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Áedán mac Gabráin (pronounced in Old Irish) was a king of Dál Riata from c. 574 until c. 609. The kingdom of Dál Riata was situated in modern Argyll and Bute, Scotland, and parts of County Antrim, Ireland. Genealogies record that Áedán was a son of Gabrán mac Domangairt. He was a contemporary of Saint Columba, and much that is recorded of his life and career comes from hagiography such as Adomnán of Iona's ''Life of Saint Columba''. Áedán appears as a character in Old Irish and Middle Irish language works of prose and verse, some now lost. The Irish annals record Áedán's campaigns against his neighbours, in Ireland, and in northern Britain, including expeditions to the Orkney Islands, the Isle of Man, and the east coast of Scotland. As recorded by Bede, Áedán was decisively defeated by Æthelfrith of Bernicia at the Battle of Degsastan. Áedán may have been deposed, or have abdicated, following this defeat. His date of death is recorded by one source as 17 April 609. ==Sources== The sources for Áedán's life include Bede's ''Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum''; Irish annals, principally the ''Annals of Ulster'' and the ''Annals of Tigernach''; and Adomnán's ''Life of Saint Columba''. The ''Senchus fer n-Alban'', a census and genealogy of Dál Riata, purports to record his ancestry and that of his immediate descendants. None of these sources are contemporary. Adomnán's work was written in the very late 7th century, probably to mark the centenary of Columba's death. It incorporates elements from a lost earlier life of Columba, ''De virtutibus sancti Columbae'', by Cumméne Find. This may have been written as early as 640; neither the elements incorporated from Cumméne's work nor Adomnán's own writings can be treated as simple history. Bede's history was written 30 years after Adomnán's. The surviving Irish annals contain elements of a chronicle kept at Iona from the middle of the 7th century onwards, so that these too are retrospective when dealing with Áedán's time.〔Hughes; Bannerman; Fraser.〕 The Rawlinson B 502 manuscript, dated to c. 1130, contains the tale ''Gein Branduib maic Echach ocus Aedáin maic Gabráin'' (''The Birth of Brandub son of Eochu and of Aedán son of Gabrán''). In this story, Áedán is the twin brother of Brandub mac Echach, a King of Leinster who belonged to the Uí Cheinnselaig kindred. Áedán is exchanged at birth for one of the twin daughters of Gabrán, born the same night, so that each family might have a son. ''The Prophecy of Berchán'' also associates Áedán with Leinster. John Bannerman concluded that "()here seems to be no basis of fact behind these traditions."〔Bannerman, pp. 89–90〕 Francis John Byrne suggested that the ''Echtra'' was written by a poet at the court of Diarmait mac Maíl na mBó, an 11th-century descendant of Brandub, and was written to cement an alliance between Diarmait and the Scots king Máel Coluim mac Donnchada ("Malcolm III"), who claimed to be a descendant of Áedán.〔Byrne, "Ireland and her neighbours", p. 897. Fraser, p. 296, notes that "the 'discovery' of a genealogical link" was a common result of an alliance.〕 A lost Irish tale, ''Echtra Áedáin mac Gabráin'' (''The Adventures of Áedán son of Gabrán''), appears in a list of works, but its contents are unknown.〔MacQuarrie, p. 109. The ''Echtra Áedáin mac Gabráin'' is listed in (【引用サイトリンク】title=Scéla: Catalogue of medieval Irish narratives & literary enumerations )〕 Áedán is a character in the epic ''Scéla Cano meic Gartnáin'', but the events which inspired the tale appear to have taken place in the middle of the 7th century.〔M.O. Anderson, pp. 154–155. MacQuarrie, pp. 167–170, discusses the tale, describing it as a "pseudo-historical romance".〕 He also appears in the tale ''Compert Mongáin''.〔Wiley, Dan M. (2004) ("The Cycles of the Kings: Compert Mongáin" ) Hastings College. Retrieved 16 September 2009.〕 Áedán additionally appears in a variety of Welsh sources, making him one of the few non-Britons to figure in Welsh tradition.〔Bromwich, p. 272.〕 Welsh sources call him ''Aedan Bradawc'', meaning "The Treacherous" or "The Wily". He may have earned this epithet after the collapse of an alliance with Rhydderch Hael, king of the nearby Brittonic kingdom of Alt Clut; enmity between them is remembered in the Welsh Triads and elsewhere.〔Bromwich, p. 272, 494.〕 Another Triad records Áedán's host as one of the "Three Faithful War-Bands of the Island of Britain", as they "went to the sea for their lord".〔Bromwich, pp. 62-65; Jones, p. 39. Though this triad, like the ''Bonedd Gwŷr y Gogledd'', flips father and son's names as ''Gauran map Aedan'', Bromwich p. 64 takes it as a reference to Áedán rather than his father.〕 This may point to an otherwise lost tradition concerning one of Áedán's sea expeditions, such as to Orkney or the Isle of Man.〔Bromwich, p. 64, 273.〕 Additionally, several Welsh works claim a Brittonic pedigree for Áedán. The ''Bonedd Gwŷr y Gogledd'' records him as a descendent of Dyfnwal Hen of Alt Clut, though the genealogy is much confused (''Gauran'' is given as his son, rather than father).〔Bromwich, pp. 256–257〕 The Cambro-Latin ''De Situ Brecheniauc'' and ''Cognacio Brychan'' claim his mother was Luan, daughter of Brychan of Brycheiniog in Wales.〔 Though these pedigrees are inconsistent and likely dubious, they are notable in highlighting Áedán's close association with the Britons.〔Bromwich, pp. 272–273.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Áedán mac Gabráin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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