This monograph was originally written as part of a comprehensive study of the historical organization of Irish learning and literature, but on reflection it seemed that it would be more useful if published separately from the larger work. Its core is the text of the two Middle Irish catalogues of tales which Thurneysen designated as lists A and B and its substance the further description and analysis of their content and structure. At present these lists can only be consulted in manuscript or in printed sources which in some instances are not easily accessible, and it was felt that it would be a convenience for students of early Irish literature if they were made available with commentary in a separate volume.
Author(s): Proinsias Mac Cana
Publisher: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
Year: 1980
Language: English
Pages: 168
Preface vii
Abbreviations ix
The Irish Storyteller 1
The Taxonomy of Oral Tradition 20
The Irish Tale-Lists 33
List A 41
List B 50
The list in Advocates Library, Edinburgh, MS. VII fo. 7r. b. 64
The list in Brit. Lib., Harl. 432. fo. 3a (= CIH ii. 349: 'Laws' i. 44-46) 65
The Structure and Evolution of the Tale-Lists 66
Appendix A : The Welsh 'cyfarwydd' 132
Appendix B: 'Braflang Scóine' 'The Treachery at Scone' 142
Appendix C: 'Longes Breccáin' (A) 146
Index of Titles 151
General Index 157
