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Papers by Angel Escobar

Revista de Literatura Medieval

Montaner, Alberto, «La triple furia de Cú Chulainn: Motivos literarios y correlatos antropológico... more Montaner, Alberto, «La triple furia de Cú Chulainn: Motivos literarios y correlatos antropológicos», Revista de Poética Medieval, vol. 25 (2011) [= monográfico Épica, folklore y literatura comparada: Nuevas perspectivas, ed. Ó. Abenójar y A. Boix], pp. 221-294. ABSTRACT: Here is revisited Dumézil’s theory about the battle fury linked to the legends of the Irish hero Cú Chulainn and one of the Horatii roman triplets. According to him, both legends show rites of passage, as it is proved by the comparison with the one performed in the sacred cannibal dance of the Canadian Kwakiutl Tribe. After a detailed review of the evidence, it is concluded that Cú Chulainn shows, in fact, three kinds of fury, one related to the initation trance, and two others as varieties of true battle fury. Only the � rst one can be twined with the Kwakiutl rite, while the young Horatius’ story has no relation with this phenomenon and must be explained as a legal and etiologic legend.

The Modern Language Review, 2004

Revista de Literatura Medieval

Montaner, Alberto, «La triple furia de Cú Chulainn: Motivos literarios y correlatos antropológico... more Montaner, Alberto, «La triple furia de Cú Chulainn: Motivos literarios y correlatos antropológicos», Revista de Poética Medieval, vol. 25 (2011) [= monográfico Épica, folklore y literatura comparada: Nuevas perspectivas, ed. Ó. Abenójar y A. Boix], pp. 221-294. ABSTRACT: Here is revisited Dumézil’s theory about the battle fury linked to the legends of the Irish hero Cú Chulainn and one of the Horatii roman triplets. According to him, both legends show rites of passage, as it is proved by the comparison with the one performed in the sacred cannibal dance of the Canadian Kwakiutl Tribe. After a detailed review of the evidence, it is concluded that Cú Chulainn shows, in fact, three kinds of fury, one related to the initation trance, and two others as varieties of true battle fury. Only the � rst one can be twined with the Kwakiutl rite, while the young Horatius’ story has no relation with this phenomenon and must be explained as a legal and etiologic legend.

The Modern Language Review, 2004