Corpus of Electronic Texts Edition: G402361

Find and the Phantoms

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Background details and bibliographic information

File Description

Whitley Stokes

Electronic edition compiled by Beatrix Färber

Funded by School of History, University College, Cork

1. First draft.

Extent of text: 2478 words

Publication

CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts: a project of University College, Cork
College Road, Cork, Ireland—http://www.ucc.ie/celt

(2016)

Distributed by CELT online at University College, Cork, Ireland.
Text ID Number: G402361

Availability

Available with prior consent of the CELT programme for purposes of academic research and teaching only.

Sources

    Manuscript Source
  1. Dublin, Trinity College Library, MS 1339 (H 2.18, Book of Leinster). 206b–207b.
    Editions and Translations
  1. Ludwig Christian Stern (ed), 'Le manuscrit Irlandais de Leide', Revue Celtique 13 (1892) 1–31, 274 (prose version).
  2. Lady Augusta Gregory, Gods and Fighting Men: The Story of the Tuatha De Danaan and of the Fianna of Ireland. arranged and put into English by Lady Gregory; with a preface by W.B. Yeats. (London and New York 1904).
  3. Marieke van Kranenburg, An edition of the three known versions of "Finn and the phantoms" with translation and textual notes. MA thesis. July 2008. Celtic Studies. University of Utrecht. (Available online.)
    Secondary literature
  1. Joseph Falaky Nagy, 'Shamanic Aspects of the "Bruidhean" Tale', History of Religions, 20:4 (May 1981) 302–322.
  2. Pádraig A. Breatnach, 'Irish Narrative Poetry after 1200 A.D.', Studia Hibernica 22/23 (1982/1983) 7–20.
  3. James MacKillop, Celtic Myth in English Literature (Syracuse 1986).
  4. For more bibliographic information, see http://vanhamel.nl/codecs/Oenach_indiu_luid_in_r%C3%AD.
    The edition used in the digital edition
  1. Whitley Stokes, Find and the Phantoms in Revue Celtique. Volume 7, Paris , F. Vieweg (1886) page 289–307

Encoding

Project Description

CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts

Sampling Declaration

The present text represents pages 289–307 of the published edition, including introduction. The English translation is available in a separate file, T402361.

Editorial Declaration

Correction

Text has been proof-read twice.

Normalization

The electronic text represents the edited text. Editorial expansions are marked ex Words have been segmented in line with CELT practice. Lention by point in the letters f/s is rendered fh/sh. The editor's corrections are taken from his footnotes and marked corr sic="" resp="WS", with the erroneous form retained in the 'sic' attribute. Footnotes are marked note type="auth" and numbered. Manuscript foliation is marked.

Quotation

Direct speech is tagged ".

Hyphenation

Hyphenation was introduced. When a hyphenated word (hard or soft) crosses a page-break, the page-break is marked after the completion of the hyphenated word. Soft hyphens are silently removed.

Segmentation

div0=the poem. Stanzas are numbered; page-breaks are marked pb n="".

Interpretation

Names are not tagged, nor are terms for cultural and social roles.

Profile Description

Created: By Irish scribes in monastic scriptoria, based on older materials. Date range: 1150–1190.

Use of language

Language: [GA] The text is in Middle Irish.
Language: [EN] English occurs in the translated title.

Revision History