Gods and Fighting Men

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Gods and Fighting Men is a 1904 collection of Irish mythological tales, retold in English by Lady Gregory, that helped popularize the legends of the Tuatha Dé Danann and the Fianna.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
short story collection
author Lady Gregory
basedOn Fenian Cycle
linked to: Fenian cycle

Irish mythological cycles
linked to: Irish mythology

Mythological Cycle
containsCharacter Diarmuid Ua Duibhne
Goll mac Morna
Lugh
Nuada
Oisín
countryOfOrigin Ireland
followedBy Cuchulain of Muirthemne
linked to: Cú Chulainn
genre Irish mythology
mythology
hasIllustrator J. B. Yeats
hasInfluenced 20th-century Irish mythological scholarship
popular reception of Irish myths in the English-speaking world
hasPart The Fianna
The Gods
hasPrefaceBy W. B. Yeats
linked to: W.B. Yeats
helpedPopularize Fianna legends
Tuatha Dé Danann legends
language English
literaryForm prose retelling
literaryStyle Hiberno-English idiom
mediaType print
movement Irish Literary Revival
notableFor popularizing Irish mythological tales in English
partOf Lady Gregory's mythological writings
placeOfPublication London
linked to: London, England
publicationYear 1904
publisher John Murray
retoldBy Lady Gregory
subject Fianna
Fionn mac Cumhaill
Irish legendary heroes
Tuatha Dé Danann
timePeriodCovered mythological pre-Christian Ireland

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Lady Gregory notableWork Gods and Fighting Men
Isabella Augusta Gregory notableWork Gods and Fighting Men
The Kiltartan History Book relatedWork Gods and Fighting Men