Cànan & CultarThis volume is a collection of proceedings from the third Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig conference held in Edinburgh in July 2004. The book includes papers on Scottish Gaelic history, language, literature, and culture from early Christian times to the present. In addition to Scotland, there is material relating to Ireland, Scandinavia, England, and Canada. Where papers are written in Gaelic, a detailed synopsis in English is included. |
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Biblical and theological horizons The earliest Christian writers have little to say about other animals , caught up as they were in apocalyptic thinking and a new understanding of divine - human relationships ; but they remembered Jesus ...
Biblical and theological horizons The earliest Christian writers have little to say about other animals , caught up as they were in apocalyptic thinking and a new understanding of divine - human relationships ; but they remembered Jesus ...
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Augustine , to be fair , gives animals their place . Wild animals may be dangerous , he says , but are also good and have value ' in their own sphere and in their own nature ' ( City of God , XI.22 ) . He recognizes the drive to be rid ...
Augustine , to be fair , gives animals their place . Wild animals may be dangerous , he says , but are also good and have value ' in their own sphere and in their own nature ' ( City of God , XI.22 ) . He recognizes the drive to be rid ...
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Alasdair Campbell's picture of Annie , at the end of The Nessman , speaking softly to every animal in the byre ( A. Campbell , 2000 : 252-7 ) corresponds ... Wildlife What then of animals which are of no immediate use to human beings ?
Alasdair Campbell's picture of Annie , at the end of The Nessman , speaking softly to every animal in the byre ( A. Campbell , 2000 : 252-7 ) corresponds ... Wildlife What then of animals which are of no immediate use to human beings ?
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Contents
Contextualising the Duan Albanach | 11 |
Literary Lochlann | 25 |
Kingship imagery in Classical Gaelic panegyric for Scottish chiefs | 39 |
Copyright | |
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adjectives agus airson Alba animals appears bhith called century chaidh Chambers Chan eil complex composed concordance cuid cuideachd dance death dhèanamh Domhnaill eadar early English example faic fear formal prose gach Gaelic Gaels Gàidhlig genitive give given gu bheil gu robh Highlands Iain iarainn interesting Ireland Irish kings language leis lines Loch Lochlann material math mentioned modified nach nonconcordance noted noun nuair obair original perhaps phrase poem poetry position possible prepositional present printed reference registers relation robh says Scotland Scottish seems sinn sources speakers stad suggested Table term thaobh thug toirt tradition translation uair uile University variation wake writing
Bibliographic information
| Title | Cànan & Cultar Scottish Gaelic Studies Series |
| Editors | Wilson McLeod, James Earle Fraser, Anja Gunderloch |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Dunedin Academic Press, 2006 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Apr 2008 |
| ISBN | 1903765609, 9781903765609 |
| Length | 294 pages |
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