Anna Pagé
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Ph.D. in the Program in Indo-European Studies at UCLA (2014).
M.A. S.I.P (Linguistics) from Concordia University (2007).
M.Sc. in Celtic Studies from the University of Edinburgh (2001).
B.A. in Celtic Studies from Saint Francis Xavier University (2000).
Dissertation: Birth Narratives in Indo-European Mythology.
Supervisors: Joseph F. Nagy
Ph.D. in the Program in Indo-European Studies at UCLA (2014).
M.A. S.I.P (Linguistics) from Concordia University (2007).
M.Sc. in Celtic Studies from the University of Edinburgh (2001).
B.A. in Celtic Studies from Saint Francis Xavier University (2000).
Dissertation: Birth Narratives in Indo-European Mythology.
Supervisors: Joseph F. Nagy
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Mess Gegra is known for the role that his brain plays in the death of Conchobar mac Nessa, but the story of his own death, which is found in Talland Étair, is perhaps less well-known. Mess Gegra faces Conall Cernach in single combat and loses. Knowing that Conall Cernach will behead him, Mess Gegra instructs him to place his severed head on top of his own and claim Mess Gegra’s honour for himself. Conall Cernach instead places the head on a nearby pillar-stone, which is pierced by a drop of blood from the head and then knocked over by its weight. Mess Gegra’s attempt at posthumous revenge is thus thwarted. Two other notable deaths feature similar attempts at posthumous revenge: the death of Lugaid mac Con Ruí mic Dáire, also at the hands of Conall Cernach, and the death of Balor at the hands of his grandson Lugh. This article provides a detailed discussion of the parallels between these three deaths.
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University of Edinburgh.
July 13-17, 2015. Glasgow University.
Association of North America. March 6-8, 2014. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Published in Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium 32 (2012): 229-256.
Published in Keltische Forschungen 7 (2015-6): 61-90.
Mess Gegra is known for the role that his brain plays in the death of Conchobar mac Nessa, but the story of his own death, which is found in Talland Étair, is perhaps less well-known. Mess Gegra faces Conall Cernach in single combat and loses. Knowing that Conall Cernach will behead him, Mess Gegra instructs him to place his severed head on top of his own and claim Mess Gegra’s honour for himself. Conall Cernach instead places the head on a nearby pillar-stone, which is pierced by a drop of blood from the head and then knocked over by its weight. Mess Gegra’s attempt at posthumous revenge is thus thwarted. Two other notable deaths feature similar attempts at posthumous revenge: the death of Lugaid mac Con Ruí mic Dáire, also at the hands of Conall Cernach, and the death of Balor at the hands of his grandson Lugh. This article provides a detailed discussion of the parallels between these three deaths.
University of Edinburgh.
July 13-17, 2015. Glasgow University.
Association of North America. March 6-8, 2014. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Published in Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium 32 (2012): 229-256.
Published in Keltische Forschungen 7 (2015-6): 61-90.