Texts
Lebor gabála Érenn/2G(2). Kings of the Tuatha Dé Danann
Incoming data
An account of the kings of the Tuatha Dé Danann, namely Nuadu, Lug, the Dagda, Delbaeth, Fíacha and the trio Mac Cuill, Mac Cécht and Mac Gréine; and their conflict with the Fomoire, culmimating in the second battle of Mag Tuired.
Manuscript witnesses
MS
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 512/III (ff. 75B-100, 37-44)
context: Lebor gabála Érenn (Recension B) incl. Túatha Dé Danann fo diamair, Lebor gabála Érenn/2G(2). Kings of the Tuatha Dé Danann, Lebor gabála Érenn/2G(3). Genelach Tuath Dé, Gabail Hérenn nert nar fhand Tract on the Túatha Dé Danann, their genealogies and some of their characteristics. Macalister, vol. 4, §§ 335, 342, 334, 340-341, 337-339, 343-344, 352-354. According to Scowcroft (1987), § 354 properly belongs to the tract on the kings of the Túatha Dé.
in section: f. 80ra–
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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112–121, 124–127 (§§ 310–313, 315, Rec. A and Min.); 146–151 (§§ 328–333:2, 335, subrecensions of Rec. B), 164–167 (§ 354, Rec. B – see Scowcroft); 176–181, 184–185 (§§ 362–365, 367).
Secondary sources (select)
Scowcroft, R. Mark, “Leabhar Gabhála. Part I: the growth of the text”, Ériu 38 (1987): 79–140.
comments: The second part is Scowcroft, R. Mark, “Leabhar Gabhála. Part II”, Ériu 39 (1988).
110–111
