Cormac, Solomon, and One Shearing for Another

John Carey; Barbara Hillers

doi:10.1484/J.PERIT.5.131897

Cormac, Solomon, and One Shearing for Another

John Carey
, Barbara Hillers

School of Irish Learning

University College Cork

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Abstract

The article proposes that the well-known story of Cormac mac Airt’s judgement concerning the trespassing sheep, which establishes him as the prototypical just ruler, represents an early borrowing from Middle-Eastern narrative tradition, where the same story is associated with the biblical king Solomon.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	29-39
Number of pages	11
Journal	Peritia
Volume	33
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1484/J.PERIT.5.131897
Publication status	Published - Jan 2022

Keywords

ahādīth
apocrypha
Cormac mac Airt
fír flaithemon
heroic biography
judgement
Kebra nagast
midrash
Qur’ān
Solomon

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