Corpus of Electronic Texts Edition: T301021

The Wooing of Emer by Cú Chulainn

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Kuno Meyer

translated by Kuno Meyer

Electronic edition compiled by Benjamin Hazard

Funded by University College, Cork and
The Irish Higher Education Authority via the LDT Project

2. Second draft.

Extent of text: 14540 words

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(2004) (2008)

Distributed by CELT online at University College, Cork, Ireland.
Text ID Number: T301021

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Sources

    Manuscript sources
  1. Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, Leabhar na hUidre: p 121a–127b.
  2. Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, Stowe D IV 2: f 74Ra–78Vb.
  3. Dublin, Trinity College Library, Book of Leinster, f 20a46 ff.
    Editions
  1. Kuno Meyer, The oldest version of Tochmarc Emire, Revue Celtique XI (1890) 434–457 [The Wooing of Emer. Text from Rawlinson B 512, fol. 117a, Zeitschrift für Celtische Philologie 7 (1910) 510].
  2. A. G. van Hamel, Tochmarc Emire. Version III, in: Compert Con Culainn and other stories (Medieval and Modern Irish Series, vol. III) Dublin: DIAS 1933, reprinted 1978 [edited from Stowe D IV 2 with occasional variants from LU, Harleian 5280 and Rawlinson B 512].
  3. Kuno Meyer, Verba Scáthaige fri Coin Chulaind. From the Bodleian MS. Rawlinson B 512, fol. 118b, collated with Egerton 88, fol. 11a and Egerton 1782, fol. 19b. (Anecdota from Irish MSS. V 28–30, 1913).
  4. Rudolf Thurneysen, Verba Scáthaige nach 22 N 10, Zeitschrift für Celtische Philologie 9 (1913) 487f.
    Translations
  1. Kuno Meyer, Archaeological Review 1, London 1888 68ff [Based on LU and Stowe MS 992 (D IV 2)] (English).
  2. Eleanor Hull, The Cuchullin Saga, Dublin 1898 [abridged version of Meyer's translation].
  3. Henri d'Arbois de Jubainville, L'épopée celtique en Irlande, 1892, 39–50 [Comment le héros Cúchulainn fit sa cour à Emer] (French).
  4. Thomas Kinsella, The Tain, Oxford 1969, 25–39 [Cúchulainn's courtship of Emer and his training in arms with Scáthach] (English).
  5. C.-J. Guyonvarc'h, La courtise d'Emer, Version A, Ogam 11 (1959) 413–423 (French).
  6. A. Agrati and M. L. Magini, La saga irlandese di Cu Chulainn, Milano 1982, 33–41 [Cu Chulainn corteggia Emer] (Italian).
    Comments and secondary literature
  1. Eugene O'Curry, Lectures on the Manuscript Materials of ancient Irish History, New York 1861, 278–282.
  2. Arthur C. L. Brown, The Knight of the Lion, Modern Language Association of America 20 (1905) 673–706.
  3. Rudolf Thurneysen, H. Hessen and G. O'Nolan: Zu Tochmarc Emire, Zeitschrift für Celtische Philologie 8 (1912) 498–524.
  4. Rudolf Thurneysen, Die irische Helden- und Königssage, Halle 1921, 377ff.
  5. Josef Baudi[scaron]: On Tochmarc Emere, Ériu 9 (1923) 98–108.
  6. Hans P. A. Oskamp, Notes on the history of Lebor na hUidre, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 65 (C) (1966–67) 117–137, especially 126–127.
  7. Doris Edel, Helden auf Freiersfüßen. Studien zur frühen inselkeltischen Erzähltradition, Amsterdam/Oxford/New York 1980.
  8. Review of above: Tomás Ó Cathasaigh. Celtica 20 (1988) 168–177.
  9. William Sayers, Concepts of Eloquence in 'Tochmarc Emire', Studia Celtica 26/27 (1991–1992) 125–154.
  10. Tomás Ó Concheanainn, Textual and historical associations of Leabhar na hUidhre, Éigse 29 (1996) 65–120, esp. 94.
  11. Gregory Toner, The Transmission of Tochmarc Emire, Ériu 49 (1998) 71–88.
  12. Joanne Findon, A Woman's Words: Emer and Female Speech in the Ulster Cycle (Toronto 1997).
  13. Joanne Findon, Negotiating Female Territory: The Hero's Journeys in Tochmarc Emire. In: Ronald Black, William Gillies, and Roibéard Ó Maolalaigh (eds.), Celtic Connections: Proceedings of the Tenth International Congress of Celtic Studies, Vol. 1. (East Linton 1999) 507–508.
    The edition used in the digital edition
  1. Kuno Meyer, The Wooing of Emer in Archaeological Review. volume 1, London, (1888) page 68–75; 150–155; 231–235; 298–307

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CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts

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The electronic texts represents Kuno Meyer's translation of the work, including introductory remarks and annotations.

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Direct speech is marked q.

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div0=the saga; div1=the section (= the editor's paragraph). The editor's Introduction is contained in an unnumbered div outside div0. Page-breaks are marked pb n="". Poems are treated as embedded texts, with numbered line groups.

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Names of persons (given names), places and group names are not tagged. Titles (of books, manuscripts and journals) are tagged. Irish and Latin words are tagged. Editorial notes are tagged note type="auth" n="".

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Created: Translation by Kuno Meyer (for Irish text see CELT file G301021) (1887)

Use of language

Language: [EN] Text and annotations are in English.
Language: [GA] Some words are in Irish.
Language: [LA] One formula is in Latin.

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