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Patrick, P.P., liamilton. V.G., Nenagh. M'Kcogh, Rev. W. J., P.P., Zimmer, Dr. Heinrich, Prof. Kilcommin, Tipperary. Sanscrit <fc Comparative Philo- Moloney, M., Esq., Inspector, logy, Univ. of Greifswald, National Schools, Dublin. Prussia. PREFACE. " THE " Fate of the Children of Tuireann is the second of the "Three Sorrows of " Story Telling issued by the Society. Like " " the Fate of the Children of Lir (already published) the events which it narrates date back to the time of the Tuatha De " Danann, whilst the third, the Fate of the Sons of Uisnech," belongs to the Milesian period. The story opens with an anecdote of the skill of two leeches in high repute amongst the Tuatha De Danann but it has no ; direct bearing upon the text at least in its present form. Towards the close of the story their names are introduced, when their aid is invoked by Brian, one of the of unless Sons Tuireann ; but we regard Vlll this as the sequel to the anecdote, its in- troduction would seem altogether point- less. The legend then recounts the events that led up to the murder of Cian, the father of Lugh of the Long Arms, a warrior of high renown and king in destiny. For this murder Lugh imposed upon the Sons of Tuireann, in the presence of the Monarch and Court of Eire, an eric, so heavy, as to make its fulfilment all but an impossible task. It affords proof that the payment of the eric was not so much what Lugh sought as to try to compass the death of his adversaries in some one of the many dangers to which they would then be exposed. The eric con- sisted of eight separate and distinct obliga- tions, to fulfil any one of which would be attended with extreme peril. The Battle of the Second Moytura was then pending, and Lugh, who planned it, included in the eric anything that might help him in his last IX great struggle with the Fomorians. The Sons of Tuireann were successful in obtain- ing for him the prizes he coveted most, sometimes by stratagem, sometimes by diplomacy, at other times by force of arms. Lugh, apprised of their success, makes them oblivious of the balance of the eric on which he had set little value, and induces their return home. They present him with the fruits of their adventures in many strange and distant lands; but they are immediately reminded that the full measure of their debt is not yet discharged. They push out " their curach once more from the blue- " of Eire are streamed shores ; again they successful, but in complying with the last condition of the eric they are dan- gerously wounded. They hasten swiftly home, in the hope of getting from Lugh one of the charmed trophies of their early victories, which had the power of restoring them to renewed life and vigour. But Lugh is implacable; he refuses their re- and succumb to their quest ; they injuries. Tuireann, their father, overcome by grief, falls dead beside the lifeless bodies of his " in the of the sons ; and language text, they were buried at once in the one grave." Such is a brief outline of the present text. "To the student of mere history," " says O'Curry, the value of such stories consists in the records of ancient topog- raphy, and in the glimpses of life, manners, and customs which they contain," while, " he adds, their chief claim, after all, to attention would be found to lie in their literary merits, and in the richly imagina- tive language in which they are clothed." MS. Materials, pp. 318-319. Some few years ago, Dr. P. W. Joyce, LL.D., M.R.I.A., published an entertaining " work, entitled, Old Celtic Romances,"* which contained a popular translation of * Kegan Paul and Co.. London, 187^. XI this and other Irish stories, some of which had not hitherto been given to the public in an English dress. The Irish text was once printed some " years ago in the Atlantis, vol. iv., a Regis- ter of Literature and Science of the Catholic University." This text, with a translation, was edited by Eugene O'Curry, M.R.I. A. from a MS. in his possession. In an intro- " ductory notice to the Three Sorrows of Story Telling" (Atlantis, vol. in., pp. 377- 397), O'Curry noticed in detail whatever reference he found, direct and otherwise, to this story in the Books of Lecain, Leinster, and Lismore. To the student desirous of tracing the ancient and still existing foun- dations of this story this information will be found most useful and valuable. Nov. 1901, oi-oe ctoinne utnneArm. fo poj*. ARGUMENT; I. King Nuadh Airgiod Lamb and his one-eyed door-keeper. 2. Door-keeper meets with doctors. Novel surgical operation. 3. They are introduced to the king, whose arm, afflicted by a daol, they re- move. 4. They procure and set another arm for the king. 5. The the its king's political power ; Fomorian tribute and penalty for at non-payment. The assembly Uisneach ; coming of Lugh Lamh- fhada and his Fairy Cavalcade. 6. The Fomorians come to collect the tribute. 7. Deference paid them by the king and his court distasteful to Lugh, who annihilates almost the entire number of Fomorians.
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    From the Graeco–Roman Underworld to the Celtic Otherworld: The Cultural Translation of a Pagan Deity angana moitra edieval narratives and literary texts are outfitted with text- worlds inhabited by figures who are as diverse and complex as Mthey are numerous in number. Although many of these figures represent unique artistic creations, some constitute prototypes with echoes in other literary and textual cultures. Although the narrative trajectories of medieval texts demarcate intended (or unintended) destinations for its cast of characters, it is important to note that the mere act of appearance within the narrative text-world is itself the destination for many of these figures, a destination that is often reached via a circuitous cultural pere- grination. As reflections of cultural attitudes which are dynamic, protean, and in a state of constant flux, literary figures are effervescent and contin- uously adapting to contextual specificities. But although discrete literary cultures have their own defining and unique characteristics, they do not exist in a vacuum, hermetically sealed off from developments in religious, political, and sociocultural life. On the contrary, textual cultures and lit- erary figures often demonstrate patterns of continuity (albeit in different forms) as the cultural systems of which they are a part interact with each other. Although such intercultural communication is typically viewed as a necessary by-product of an increasingly globalised world, it is not an invention of the modern age. Medieval cultures have all too frequently been negatively viewed as insular, monolithic systems frozen in time as fossilised blocs, which constitutes a reductive and totalising approach that overlooks how the social, political, literary, and religious systems of the Middle Ages actively mingled with each other in many contexts.