Fenian Cycle

The Finn cycle, even Fionn cycle or Ossianischer cycle, irish called to Fhiannaíocht, is a summary of the prose tales and poems by Fionn mac Cumhaill and his companions from the Irish mythology. These stories are all settled in the time of King Cormac mac Airt at the beginning of the 3rd century in Ireland. The cycle was collected from the 7th century and expanded to include new additions to this day.

Main characters and narratives ( excerpts)

Main characters of the individual plants are under Fionn mac Cumhaill other, his son Oisin, his grandson Oscar, the High Kings Cormac mac Airt and Cétchathach Conn, King Tadg mac Nuadat, the warriors of the Fianna, eg Diarmuid, Caílte mac Rónáin, Goll mac Morna and Lugaid Laga, Fionn's servant Abarta, his opponent Aillen, and Fionn's mother Muirne, his wife, Sadhbh and his fiancee Gráinne.

Well-known stories are Diarmuid and Gráinne, Cath Finntrágha, as well as the extensive collection of art Macgnímartha Finn, Duanaire Finn and the Acallam na Senórach, which brings together some of Fionn episodes in a frame story.

" Ossian "

James Macpherson (1736-1796) used the word from the Finn cycle for its supposedly original, actually by him 1760-1765 authored Scottish Gaelic epic poems, published under the title Works of Ossian ( German title " songs of Ossian " ) famous were. All over Europe celebrated these stories as real plants and they wore in Germany to develop the Sturm und Drang period in the second half of the 18th century at.