Synopsis
Togail Bruidne Da Derga (The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel) is an epic tale, written in Old and Middle Irish. It recounts the birth, life, and death of Conaire Mor, a legendary High King of Ireland, who is killed at Da Derga's hostel by his enemies when he breaks his geasa. It is considered one of the finest Irish sagas of the early period, equal or superior to the better known Tain Bo Cuailnge. The theme of gathering doom, as the king is forced through circumstances to break one after another of his taboos, is non-Christian in essence, and no Christian interpretations are laid upon the marvels that it relates. In its reitions and verbal formulas the poem retains the qualities of oral transmission. It has been argued that Geoffrey Chaucer's The House of Fame borrows features from the Togail Bruidne Da Derga. The tone of the work has been compared with Greek tragedy.
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Biographie de l'auteur
Whitely Stokes (1830 – 1909) was an Irish lawyer and Celtic scholar. As a Celtic scholar he worked both in India and in England. He studied Irish, Breton and Cornish texts. His chief interest in Irish was as a source of material for comparative philology. Despite his learning in Old Irish and Middle Irish, he never acquired Irish pronunciation and never mastered Modern Irish. In the hundred years since his death he has continued to be a central figure in Celtic scholarship. Many of his editions have not been superseded in that time and his total output in Celtic studies comes to over 15,000 pages.
Présentation de l'éditeur
Togail Bruidne Da Derga (The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel) is an Irish tale belonging to the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. It survives in three Old and Middle Irish recensions. It recounts the birth, life, and death of Conaire Mor son of Eterscel Mor, a legendary High King of Ireland, who is killed at Da Derga's hostel by his enemies when he breaks his geasa. It is considered one of the finest Irish sagas of the early period, comparable to the better-known Táin Bo Cuailnge.
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