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Cano
Cano [Ir. cana, cano, wolf-cub; poet of the fourth degree]. A historical figure, son of a Scottish king, known in chronicle as Cano mac Gartnáin (d. 688), whose story seems to anticipate that of Tristan in the Arthurian legends; in imaginative narrative his father's name is usually Gartnán. The story of his tragic love is found in Scéla Cano meic Gartnáin found in the Yellow Book of Lecan (14th cent.). Cano was in exile in Ireland when he was received in honour by one King Diarmait, whose daughter was already in love with him. After she had saved him from danger, he was travelling and visited the house of Marcán, whose young wife Créd also fell in love with Cano. At a feast she drugged all present except for Cano and herself and entreated his love. He refused to be her lover while he was still an exile, but as a pledge he gave her a stone which contained his life. Their attempts at a tryst were foiled by Créd's stepson Colcu. After a last attempt at Loch Créde was again frustrated by Colcu, Créd dashed her head against a stone. Cano died three days later after his return to Scotland.
Bibliography Rudolf Thurneysen argues for the parallel with Tristan in Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie, 43 (1924), 385–404, |
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JAMES MacKILLOP. "Cano." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES MacKILLOP. "Cano." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O70-Cano.html JAMES MacKILLOP. "Cano." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O70-Cano.html |
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FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "CANO." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "CANO." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O25-CANO.html FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "CANO." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O25-CANO.html |
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