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G. van Hamel", "s": "Dutch scholar of Celtic and Germanic mythology and philology."}, "https://codexery.com/characters-in-irish-mythology/e/characters-in-irish-mythology/ois-n/": {"t": "Oisín", "s": "Greatest poet of Ireland and warrior of the Fianna."}, "https://codexery.com/narrative-techniques-genres/e/narrative-techniques-and-genres/frame-story/": {"t": "Frame story", "s": "A narrative device that encloses one or more inner stories."}, "/e/mythological-cycle/nemed/": {"t": "Nemed", "s": "Leader of the third group of settlers in Irish legend."}, "https://codexery.com/cultural-and-historical-regions/e/cultural-and-historical-regions/provinces-of-ireland/": {"t": "Provinces of Ireland", "s": "The four provinces of Ireland are Connacht, Leinster, Munster, and Ulster."}, "https://codexery.com/flood-myths/e/flood-myths/cessair/": {"t": "Cessair", "s": "Leader of Ireland's first pre-Flood settlers."}, "https://codexery.com/japheth/e/japheth/parthol-n/": {"t": "Partholón", "s": "Leader of 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land for Abraham's lineage in Abrahamic faiths."}, "https://codexery.com/irish-folklore/e/irish-folklore/irish-folklore/": {"t": "Irish folklore", "s": "Oral traditions of Ireland's myths, music, and folk beliefs."}, "https://codexery.com/collectors-of-fairy-tales/e/collectors-of-fairy-tales/jeremiah-curtin/": {"t": "Jeremiah Curtin", "s": "American ethnographer, folklorist, and translator of Irish folklore and Polish literature.", "i": "https://codexery.com/collectors-of-fairy-tales/img/collectors-of-fairy-tales/jeremiah-curtin.webp", "c": "via Wikipedia: Jeremiah Curtin · see source"}, "https://codexery.com/mythological-swordfighters/e/mythological-swordfighters/ca-lte-mac-r-n-in/": {"t": "Caílte mac Rónáin", "s": "Nephew of Fionn, swift survivor of the Fianna"}, "https://codexery.com/characters-in-irish-mythology/e/characters-in-irish-mythology/go-del-glas/": {"t": "Goídel Glas", "s": "Legendary ancestor of the Gaels and creator of their language."}, 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"https://codexery.com/historical-figures/e/notable/jonathan-swift/": {"t": "Jonathan Swift", "s": "Anglo-Irish satirist and author of Gulliver's Travels."}, "https://codexery.com/scottish-outlaws/e/scottish-outlaws/alasdair-mac-mhaighstir-alasdair/": {"t": "Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair", "s": "Jacobite poet, lexicographer, and captain who published the first secular Gaelic book."}, "https://codexery.com/authors-poets/e/authors-and-poets/william-blake/": {"t": "William Blake", "s": "English poet, painter, and printmaker of the Romantic Age."}, "https://codexery.com/religion-in-the-british-empire/e/religion-in-the-british-empire/priest-hunter/": {"t": "Priest hunter", "s": "Bounty hunters who captured Catholic priests during Penal Times."}, "https://codexery.com/branches-of-christianity/e/branches-of-christianity/protestantism/": {"t": "Protestantism", "s": "Christian movement originating in the 16th-century Protestant Reformation."}, 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Yeats", "s": "Irish poet, dramatist, and Nobel laureate."}, "https://codexery.com/animals/e/mammals/red-fox/": {"t": "Red Fox", "s": "The biggest true fox and the most widespread carnivoran on Earth, at home from tundra to city streets."}, "https://codexery.com/irish-folklore/e/irish-folklore/aos-s/": {"t": "Aos Sí", "s": "Supernatural race in Gaelic folklore, dwellers of fairy mounds."}, "https://codexery.com/magic/e/magic/black-magic/": {"t": "Black magic", "s": "Magic used for evil or selfish purposes, historically persecuted."}, "https://codexery.com/narrative-forms-and-devices/e/narrative-forms-and-devices/rhyme/": {"t": "Rhyme", "s": "A repetition of similar sounds in final stressed syllables."}, "https://codexery.com/historical-figures/e/scientists/suetonius/": {"t": "Suetonius", "s": "Roman historian and biographer of the Twelve Caesars"}, "https://codexery.com/historical-figures/e/notable/erasmus/": {"t": "Erasmus", "s": "Dutch humanist and theologian, key figure of the 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