Texts
Lebor gabála Érenn/2G(3). Genelach Tuath Dé
Incoming data
An enumeration of the deities of the Tuatha Dé Danann, their pedigrees and other items of interest.
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–
MS
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 512/III (ff. 75B-100, 37-44)
context: Lebor gabála Érenn (Recension B) incipit: Goidil in hErind ⁊ Greic in ardrigi an domain isin aimsir sin incl. Lebor gabála Érenn/2G(3). Genelach Tuath Dé A single sentence, beg. Goidil in hErind ⁊ Greic in ardrigi an domain isin aimsir sin, follows the previous tract. It is regarded as belonging (originally) to the genealogical tract on the Túatha Dé Danann (ff. 80ra-vb), which is here interrupted by the synchronisms. Macalister, vol. 4, § 355; Scowcroft (1987): 111.
in section: f. 81rb
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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§§ 316A, 319, Red. Min.; §§ 314, 316–318, Rec. A; §§ 333–355, Rec. B; §§ 366, 368–372, Rec. C; + verse texts.
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).
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