Irish
The mythology of Ireland — the Mythological, Ulster, and Fenian cycles: the Tuatha de Danaan, Cuchulain and the Red Branch, Finn and the Fianna, as the medieval Gaelic manuscript tradition preserved them.
On this shelf
- Cuchulain of Muirthemne: The Story of the Men of the Red Branch of Ulster irish gaelic · read in english · cited by chapter
- Gods and Fighting Men: The Story of the Tuatha de Danaan and of the Fianna of Ireland irish gaelic · read in english · cited by chapter
- Old Celtic Romances: Translated from the Gaelic irish gaelic · read in english · cited by tale
Most-filed motifs under “irish” in the index
Revolt of evil angels against God 2 Giant goddess bestrides entire land. One foot 2 Animal monks 2 Animal as servant of saint. (Cf. B292.) 2 Birds nest in saint's hand (cowl) 2 Doe furnishes man milk 2 Stags plow for man. Also draw chariot, bear bu 2 Bird sings to console man 2 Helpful swan 2 Animal saves man from death by drowning 2 Tabu: using altar for secular purposes 2 Tabu: sleeping in saint's bed 2 Creator 1 Lucifer causes fall of man 1 Poisonous water created by the devil 1 Omniscient god 1 Gods of darkness and light. Darkness thought o 1 God of the dead 1 God from adulterous union 1 Totemistic gods. Gods which have animal associ 1 Twin gods 1 Twin goddesses (or trinity of goddesses) 1 God as shape-shifter 1 God with hundred eyes 1 God with three heads 1 God with many arms. Siva has ten arms 1 God with luminous countenance 1 Deity in human form. (The human form is assume 1 Goddess of war in shape of hag 1 Goddess of war in shape of (red) woman 1