Irish mythology
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An extremely conservative oral tradition helped to maintain pre-Christian Ireland mythology. Many of these stories were preserved in medieval Irish literature as the initial documents were created in Ireland after the coming of Christianity. Despite the presence of Christian influences, these scripts represent the most developed and well-preserved part of Celtic mythology. There are enough manuscripts left over to allow for the documentation of four separate, if coinciding cycles: the Mythological Cycle, the Ulster Cycle, the Fenian Cycle, and the Historical Cycle. However, many of the manuscripts have not survived and much more material was likely never committed to writing. Many chronicled folk stories that persisted as the spoken custom ran concurrently with the text convention, though not firmly mythological, nevertheless feature characters from one or more of these four cycles, as well as a number of surviving mythological texts that do not fit into any of the cycles.
Nowadays some of the most recognised stories are of Tír na nÓg, Na Fianna, Sétanta (CúChulainn), Fionn MacCumhaill, The Tuatha Dé Danann (Gods), The Aos Sí / Aes Sídhe, Táin Bó Cúailnge, the Children of Lir & the Salmon of Knowledge.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia
An extremely conservative oral tradition helped to maintain pre-Christian Ireland mythology. Many of these stories were preserved in medieval Irish literature as the initial documents were created in Ireland after the coming of Christianity. Despite the presence of Christian influences, these scripts represent the most developed and well-preserved part of Celtic mythology. There are enough manuscripts left over to allow for the documentation of four separate, if coinciding cycles: the Mythological Cycle, the Ulster Cycle, the Fenian Cycle, and the Historical Cycle. However, many of the manuscripts have not survived and much more material was likely never committed to writing. Many chronicled folk stories that persisted as the spoken custom ran concurrently with the text convention, though not firmly mythological, nevertheless feature characters from one or more of these four cycles, as well as a number of surviving mythological texts that do not fit into any of the cycles.
Nowadays some of the most recognised stories are of Tír na nÓg, Na Fianna, Sétanta (CúChulainn), Fionn MacCumhaill, The Tuatha Dé Danann (Gods), The Aos Sí / Aes Sídhe, Táin Bó Cúailnge, the Children of Lir & the Salmon of Knowledge.
If you would like more detailed information about Irish Mythology from Wiki click here.
Here is a selection of videos related to Irish Mythology and its mystique, which I hope you find entertaining and interesting.