Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág
On this #SaintPatricksDay let's remember the legend about Oisín, the famous bard and last of the heroes of the Fianna, meeting St. Patrick.
Oisín asks the saint where all his family and friends - Fionn Mac Cool and his legendary warriors - have gone. Patrick tells him they are all in hell, since they were not Christians.
Oisín then refuses to be baptized, deciding to go be with the Fians. And starts planning a battle to break out of hell.
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OISIN: ‘It is little I believe of your truth, man from Rome with the white books, Finn the open-handed head of the Fianna to be in the hands of devils or demons.
PATRICK: ‘Finn is in bonds in Hell, the pleasant man that gave out gold; in satisfaction for his disrespect to God, he is under grief in the house of pain.’
O: ‘If the sons of Morna were within it, or the strong men of the sons of Baiscne, they would take Finn out of it, or they would have the house for themselves.’
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PATRICK: ‘Old man in your foolishness that I cannot put any bounds to, your dog or your hound will not be let in with you to the court of the King of Power.’
OISIN: ‘If I had acquaintance with God, and my hound to be at hand, I would make whoever gave food to myself give a share to my hound as well. ‘One strong champion that was with the Fianna of Ireland would be better than the Lord of Piety, and than you yourself, Patrick.’
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P: ‘It is pitiful seeing you without sense; that is worse to you than your blindness; if you were to get sight within you, it is great your desire would be for Heaven.’
O: ‘It is little good it would be to me to be sitting in that city, without Caoilte, without Osgar, without my father being with me. ‘The leap of the buck would be better to me, or the sight of badgers between two valleys, than all your mouth is promising me, and all the delights I could get in Heaven.’
Aral Balkan
@TarkabarkaHolgy Gotta say, I quite love this Oisín character. Thanks for the early-morning nudge into this particular rabbit hole :)
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(Quotes from: http://www.ricorso.net/rx/library/authors/classic/Gregory_A/Ois_Pat.htm)
Aral Balkan
@TarkabarkaHolgy Haha, not too shabby for a first crush. I’m pretty sure mine was far less literary :)
Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág
@aral Yeah, he might or might not have been my first teenage celebrity crush (in case anyone ever wondered how someone becomes a professional storyteller). 😄
Thank for the quotes!
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