SOURCE: "Cú Chulainn—An Ill-Made Hero?" in Text und Zeittiefe, edited by Hildegard L. C. Tristram, Gunter Narr, 1994, pp. 185-215.
In the following essay, Bruford argues that the Tain was originally set down in writing by a cleric who intended it for secular aristocrats. According to Bruford, the popular interpretation of Cú Chulainn reveals the tension arising from the poem's exposure to a wider public.
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