Fenian cycle

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Irish mythological cycle body of heroic legends

The Fenian cycle is a body of medieval Irish heroic legends centered on the warrior Fionn mac Cumhaill and his band of hunters, the Fianna.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Fenian Cycle	2

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Irish mythological cycle ⓘ body of heroic legends ⓘ
associatedWith	bardic tradition ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ
centersOn	Fionn mac Cumhaill NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalContext	Gaelic Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
developedFrom	oral heroic lore ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Caoilte mac Rónáin NERFINISHED ⓘ Diarmuid Ua Duibhne NERFINISHED ⓘ Goll mac Morna NERFINISHED ⓘ Gráinne NERFINISHED ⓘ Oisín NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresGroup	Fianna NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	heroic legend ⓘ mythological narrative ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Fiannaíocht NERFINISHED ⓘ Ossianic cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ Ossianic tradition ⓘ
hasCentralMotif	band of warrior-hunters ⓘ defence of Ireland ⓘ feasting and hunting gatherings ⓘ
hasGroup	Fianna NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLanguage	Early Modern Irish NERFINISHED ⓘ Middle Irish NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Irish NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMainCharacter	Fionn mac Cumhaill NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTheme	heroic exploits ⓘ hunting ⓘ love and elopement ⓘ loyalty and betrayal ⓘ otherworld journeys ⓘ supernatural encounters ⓘ warrior ethos ⓘ
hasWork	Acallam na Senórach NERFINISHED ⓘ Bruiden Chaorthainn NERFINISHED ⓘ Macgnímartha Finn NERFINISHED ⓘ The Chase of Síd na mBan Finn NERFINISHED ⓘ The Lay of Oisín in Tír na nÓg NERFINISHED ⓘ Tóraigheacht Dhiarmada agus Ghráinne NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	James Macpherson's Ossian poems NERFINISHED ⓘ Scottish Gaelic Ossianic ballads NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Fianna NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Irish mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ
preservedIn	medieval Irish manuscripts ⓘ
relatedTo	Kings' Cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ Mythological Cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ Ulster Cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ
setIn	Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ Scottish Highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	medieval era ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pobull Fhinn stone circle → associatedMythology → Fenian cycle ⓘ

Celtic mythology → hasPart → Fenian cycle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fenian Cycle

Ossian → associatedWith → Fenian cycle ⓘ

Celtic Revival → drawsOn → Fenian cycle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fenian Cycle