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#REDIRECT [[Ciclo feniano]]
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Il '''Ciclo dei Fianna''', conosciuto anche come '''Ciclo ossianico''' e '''Ciclo di Fenian''', è un corpus di prosa e versi riguardanti le imprese del mitico eroe [[Fionn mac Cumhaill]] e dei suoi guerrieri i [[Fianna|Fianna Éireann]]. E' uno dei quattro cicli principali della [[mitologia irlandese]] con il [[Ciclo mitologico]], il [[Ciclo dell’Ulster]], e il [[Ciclo storico]]. Messi in ordine cronologico , il ciclo di Fenian è il terzo, tra il ciclo dell'Ulster e quello storico. Il ciclo di Fenian spesso è chiamato "ciclo ossianico" perchè si supponeva che il figlio di Fionn, [[Oisín]], avesse scritto molti dei componimenti del ciclo. Esso contiene anche storie su altri membri Fianna, tra cui [[Caílte mac Rónáin|Caílte]], [[Diarmuid Ua Duibhne|Diarmuid]], il figlio di Oisín[[Oscar (mitologia irlandese)|Oscar]], e il nemico di Fionn, [[Goll mac Morna]].
==Trama==
[[Cormac mac Art]], il [[Gran Re d'Irlanda|Gran Re]] di [[Irlanda]] formò i [[Fianna]], una coalizione di clan, per proteggere il regno. I Fianna furono dominati dal Clan Bascna, guidato da [[Cumhal]], e il Clan Morna, guidato da [[Goll mac Morna|Goll]], con [[Liath Luachra]], il [[tesoriere]]. Dopo la battaglia di Knock, Cumhal viene ucciso da Morna, e viene rubata la borsa del tesoro del Clan Bascna. La moglie di Cumhal, [[Muirne]], scappa e ha un figlio, Demna, del quale si prendono cura due donne guerriere, [[Liath Luachra|Liath]] e la druida [[Bodhmall]]. Muirne sposa il re di [[Kerry (contea)|Kerry]].
<!--===Fionn's rise===
Demna got the name Fionn because of his fair hair, and as soon as he came of age he set off for revenge. He kills Liath Luachra, and retrieves the treasure bag, which he then gives to the survivors of the Battle of Knock. While studying with the poet [[Finn Eces]], Fionn accidentally eats the [[Salmon of Wisdom]], and is admitted to the court of the High King at Tara, after passing three strenuous tests. After he was admitted, Fionn became the leader of Clan Bascna.
===Fionn and Aillén===
Every [[Samhain]], the goblin [[Aillén mac Midgna]], or Aillén the Burner, would terrorize Tara, playing music on his harp that left every warrior helpless. Using a magic spear that rendered him immune to the music, Fionn killed the goblin. As a reward, Fionn was made the leader of the Fianna, replacing Goll, who had to swear fealty to him.
===Fionn and Sadb===
Fionn was hunting a fawn, but when he caught it, his hounds [[Bran and Sceolang]] wouldn't let him kill it, and that night it turned into a beautiful woman, [[Sadbh]], who had been transformed into a fawn by the druid Fer Doirich. The spell had been broken by the Dun of Allen, Fionn's base, where as long as she remained within she was protected by the spell. They were married. Some while later, Fionn went out to repulse some invaders and Sadbh stayed in the Dun. Fer Doirich impersonated Fionn, tempting Sadbh out of the Dun, whereupon she immediately became a fawn again. Fionn searched for her, but all he found was a boy, who he named Oisín, who had been raised by a fawn. Oisín became famous as a bard, but Sadbh was never seen again.
===The Battle of Gabhra===
Between the birth of Oisin and the Battle of Gabhra is the rest of the cycle, which is very long and becomes too complicated for a short summary. Eventually the High King Cormac, dies and his son [[Cairbre Lifechair]] wants to destroy the Fianna, because he does not like paying the taxes for protection that the Fianna demanded, so he raises an army with other dissatisfied chiefs and provokes the war by killing Fionn's servant. Goll sides with the king against Clan Bascna at the battle. Some stories say five warriors murdered Fionn at the battle, while others say he died in the battle of the Ford of Brea, killed by Aichlech Mac Dubdrenn. In any case, only twenty warriors survive the battle, including Oisín and Caílte.
==Associated works==
*''[[The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn]]''
*''[[Acallam na Senórach]]''
*''[[The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Grainne]]''
*''The Battle of Gabhra''
==References==
* [http://www.jimfitzpatrick.ie/mythology/tradition.html A description of the Irish poetic cycles]
* [http://www.timelessmyths.com/celtic/ossian.html Detailed Summary of the Fenian Cycle]
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