 | Irish Mythology: The Coming of the Milesians (Gaels) Irish Mythology: The Coming of the Milesians Just to point out I use the mythological/historical dates located in The Annals of the Four Masters. (more traditional) - States the Milesians invaded 1700 BC There is also the Geoffrey Keating Foras Feasa ar Éirinn: the history of Ireland (FFE) dates, (likely more accurate)- States the Milesians invaded 1287 BC The Song of Amergin / Amergin's Invocation I invoke the land of Eire: much coursed by the fertile sea. Fertile is the fruit-strewn mountain fruit strewn by the showery wood showery is the river of waterfalls of waterfalls by the lake of deep pools deep is the hill-top well a well of tribes is the assembly an assembly of the kings is Tara Tara of the hill of the tribes the tribes of the sons of Mil of Mil of the ships - Like a lofty ship is the land of Eire lofty land of Eire darkly sung dark Eber's incantation an incantation of great cunning the great cunning of the wives of Bres the wives of Bres of Buaigne but the great Eire - Eremon has conquered her. I, Amairgen, have invoked for her. I invoke the land of Eire. The Mythological Cycle is the first of the four major cycles of Irish mythology, and is so called because it represents the remains of the pagan mythology of pre-Christian Ireland, although the gods and supernatural beings have been euhemerised into historical kings and heroes. The Mythological Cycle traces the supposed history of Ireland from its earliest inhabitants before the Biblical flood, through a series of invasions to the arrival of the Goidelic-speaking Milesians or Gaels. Some of these invaders probably represent genuine historical migrations; others, like the Tuatha Dé Danann with their magical powers, are unquestionably degraded gods. The primary text of this tradition is the Lebor Gabála Érenn ("Book of Invasions of Ireland"). Elements of the tradition are expended in saga texts such as the two Battles of Mag Tuired, and in early modern compilations such as the Annals of the Four Masters and Geoffrey Keating's Foras Feasa ar Éireann. |
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