The Obscurantists and the Sea-Monster: Reflections on the Hisperica famina

John Carey

doi:10.1484/J.Peri.3.525

The Obscurantists and the Sea-Monster: Reflections on the Hisperica famina

John Carey

School of Irish Learning

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Abstract

Correspondences in vocabulary, together with divergence in plot, indicate that the authors of the adventure stories in the A and B versions of the Hisperica famina worked from a shared word list rather than from a textual model. They appear to have derived their themes from Irish oral narrative, for which the Hisperica famina may accordingly be our earliest witness.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	40-60
Number of pages	21
Journal	Peritia
Volume	17-18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1484/J.Peri.3.525
Publication status	Published - 2003

Keywords

Fian
Find mac Cumaill
Hisperica famina
Jonah
Mesca Ulad
Oral tradition
Togail Bruidne Da Derga

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