Горизонтальное пространство Ирландии согласно средневековой традиции
Сид Бодб (Шлиав-на-Ман), гора правителя сидов Мунстера, Бодба Дерга
Камень Деления на холме Ушнех в центре Ирландии
Данманог (Dun Mo Shenoc), местность, в традиции связанная с дубом Эо Мугна. Развалины церкви поросли плющом
Церковь в Шон Лохлинне на месте монастыря, основанного св. Лашреном
Площадь в Шон Лохлинне, где издавна росли почитаемые деревья
Церковь в Ардбреккане (XII в.) недалеко от места, где стояла церковь, по традиции основанная св. Патриком
Колодец св. Ултана в Ардбреккане с растущими рядом ясенями
Сент-Моллинс, монастырь, основанный св. Моллингом
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Grigori Bondarenko. Mythology of space in Early Irish literature.
Grigori Bondarenko. Grigori Bondarenko. Mythology of space in Early Irish literature.The monograph is devoted to a phenomenon of five major roads and five sacred trees of Ireland which almost never attracted scholars» attention before. The five major roads of Ireland (Slige Midlúachra, Slige Cualann, Slige Assail, Slige Dala and Slige Mór) just like its five sacred trees (Eó Mugna, Eó Rossa, Bile Tortan, Bile Dathi, Bile Uisnig), five hostels or five provinces, belong to the mythological tradition, having its roots in pre-Christian times, the tradition whose integral element was the fivefold division of the island. It is important to warn in advance that the major part of all events, protagonists and realities mentioned in the book are related to mythological space and time, considered by medieval redactors in Ireland as a distant synthetic past of the island. Basically all scholars touching the subject of the five roads of Ireland often pointed out their role in history (or pseudohistory) as routes connecting Tara, the royal residence, with the rest of Ireland, underlying the increasing significance of Tara’s high-kingship since the time of Uí Neill. The five major roads of Ireland did not appear in the later Irish folklore, they belonged to the classical repertoire of Irish