The Battle of Moytura 10: The Children of Tuirenn 2 – Three Shouts on a Hill (Part 2)

About this episode

The episode discusses the Early Modern Irish tale, 'The Fate of the Children of Tuirenn', focusing on the characters' epic quest and its similarities to other mythological tales.

In our continuing discussion of the Early Modern Irish tale, “The Fate of the Children of Tuirenn”, we send Brian and the boys off on their epic quest. Much of this tale sounds terribly familiar (did someone say “Labours of Heracles?”). But it all boils down to the deceptively simple task of making three shouts...

People in this episode

Hosts: Chris Thompson, Isolde Carmody

Topics covered

• Early Modern Irish tale
• epic quest
• mythology
• Labours of Heracles
• storytelling

Keywords

• Children of Tuirenn
• epic quest
• mythology
• Irish tales
• story archaeology

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Books & works: The Fate of the Children of Tuirenn

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