailnge, ScriptOralia, 52, Tübingen: Gunter Narr Verlag, 1993.
Maund, K. L., “The second obit of St Patrick in the ‘Annals of Boyle’”, in: David N. Dumville, and Lesley Abrams (eds), Saint Patrick, AD 493–1993, 13, Woodbridge: Boydell, 1993. 35–37.
Mac Giolla Léith, Caoimhín [ed. and tr.], Oidheadh chloinne hUisneach: The violent death of the children of Uisneach, Irish Texts Society, 56, London: Irish Texts Society, 1993.
Mac Mathúna, Liam, “Topographical components of the place-names in Táin bó Cúailnge and other selected Early Irish texts”, in: Hildegard L. C. Tristram (ed.), Studien zur Táin bó Cúailnge, 52, Tübingen: Gunter Narr Verlag, 1993. 100–113.
Correa, Alice L. H., “A mass for St Patrick in an Anglo-Saxon sacramentary”, in: David N. Dumville, and Lesley Abrams (eds), Saint Patrick, AD 493–1993, 13, Woodbridge: Boydell, 1993. 245–252.
