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The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn (Old Irish: Macgnímartha Finn) is a medieval Irish narrative belonging to the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology. As its title implies, it recounts the boyhood exploits of Fionn mac Cumhaill, the cycle's central figure.

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The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn

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The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn (Old Irish: Macgnímartha Finn) is a medieval Irish narrative belonging to the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology. As its title...

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Fionn mac Cumhaill

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the Salmon of Wisdom. The account of this is given in The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn. Young Fionn, still known by his boyhood name Demne, met the poet Finn...

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Salmon of Knowledge

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known as "The Wise" and was once transformed into a salmon. The Salmon story figures prominently in The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn, which recounts the early adventures...

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Old Croghan Man

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corrosion, the arm-ring was returned to the body for display. Croghan Hill is known as Bri Eile in Irish myth. In "The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn", we are told...

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Bodhmall

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Luachra are known as great warriors. Bodhmall's story appears in The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn. When Cumhall is slain by Goll mac Morna, his wife Muirne fears...

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Aillen

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who resides in Mag Mell, the underworld.[citation needed] According to The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn, he would burn Tara to the ground every year at Samhain...

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Croghan Hill

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within the mound. It was believed to be a portal to the Otherworld. The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn says that each Samhain the men of Ireland went to the hilltop...

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Finn Eces

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according to the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology. He is the teacher of Fionn mac Cumhaill, according to the tale The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn. For years he...

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Liath Luachra

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Luachra or the "Grey one of Luachair", is the name of two characters in the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology. Both appear in The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn, which...

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Samhain

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of his impending doom by three undead horsemen who are messengers of Donn, the god of the dead. The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn tells how each Samhain the...

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Morfran

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gains the knowledge intended for Morfran/Afagddu, who remains ugly and despised. The story has a parallel in the Irish tale The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn, in...

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Druid

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including the legend of Fionn mac Cumhaill, who, according to the 12th century The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn, is raised by the woman druid Bodhmall and...

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Fenian Cycle

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also taken up in the Macgnímartha Finn ("Boyhood Deeds of Finn"). Tooth of Wisdom Cumhal's son is named Demne at birth, but bestowed the name "Finn" after...

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Salmon

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creature called the Salmon of Knowledge plays key role in the tale The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn. In the tale, the Salmon will grant powers of knowledge to...

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Cumhall

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Finn ("The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn") copied in a 15th-century manuscript. According to the Fotha Catha Chnucha, Cumhall mac Trénmhoir was son of a petty king...

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Ronan Moore

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discussed parts of Ireland's geography, and by Irishisms in 2017. In 2020 Moore published "Young Fionn", a retelling of the Boyhood Deeds of Fionn aimed at a...

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Libeaus Desconus

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the early life of Perceval and the enfances of Finn mac Cumhail, as found in the twelfth-century narrative The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn (Macgnímartha Finn)...

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Irish mythology

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Falaky (1985). The Wisdom of the Outlaw: The boyhood deeds of Finn in gaelic narrative tradition. Berkeley & Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press...

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Uirne

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actually a variant of Muirne, and not a separate figure. Nagy, Joseph Falaky (1985). The Wisdom of the Outlaw: The Boyhood Deeds of Finn in Gaelic Narrative...

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Scottish mythology

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Joseph Falaky (1985) The Wisdom of the Outlaw: The Boyhood Deeds of Finn in Gaelic Narrative Tradition. Berkeley, University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-05284-6...

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Celtic neopaganism

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outlaw: The boyhood deeds of Finn in Gaelic narrative tradition. Berkeley: University of California. p. 2. ISBN 0-520-05284-6. "A to Z of Halloween"....

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