I've always enjoyed both of those tales, but, by far, my favourite is the myth cycle surrounding Fionn mac Cumhaill (Finn McCool). Waaaaaaaaaay back when I was an undergrad I took courses in Irish lit and mythology because I thought they'd be easy A's (and they were). But more than that, they reminded me of the tales of heros and gods that I'd heard from my father and grandfather as a boy. Those courses also drove my interest in my ancestry in Ireland, Wales and Scotland.

Bill