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Irish Lit test II
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53
Literature
Graduate
02/16/2009

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Term
a branch is traded by ____ and a warrior for _____'s daughter, son, and wife. He chases after them, runs into the divine home and endless wood chopping, and gets his family back after telling stories.
Definition
The Adventure of Cormac [son of Art and] Grandson of Conn
Term
The king refuses to choose an heir, calls a blacksmith, ____ is chosen, but the wife won't have it. Then ugly sovergnty goddess escapade occurs. ____'s mother is a slave, but is rescued.
Definition
The Adventures of the Sons of Eochaid Mugmedon
Term
A king's death is prophesized, but he ignores it, goes to dinner and has the strange omens and ridgepole, etc.
Definition
The Death of Diarmait mac Cerbaill
Term
____ goes to battle and leaves his wife behind, while he is gone a distinguished gentleman comes; his wife resists until she realizes sex with this man will save her husband. Her husband thanks her later. She has a son by this gentleman.
Definition
The Birth of Mongan
Term
A King is told stories by a poet about the death of ____; the poet threatens to satarize the king for disbelieving his story and then the king is saved and the warrior saves them.
Definition
A Story from which it is inferred that Mongan was Find mac Cumaill and Concerning the Cause of the Death of Fothad Airgdech
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The wife of the king asks for the embarasment of his other wife and she gets it but then she is cursed by Ciaran and is barren, then she consults ____ and ___ to have kids, bears a lamb, then a salmnon, and then bears ______, who is a great man-- his father is ____
Definition
The Birth of Aed Slaine
Term
A king's wife dies, he remarries a young woman who wants to bone his step-son, this causes the death of ____, _____, & ______
Definition
The Kin-Slaying of Ronan
Term
____ comes across a beautifl woman, ____, he marries her, she only has one daughter, that daughter is married off and only has one daughter, ______, they try to kill her off, but she is found. A king finds her and wants to carry her off, but before this a bird/god comes to her and impregnates her with _____, who then has a geis not to kill birds, he is killing birds and one day _____ comes to him and tells him not to and tells him how to get the kingship at the bullfeast after the king dies by being naked, he gets the kingship; many restrictions are put on him, his foster brothers break the law and he helps them and then breaks all his geis the kingdom goes crazy and then _____ dies of a fever because he needed a drink so badly and _____ gives him the drink after he is decaptatated
Definition
The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel
Term
____ is returning to reclaim his kingship and ______ is giving him advice
Definition
The Testaments of Morann
Term
The king wants to screw the wife of another man so he sends this man away, then he has a child and it is raised by _____, the child comes to claim his territory which is owned by the aforementioned guy and he tricks him into getting it. THen his fosterfather comes to stay with him, his eye is poked out and won't stay unless he gets the most beautiful girl in Ireland. _____ is ___ and ___'s daughter, they have to really fight to get her, but they do. She is taken but then trned into a fly by the wife of ______ and then becomes a woman again and is soght out again even though she is the wife of another.....
Definition
The Wooing of Etain
Term
_____ has been crazy for 7 years and is saved by a harpist through bringing her back to society
Definition
The Story of Mis and Dubd Rois
Term
The son of a warrior is taken away from his mother, he drowns eight boys who would not play with him, he becomes a poet, kills the man no one else could, composes a poem "May Day, Fair the Time"
Definition
The Boyhood Deeds of Finn
Term
The King who wants the magic Branch
Definition
Cormac (The Adventure of Cormac [son of Art and] Grandson of Conn)
Term
The Warrior who trades a branch for three of the king's family members
Definition
Manannan (The Adventure of Cormac [son of Art and] Grandson of Conn)
Term
The king who asks a blacksmith to determine his heir
Definition
Eochaid Mugmedon (The Adventures of the Sons of Eochaid Mugmedon)
Term
The slave mother of a future king
Definition
Cairenn Casdub (The Adventures of the Sons of Eochaid Mugmedon)
Term
The Poet Foster Father of the future king (son of a slave)
Definition
Torna (The Adventures of the Sons of Eochaid Mugmedon)
Term
THe wife of the king who doesn't want the son of a slave to be the next king
Definition
Mongfhind (The Adventures of the Sons of Eochaid Mugmedon)
Term
The Blacksmith who determines (first) who will be the next king
Definition
Sithchenn (Adventures of the Sons of Eochaid Mugmedon)
Term
The son of a slave who becomes king
Definition
Niall (The Adventures of the Sons of Eochaid Mugmedon)
Term
The King who ignores the prophesy of his impending death
Definition
Diarmait mac Cerbaill (The Death of Diarmait mac Cerbaill)
Term
The seer who prophesizes the death of the king who dies under the ridgepole of his own house
Definition
Becc (The Death of Diarmait mac Cerbaill)
Term
The foster son who kills his foster father the king who ignores the omen of his death after he is sent into exile
Definition
Aed Dub (The Death of Diarmait mac Cerbaill)
Term
The man who invites the king to his house for dinner where he will die due to prophesy
Definition
Banban (The Death of Diarmaitt mac Cerbaill)
Term
The "father" of the product of a union between the distinguised man and his wife who he left while he was at battle
Definition
Fiachna Lurga (The Birth of Mongan)
Term
The man who comes to the wife of the king who goes off to war and has a child with her
Definition
Manannan (The Birth of Mongan)
Term
The King who is almost tricked out of his kingship by a poet
Definition
Mongan (A Story from which it is inferred that Mongan was....)
