One of the characters in Fiona Macleod's "The Immortal Hour" is "DALUA. The Amadan-Dhu". I've checked my own library references and couldn't find anything
about either Dalua or the Amadan-Dhu. Can anyone provide more information for me? Who is Dalua and the Amadan-Dhu?
- Colin
On Sunday, November 26, 2000 at 12:18:01 AM UTC-6, CGG wrote:queries below
One of the characters in Fiona Macleod's "The Immortal Hour" is "DALUA. The Amadan-Dhu". I've checked my own library references and couldn't find anything
about either Dalua or the Amadan-Dhu. Can anyone provide more information for
me? Who is Dalua and the Amadan-Dhu?
- Colin
Here are some other relevant bits repeated from my queries on the Amadan--some folks here don't seem to know the Yeats and Gregory sources, so this would be useful (Several tales from Gregory here: http://www.emeraldisle.ie/amadan-dubh): and then my
Are you aware of collections or writers that include the Amadan Dubh beyond Augusta Gregory, William Butler Yeats, and William Sharp (aka Fiona Macleod)? I've been aiming to find more. Sharp includes the Amadan in his play The Immortal Hour (1907).Yeats in the Celtic Twlight has the following: “The wife of the old miller said, [. . .] the stroke of the fool is what there is no cure for [. . .] The Amadán-na-Breena we call him!’” (Yeats 113). Sharp sometimes uses the name Dalua too in short
https://books.google.com/books?id=-scwAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA414... In addition in "The Birds of Emar" (also by Sharp, just to clarify) he calls him "Amadan Dhu" who plays a song "older than the Tuatha De" and is able to render the gods mortal and change theirshape. It's a bit of a love story suggesting possible motivations of bitterness for the Amadan, who also puts his black mark on the White Hound. https://books.google.com/books?id=-scwAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA414... correspondence with a certain Dr. Goodchild, the
I've been researching Dalua for quite a long time, I'm interested to why you are drawn to him (like me, he has been part of my life for a decade or so). Some interesting points lifted here. Since this thread is quite old, curious to see if anyone isstill seeking him out, and what further information has been gathered.
On Monday, July 4, 2016 at 4:44:48 PM UTC+1, jasonma...@gmail.com wrote:queries below
On Sunday, November 26, 2000 at 12:18:01 AM UTC-6, CGG wrote:
One of the characters in Fiona Macleod's "The Immortal Hour" is "DALUA. The
Amadan-Dhu". I've checked my own library references and couldn't find anything
about either Dalua or the Amadan-Dhu. Can anyone provide more information for
me? Who is Dalua and the Amadan-Dhu?
- Colin
Here are some other relevant bits repeated from my queries on the Amadan--some folks here don't seem to know the Yeats and Gregory sources, so this would be useful (Several tales from Gregory here: http://www.emeraldisle.ie/amadan-dubh): and then my
Yeats in the Celtic Twlight has the following: “The wife of the old miller said, [. . .] the stroke of the fool is what there is no cure for [. . .] The Amadán-na-Breena we call him!’” (Yeats 113). Sharp sometimes uses the name Dalua too in shortAre you aware of collections or writers that include the Amadan Dubh beyond Augusta Gregory, William Butler Yeats, and William Sharp (aka Fiona Macleod)? I've been aiming to find more. Sharp includes the Amadan in his play The Immortal Hour (1907).
their shape. It's a bit of a love story suggesting possible motivations of bitterness for the Amadan, who also puts his black mark on the White Hound. https://books.google.com/books?id=-scwAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA414... correspondence with a certain Dr. Goodchild,https://books.google.com/books?id=-scwAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA414... In addition in "The Birds of Emar" (also by Sharp, just to clarify) he calls him "Amadan Dhu" who plays a song "older than the Tuatha De" and is able to render the gods mortal and change
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