The Cuchullin saga in Irish literature
Subtitle: being a collection of stories relating to the hero Cuchullin.
By: Translated from the Irish by various scholars. Compiled and edited, with introd. and notes, by Eleanor Hull. London, D. Nutt, 1898.
Contributors: Hull, Eleanor, 1860-1935, ed.
Publisher: AMS Press
Published: 1972
Place of publication: [New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
Subjects: Epic literature, Irish -- Translations into English.; Cuchulain (Legendary character); Heroes -- Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland); Mythology, Celtic -- Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland); Tales -- Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Original ed. issued as no. 8 of Grimm library.
Table of contents: title: The birth of Conachar, adapted from the translation of K. Meyer.; title: How Conachar gained the kingship over Ulster, adapted from the translation of E. O'Curry.; title: The origin of Cuchullin, from the French translation of M. L. Duvau.; title: Tragical death of the sons of Usnach, from the translations by W. Stokes and O'Flanagan.; title: The wooing of Emer and Cuchullin's education under Scathach, translated by K. Meyer.; title: The siege of Howth, translated by W. Stokes.; title: The debility of the Ultonian warriors, from the German of E. Windisch.; title: The appearance of the Morrigu to Cuchullin before the Táin bó Cuailgne, from the German of E. Windisch.; title: The Táin bó Cuailgne, analysis with extracts by S. H. O'Grady.; title: The instruction of Cuchullin to a prince, from the translations of E. O'Curry and M. D'Arbois de Jubainville.; title: The great defeat on the plain of Muirthemne before Cuchullin's death, translated by S. H. O'Grady.; title: The tragical death of Cuchullin, translated by W. Stokes.; title: The tragical death of King Conachar, from the translation by E. O'Curry.; title: The phantom chariot of Cuchullin, from the translation by O'Beirne Crowe.