Description:This highly original study provides a thematic analysis of one of the most popular tales in medieval Gaelic folklore. Stories about the birth and boyhood deeds of the great mythical hero, Finn, are among the longest-lived Fenian tales.Joseph Nagy's book illumines for the reader the meanings of the tales and the body of traditional story to which these tales belong, the Fenian (or Ossianic) cycle.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Wisdom of the Outlaw: The Boyhood Deeds of Finn in Gaelic Narrative Tradition. To get started finding The Wisdom of the Outlaw: The Boyhood Deeds of Finn in Gaelic Narrative Tradition, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
338
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
University of California Press
Release
1985
ISBN
0520052846
The Wisdom of the Outlaw: The Boyhood Deeds of Finn in Gaelic Narrative Tradition
Description: This highly original study provides a thematic analysis of one of the most popular tales in medieval Gaelic folklore. Stories about the birth and boyhood deeds of the great mythical hero, Finn, are among the longest-lived Fenian tales.Joseph Nagy's book illumines for the reader the meanings of the tales and the body of traditional story to which these tales belong, the Fenian (or Ossianic) cycle.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Wisdom of the Outlaw: The Boyhood Deeds of Finn in Gaelic Narrative Tradition. To get started finding The Wisdom of the Outlaw: The Boyhood Deeds of Finn in Gaelic Narrative Tradition, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.