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→島のケルトの投影の可能性
== 島のケルトの投影の可能性 ==
アルスター物語群に登場するアイルランドの英雄クー・フーリン<ref>Porter, ''A Sculpture at Tandragee'', p. 227.</ref>の育ての親であるコナール・セルナッハ（Conall Cernach）の名前にcernの語源を見出そうとする試みがなされている。 There have been attempts to find the ''cern'' root in the name of [[Conall Cernach]], the foster brother of the Irish hero [[Cuchulainn]]<ref>Porter, ''A Sculpture at Tandragee'', p. 227.</ref> in the [[Ulster Cycle]]. In this line of interpretation, ''Cernach'' is taken as an epithet with a wide semantic field—"angular; victorious; prominent," though there is little evidence that the figures of Conall and Cernunnos are related.<ref>John Koch. (2006) Cernunnos [in] ''Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia'', p. 396. ABC-Clio.</ref>
A brief passage involving Conall in an eighth-century story entitled ''Táin Bó Fraích'' ("The Cattle Raid on Fraech") has been taken as evidence that Conall bore attributes of a "master of beasts."<ref name="Anne Ross 1967">Anne Ross. (1967, 1996). ''Pagan Celtic Britain: Studies in Iconography and Tradition''. Academy Chicago Publishers.</ref> In this passage Conall Cernach is portrayed as a hero and mighty warrior who assists the protagonist Fraech in rescuing his wife and son, and reclaiming his cattle. The fort that Conall must penetrate is guarded by a mighty serpent. The supposed anti-climax of this tale is when the fearsome serpent, instead of attacking Conall, darts to Conall's waist and girdles him as a belt. Rather than killing the serpent, Conall allows it to live, and then proceeds to attack and rob the fort of its great treasures the serpent previously protected.
