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Tochmarc Étaíne, the Glossary

Tochmarc Étaíne, meaning "The Wooing of Étaín/Éadaoin", is an early text of the Irish Mythological Cycle, and also features characters from the Ulster Cycle and the Cycles of the Kings.^[1]

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Mythological Cycle

Aengus

In Irish mythology, Aengus or Óengus is one of the Tuatha Dé Danann and probably originally a god associated with youth, love,Ó hÓgáin, Dáithí.

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Aos Sí

Aos sí (English approximation:; older form: aes sídhe) is the Irish name for a supernatural race in Celtic mythology—daoine sìth in Scottish Gaelic—comparable to fairies or elves.

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Ériu (journal)

Ériu is an academic journal of Irish language studies.

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Étaín or Édaín (Modern Irish spelling: Éadaoin) is a figure of Irish mythology, best known as the heroine of Tochmarc Étaíne (The Wooing Of Étaín), one of the oldest and richest stories of the Mythological Cycle. Tochmarc Étaíne and Étaín are Mythological Cycle and Ulster Cycle.

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Boann

Boann or Boand is the Irish goddess of the River Boyne (Bóinn), an important river in Ireland's historical province of Meath.

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Brú na Bóinne

Brú na Bóinne ("mansion or palace of the Boyne"), also called the Boyne Valley tombs, is an ancient monument complex and ritual landscape in County Meath, Ireland, located in a bend of the River Boyne.

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British Library

The British Library is a research library in London that is the national library of the United Kingdom.

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British Library, MS Egerton 1782

Egerton MS 1782 is the index title of an early sixteenth-century Irish vellum manuscript housed in the Egerton Collection of the British Library, London. Tochmarc Étaíne and British Library, MS Egerton 1782 are early Irish literature.

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Chivalric romance

As a literary genre, the chivalric romance is a type of prose and verse narrative that was popular in the noble courts of high medieval and early modern Europe.

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Conaire Mór

Conaire Mór (the great), son of Eterscél, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland. Tochmarc Étaíne and Conaire Mór are Ulster Cycle.

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Conchobar mac Nessa

Conchobar mac Nessa (son of Ness) is the king of Ulster in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Tochmarc Étaíne and Conchobar mac Nessa are Ulster Cycle.

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Corlea Trackway

The Corlea Trackway is an Iron Age trackway, or togher, near the village of Keenagh, south of Longford, County Longford, in Ireland.

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County Longford

County Longford (Contae an Longfoirt) is a county in Ireland.

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Cycles of the Kings

The Cycles of the Kings or Kings' Cycles, sometimes called the Historical Cycle, are a body of Old and Middle Irish literature. Tochmarc Étaíne and Cycles of the Kings are early Irish literature.

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Dendrochronology

Dendrochronology (or tree-ring dating) is the scientific method of dating tree rings (also called growth rings) to the exact year they were formed in a tree.

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Dian Cecht

In Irish mythology, Dian Cécht (also known as Cainte or Canta) was the god of healing, the healer for the Tuatha Dé Danann, and son of the Dagda according to the Dindsenchas.

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Elcmar

In Irish mythology, Elcmar or Ecmar (modern spelling: Ealcmhar) is the husband of Boann and belongs to the divine Tuatha Dé Danann.

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Eochu Airem

Eochu Airem ("the ploughman"), son of Finn, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland.

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Eochu Feidlech

Eochu or Eochaid Feidlech ("the enduring"), was a High King of Ireland, according to medieval Irish legends and historical traditions. Tochmarc Étaíne and Eochu Feidlech are Cycles of the Kings and Ulster Cycle.

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Eterscél Mór

Eterscél Mór ("the great"), son of Íar mac Dedad, a descendant of Óengus Tuirmech Temrach, of the Érainn of Munster was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland. Tochmarc Étaíne and Eterscél Mór are Cycles of the Kings.

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Fairy

A fairy (also fay, fae, fey, fair folk, or faerie) is a type of mythical being or legendary creature, generally described as anthropomorphic, found in the folklore of multiple European cultures (including Celtic, Slavic, Germanic, and French folklore), a form of spirit, often with metaphysical, supernatural, or preternatural qualities.

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Fidchell

Fidchell or gwyddbwyll (in Welsh, pronounced) was a board game popular among the ancient Celts.

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Fuamnach

Fúamnach, or Fuamnach, is Midir's first wife and a witch of the Tuatha Dé Danann in the medieval Irish text Tochmarc Étaíne ("The Wooing of Étaín").

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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High King of Ireland

High King of Ireland (Ardrí na hÉireann) was a royal title in Gaelic Ireland held by those who had, or who are claimed to have had, lordship over all of Ireland. Tochmarc Étaíne and High King of Ireland are Cycles of the Kings.

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Infant exposure

In ancient times, exposition (from the Latin expositus, "exposed") was a method of infanticide or child abandonment in which infants were left in a wild place either to die due to hypothermia, hunger, animal attackJustin Martyr, First Apology. or to be collected by slavers or by those unable to produce children.

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Irish mythology

Irish mythology is the body of myths indigenous to the island of Ireland.

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Lebor na hUidre

(LU) or the Book of the Dun Cow (MS 23 E 25) is an Irish vellum manuscript dating to the 12th century. Tochmarc Étaíne and Lebor na hUidre are medieval literature.

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Mess Búachalla

Mess Búachalla (the cow-herder's foundling) is the mother of the High King Conaire Mór in Irish mythology. Tochmarc Étaíne and Mess Búachalla are Cycles of the Kings.

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Midir

In the Mythological Cycle of early Irish literature, Midir (Old Irish), Midhir (Modern Irish) or Mider was a son of the Dagda of the Tuatha Dé Danann.

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Mythological Cycle

The Mythological Cycle is a conventional grouping within Irish mythology. Tochmarc Étaíne and Mythological Cycle are early Irish literature.

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National Library of Ireland

The National Library of Ireland (NLI; Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann) is Ireland's national library located in Dublin, in a building designed by Thomas Newenham Deane.

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Orpheus

In Greek mythology, Orpheus (Ancient Greek: Ὀρφεύς, classical pronunciation) was a Thracian bard, legendary musician and prophet.

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Sir Orfeo

Sir Orfeo is an anonymous Middle English Breton lai dating from the late 13th or early 14th century.

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Source text

A source text is a text (sometimes oral) from which information or ideas are derived.

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The Dagda

The Dagda (In Dagda, An Daghdha) is considered the great god of Irish mythology.

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Togail Bruidne Dá Derga

Togail Bruidne Dá Derga (The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel) is an Irish tale belonging to the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Tochmarc Étaíne and Togail Bruidne Dá Derga are early Irish literature, medieval literature, texts in Irish and Ulster Cycle.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tochmarc_Étaíne

Also known as The Wooing Of Étaín, Tochmarc Étaín, Wooing of Étaín.

Tochmarc Étaíne, the Glossary

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Mythological Cycle

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