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:''"Fergus I" redirects here; not to be confused with the fictitious King Fergus (fl 330 BC), see Fergus I (mythical).'' Fergus Mór mac Eirc ((スコットランド・ゲール語:Fergus Mòr Mac Earca); English: ''Fergus the Great'') was a legendary king of Dál Riata. He was the son of Erc. While his historicity may be debatable, his posthumous importance as the founder of Scotland in the national myth of Medieval and Renaissance Scotland is not in doubt. Rulers of Scotland from Cináed mac Ailpín until the present time claim descent from Fergus Mór. ==Fergus Mór in early sources== The historical record, such as it is, consists of an entry in the Annals of Tigernach, for the year 501, which states: ''Feargus Mor mac Earca cum gente Dal Riada partem Britaniae tenuit, et ibi mortuus est.'' (Fergus Mór mac Eirc, with the people of Dál Riata, held part of Britain, and he died there.) However, the forms of Fergus, Erc and Dál Riata are later ones, written down long after the 6th century. The record in the Annals has given rise to theories of invasions of Argyll from Ireland, but these are not considered authentic.〔"()tories of Dalriadic origins cannot be held to be worthy of acceptance as history", Sally Foster, ''Picts, Gaels and Scots'', p. 9, quoting David Dumville. See also Ewan Campbell, "Were the Scots Irish ?".〕 Fergus is also found in the king lists of Dál Riata, and later of Scotland, of which the Senchus Fer n-Alban and the Duan Albanach can be taken as examples. The Senchus states that Fergus Mór was also known as Mac Nisse Mór. These sources probably date from the 10th and 11th centuries respectively, between 30 and 40 generations after Fergus may have lived. The Senchus and the Duan name Fergus's father as Erc son of Eochaid Muinremuir. A Middle Irish genealogy of the kings of Alba gives an extensive genealogy for Fergus: () m. h-Eircc m. Echdach Muinremuir m. Óengusa Fir m. Feideilmid m. Óengusa m. Feideilmid m. Cormaicc, and a further forty-six generations here omitted.〔The early part of Fergus's ancestry is shared with that given for Senán son of Gerrgenn in the ''Betha Shenáin meic Geirginn'' from the Book of Lismore; compare Rawlinson B. 502 ¶1696 Genelach Ríg n-Alban and the ''Betha Shenáin'', at line 1792 and after.〕 While it was suggested some believe Fergus claimed lineage to Arthur, the historian John Morris has suggested, instead, that Fergus was allowed to settle in Scotland as a federate of Arthur, as a bulwark against the Picts. These sources, while they offer evidence for the importance of Fergus Mór in Medieval times, are not evidence for his historical career. Indeed, only one king in the 6th century in Scotland is known from contemporary evidence, Ceretic of Alt Clut, and even this identification rests upon a later gloss to Saint Patrick's ''Letter to Coroticus''. The first kings of Dál Riata whose existences are reasonably sure are Fergus's grandsons Gabrán mac Domangairt and Comgall, or perhaps his great-grandson Áedán mac Gabráin. 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「Fergus Mór」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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