Fintan mac Bóchra
Fintan mac Bóchra [ 'fʴintan mak' boːxra ] is the name of a legendary figure from the Lebor Gabála Érenn ("Book of the Conquest of Ireland") in the Celtic mythology of Ireland .
mythology
Fintan is said to have been the husband of Noah's granddaughter Cessair and thus Bith's son-in-law, who reached Ireland with her 40 days before the Flood . On board the ship are Cessair and 50 other women, as well as Fintan, Bith and the helmsman Ladra as the only men. Each of these three takes 17 wives in Ireland. Fintan is the sole survivor of the flood and transforms into a salmon, an eagle, and a hawk in turn. He lived through the entire history of the island with all subsequent landings by Partholon , Nemed , the Firbolg , the Túatha Dé Danann and finally the Milesians , the alleged direct ancestors of the Celtic Irish.
A duplicity of the characters with Túan mac Cairill , the hero of the story Scél Tuain meic Chairill (“The Metamorphoses of Túan mac Cairill”) in Lebor na hUidre (“The book of the dark-skinned [cow]”) is unmistakable. Fintan comes 40 days ago , Tuan short time after the Flood (with Partholon) on the island, but their stories are strikingly similar. The literary context has not yet been established.
See also
- Myths and legends from Ireland
- List of Celtic gods and legendary figures
- De chophur in da muccida ("Of the [metamorphosis?] Of the two swineherd")
literature
- Ingeborg Clarus : Celtic Myths. Man and his otherworld. Walter Verlag 1991, ppb edition Patmos Verlag, Düsseldorf, 2000, 2nd edition, ISBN 3-491-69109-5 .
- Bernhard Maier : Lexicon of Celtic Religion and Culture (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 466). Kröner, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-520-46601-5 .