Term
The King whose wife embarrases his second wife and is then cursed and births lamb and salmon and eventually ____.
Definition
Diarmait (The Birth of Aed Slaine)
Term
The first wife of _____ who is cursed and births a lamb, and salmon, and eventually ______.
Definition
Mugian (The Birth of Aed Slaine)
Term
The second wife who was bald but is then saved by a godesss who curses the other wife and has lambs.
Definition
Mairenn (The Birth of Aed Slaine)
Term
The cleric that gives the wife who is cursed and birthing lambs and salmon a child
Definition
Bishop Aed (The Birth of Aed Slaine)
Term
The foolish king who marries a young woman
Definition
Ronan (The Kin-Slaying of Ronan)
Term
The Step-Son who is sought out by the young bride of the foolsih king,
Definition
Mael Forthartaig (The Kin-Slaying of Ronan)
Term
The young woman who marries the foolish king
Definition
Daughter of Echaid (The Kin-Slaying of Ronan)
Term
The man who dies with the step-son for non-screwing the step-mother.
Definition
Congall (The Kin-Slaying of Ronan)
Term
The king who comes across the woman who has loved him since she was born.
Definition
Echoaid Feidleach (The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel)
Term
The woman who loved the king ever since she was born.
Definition
Etain (The Destrction of Da Derga's Hostel)
Term
The name of the third Etain who bears a king for a son.
Definition
Mess Buachalla (The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel)
Term
The son who becomes king after the bull-feast, whose father is a bird-god.
Definition
Conaire (The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel)
Term
The Bird God who tells ______ to go naked to the bull feast and not to kill birds.
Definition
Nemglam (The destruction of Da Derga's Hostel)
Term
The prophetess who predicts the death of the king who failed by helping his foster brothers.
Definition
Calib
Term
The King who returns to his kingdom and recieves advice from.....
Definition
Feradach (The Testament of Morann)
Term
The person who gives advice to the king returning to his homeland
Definition
Morann (The Testament of Morann)
Term
The father of the future king who was created through infidelity and is raised by a foster-father who wants the most beautiful girl in Ireland.
Definition
Eochaid Ollathair/the Dagda (The Wooing of Etain)
Term
The wife who the Dagda wants to sleep with to create his future famous son
Definition
Ethine (The Wooing of Etain)
Term
The husband of the wife that screws the king and is later screwed out of his territory.
Definition
Elcmar (The Wooing of Etain)
Term
The foster-father of the future king who goes to reclaim his territory and who marries the most beatiful girl in Ireland.
Definition
Midir (The Wooing of Etain)
Term
The son who goes to reclaim his territory and helps his foster-father get the most beatiful woman in Ireland.
Definition
Oengus or Mac Oc
Term
The King who marries the third incarnation of Etain
Definition
Eochaid Airmen (The wooing of Etain)
Term
The woman who goes crazy and then is recovered
Definition
Mis (The Story of Mis and Dubh Rois)
Term
THe man who saves the crazy woman
Definition
Dubh Rois (The Story of Mis and Dubh Rois)
Term
The mother of the young boy who becomes a warrior
Definition
Murine
Term
The boyhood deeds of ______
Definition
Finn
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