Coire Sois, The Cauldron of Knowledge: A Companion to Early Irish Saga

Contents

Contents Foreword by Declan Kiberd ix Preface by Matthieu Boyd xv Acknowledgments xxi Abbreviations xxv Maps xxviii 1 Introduction: Irish Myths and Legends (2005) 1 PA R T 1 . T H E M E S 2 The Semantics of síd (1977–79) 19 3 Pagan Survivals: The Evidence of Early Irish Narrative (1984) 35 4 The Concept of the Hero in Irish Mythology (1985) 51 5 The Sister’s Son in Early Irish Literature (1986) 65 6 Curse and Satire (1986) 95 7 The Threefold Death in Early Irish Sources (1994) 101 8 Early Irish Literature and Law (2006–7) 121 PA R T 2 . T E X T S The Cycles of the Gods and Goddesses 9 Cath Maige Tuired as Exemplary Myth (1983) 135 10 The Eponym of Cnogba (1989) 155 11 Knowledge and Power in Aislinge Óenguso (1997) 165 12 “The Wooing of Étaín” (2008) 173 The Ulster Cycle 13 Táin Bó Cúailnge (2002) 187 14 Mythology in Táin Bó Cúailnge (1993) 201 15 Táin Bó Cúailnge and Early Irish Law (2005) 219 16 Sírrabad Súaltaim and the Order of Speaking among the Ulaid (2005) 238 17 Ailill and Medb: A Marriage of Equals (2009) 249 18 Cú Chulainn, the Poets, and Giolla Brighde Mac Con Midhe (2005) 259 19 Reflections on Compert Conchobuir and Serglige Con Culainn (1994) 271 The Cycles of the Kings 20 “The Expulsion of the Déisi” (2005) 283 21 On the LU Version of “The Expulsion of the Déisi” (1976) 293 22 The Déisi and Dyfed (1984) 301 23 The Theme of lommrad in Cath Maige Mucrama (1980–81) 330 24 The Theme of ainmne in Scéla Cano meic Gartnáin (1983) 342 25 The Rhetoric of Scéla Cano meic Gartnáin (1989) 352 vi Contents Contents vii 26 The Rhetoric of Fingal Rónáin (1985) 376 27 On the Cín Dromma Snechta Version of Togail Brudne Uí Dergae (1990) 399 28 Gat and díberg in Togail Bruidne Da Derga (1996) 412 29 The Oldest Story of the Laigin: Observations on Orgain Denna Ríg (2002) 422 30 Sound and Sense in Cath Almaine (2004) 439 The Fenian Cycle 31 Tóraíocht Dhiarmada agus Ghráinne (1995) 449 The Pursuit of Diarmaid and Gráinne (translated by the author, 2011) 466 Further Reading (compiled by Matthieu Boyd) 484 Notes 501 Bibliography of Tomás Ó Cathasaigh 551 Works Cited 555 Index 589 ...