Four Treasures of the Tuatha Dé Danann

In the Mythological Cycle of early Irish literature, the four treasures of the Tuatha Dé Danann are four magical items which the mythological Tuatha Dé Danann are supposed to have brought with them from the four island cities Murias, Falias, Gorias, and Findias when they arrived in Ireland. == Sources == Together the four treasures form the subject of at least three Middle Irish texts: an anecdote in an interpolated recension of the legendary Lebor Gabála Érenn ("The Book of the Taking of Ireland"), here LG, the introduction, interpolated from Lebor Gabála, of Cath Maige Tuired ("The Second Battle of Mag Tuired"), here CMT, and "The Four Jewels", a later, short text in the Yellow Book of Lecan, consisting of a prose introduction and a poem.

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Four Treasures of the Tuatha Dé Danann

In the Mythological Cycle of early Irish literature, the four treasures of the Tuatha Dé Danann are four magical items which the mythological Tuatha Dé Danann are supposed to have brought with them from the four island cities Murias, Falias, Gorias, and Findias when they arrived in Ireland. == Sources == Together the four treasures form the subject of at least three Middle Irish texts: an anecdote in an interpolated recension of the legendary Lebor Gabála Érenn ("The Book of the Taking of Ireland"), here LG, the introduction, interpolated from Lebor Gabála, of Cath Maige Tuired ("The Second Battle of Mag Tuired"), here CMT, and "The Four Jewels", a later, short text in the Yellow Book of Lecan, consisting of a prose introduction and a poem.

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