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Brian (mythology)

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38: 1142: 30: 119:. Cian shapeshifts into a pig to disguise himself, but the brothers shapeshift into dogs and hound him. They kill him, dismember his body and try to cover up their crime. In recompense, Lugh makes them quest all around the known world fetching magical weapons, which Lugh plans to use at the 95:), but the name has been emended by editors to "Brian" which conforms with the name in ancient texts. Eugene O'Curry was working from a manuscript in his possession, and gives the name as "Brian", but notes that "Uar" was an alternate name for Brian. 126:
In at least one version of this tale, Brian is the clever and subtle one, while his brothers Iuchar and Iucharba are bumbling and easily overawed by Brian. This tale of the Sons of Tuireann has sometimes been likened to an Irish
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O'Duffy used as base a manuscript in the hand of William Casey of Tralee (1820), and also lists several RIA held manuscripts he consulted.
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Brian - In later Scottish folklore, a pompous man who helped the
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The Prophecies of S. S. Columbkille, Maeltamlacht, Ultan (etc.)
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Oidhe Chloinne Tuireann: Fate of the children of Tuireann
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In many extant institutionally-held manuscripts of the
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Iucharba


Stephen Reid
Sons of Tuireann
Gaelic mythology
Tuireann
Cian
Lugh
Tuatha Dé Danann
Second Battle of Magh Tuireadh
Argonautica
As Baile: A Story
Fire Emblem: Genealogy Of The Holy War
Cailleach
Deò-ghrèine
The Prophecies of S. S. Columbkille, Maeltamlacht, Ultan (etc.)
O'Duffy (1888)
O'Duffy (1888)
O'Curry (1863)
O'Curry, Eugene
"The Fate of the Children of Tuireann ([A]oidhe Chloinne Tuireann)"
Oidhe Chloinne Tuireann: Fate of the children of Tuireann
Oidhe Chloinne Tuireann: Fate of the children of Tuireann
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Irish mythology
Mythological Cycle
Supernatural
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