Comparative mythology corpus

Heroic Defense Against Overseas Raiders

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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Celtic Irish Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER IV. OISIN'S LAMENTS / NOTES / I. THE APOLOGY / II. THE AGE AND ORIGIN OF THE STORIES OF THE FIANNA; lines 15340-15432 medium Finn and his warriors are represented as guarding Ireland against attacks of overseas raiders called Lochlannac, whom narrators understood as Norsemen; Nutt links this to later Norse incursions rather than a third-century setting. record