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The Salmon story figures prominently in ''[[The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn]]'', which recounts the early adventures of [[Fionn mac Cumhaill]]. In the story, an ordinary [[salmon]] ate nine [[hazelnuts]] that fell into the [[Connla's Well|Well of Wisdom]] (''an Tobar Segais'') from nine hazel trees that surrounded the well. By this act, the salmon gained all the world's knowledge. The first person to eat of its flesh would in turn gain this knowledge.<ref>{{cite web|author=SEANETTA, ssm67alba|url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/salmon-of-knowledge#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThe%20Big%20Fish%2C%E2%80%9D%20also,Lagan%20in%20Donegall%20Quay%2C%20Belfast. |title=The Big Fish | publisher=Atlas Obscura|access-date=21 June 2020}}</ref>
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== フィニアン・サイクル ==
鮭の物語は『フィンの少年時代』において重要であり、この物語はフィン・マックールの若き日の冒険を描いている。物語では、普通の鮭が知恵の泉（Connla's Well、『アン・トバー・セガイス（an Tobar Segais）』）を取り囲む九本のハシバミの木から泉に落ちた九つのハシバミの実を食べた。Segais）』）を取り囲む九本のハシバミの木から泉に落ちた九つのハシバミの実を食べた。この行為によって、鮭は世界のあらゆる知識を得た。その鮭の身を最初に食べた者は、同様にこの知識を得るとのことだ<ref>SEANETTA, ssm67alba, https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/salmon-of-knowledge#: ~:text=%E2%80%9CThe%20Big%20Fish%2C%E2%80%9D%20also,Lagan%20in%20Donegall%20Quay%2C%20Belfast., The Big Fish, Atlas Obscura, 21 June 2020</ref>。
The poet [[Finn Eces]] (or Finegas) spent seven years fishing for this salmon. Finally Finn caught the salmon and gave the fish to Fionn, his servant and son of [[Cumhaill]], with instructions to cook it but on no account eat any of it. Fionn cooked the salmon, turning it over and over, but when he touched the fish with his thumb to see if it was cooked, he burnt his finger on a drop of hot cooking fish fat. Fionn sucked on his burned finger to ease the pain. Little did Fionn know that all the salmon's wisdom had been concentrated into that one drop of fat. When he brought the cooked meal to Finn Eces, his master saw that the boy's eyes shone with a previously unseen wisdom. Finn Eces asked Fionn if he had eaten any of the salmon. Answering no, the boy explained what had happened. Finn Eces realized that Fionn had received the wisdom of the salmon, so gave him the rest of the fish to eat. Fionn ate the salmon and in so doing gained all the knowledge of the world. For the rest of his life, Fionn could draw upon this knowledge merely by biting his thumb. The deep knowledge and wisdom gained from the Salmon of Knowledge allowed Fionn to become the leader of the [[Fianna]], the famed heroes of Irish myth.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bvkq9UZUVkQC&pg=180|title=Ériu|date=1904|publisher=Royal Irish Academy|pages=Kuno Meyer, "The Boyish Exploits of Finn", pp. 185–186|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn mac Cumhaill|url=http://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/f02.html|access-date=2021-01-05|website=www.maryjones.us}}</ref>
