The story was revised and combined in the 15th century as part of the Three Sorrows of Storytelling, but the older version preserved in The Book of Leinster is the one most scholars know today.
The story was revised and combined in the 15th century as part of the Three Sorrows of Storytelling, but the older version preserved in The Book of Leinster is the one most scholars know today. Though this daughter of Fedlimid experiences a short time of happiness with the sons of Usnech, she returns to Ireland where her lover Noisi is treacherously killed by the jealous King Conchobar which not only precipitates her suicide, but also fulfils the Druid's dire prophecy at her birth. FTP identify this mythological Irish figure whose tale was later retold in a play by John Millington Synge.
The story was revised and combined in the 15th century as part of the Three Sorrows of Storytelling, but the older version preserved in The Book of Leinster is the one most scholars know today.
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