The Fionn Cycle CT043

The Religion of the Ancient Celts (1911)

Chapter 8: The Fionn Cycle

by

J. A. MacCulloch

The story of the mighty hero, Fionn and his warband, the Fianna. McCulloch examines the origins of the Fionn myth and asks how much of the Epic McPherson poem is truly ancient.

 

Names Used in this Section

Cumal

Oisin

Diarmaid

Fergus

Caoilte mac Ronan

Conan

Goll mac Morna

Kalevala

Lonnrot, in Finland

MacPherson

Michael Comyn

Tir na n-Og

Fians

Keating, O'Curry, Dr. Joyce, and Dr. Douglas Hyde

Cúchulainn

Oengus

Manannan

Leinster, Ulster & Connaught

Lochlann

Llychlyn

Charlemagne

Professor Zimmer

Asvin and Asgeirr

Conn the Hundred Fighter

Muirne

Tadg

Demni

Camulos

Tuatha Déa

Finnéces

Saar

Diarmaid and Grainne

Uirgrenn

Michael Comyn

Heldensage

Agallamh na Senorach

Caoilte

Dean of Lismore

anima naturaliter Christiana

Chateaubriand, Goethe, Napoleon, Byron, and Coleridge

 

Religion of the Ancient Celts can be found on Sacred Texts.

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