The Dun Book of Magh Meall: Luminous Memories of the Beginning

'This Book Has No Name.' So begins this strange journey into the ancient roots of Western mythology and languages. The manuscript here translated purports to have been written down by an Irish Druid, Fionn maq Vindos, near the beginning of the second century. If true, it the oldest complete piece of European literature that we possess. The book combines both poetry and prose, to produce a compendium of Celtic (or, perhaps, Indo-European) mythology, told to the author, he assures us, by various important members of the Tuatha Dé Danann, or the ancient Celtic gods. In this first English translation of Part One of the manuscript, we are introduced to the 'Kalishaki, ' the 'Children of Light, ' who live beyond the regions of space and time in 'Liriline, ' the 'Land of Immensity.' Full of adventure, romance, terror, pathos, and ribald humor, The Dun Book of Magh Meall is a book to be savored by any student of mythology, religion, anthropology, linguistics, Irish literature--or anyone who enjoys a good story.

Author: Sean A. P. Finn
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 08/24/2011
Pages: 446
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.43lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.99d
ISBN: 9781466240728

About the Author
Professor Sean A.P. Finn was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He earned a doctorate in Celtic Linguistics from the University of Kansas, and presently lives in Toronto with his wife, Ellen, and their cat, Balor.

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