Cànan & CultarWilson McLeod, James Earle Fraser, Anja Gunderloch Dunedin Academic Press, 2006 - 294 pages This 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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... land , where , as well as the dreaded northern pirates , giants and other strange beings dwell ' ( Murphy , 1932 , p . 96 ) , it is viewed primarily as a supernatural world and a somewhat sinister one at that . Medieval Irish texts ...
... land , where , as well as the dreaded northern pirates , giants and other strange beings dwell ' ( Murphy , 1932 , p . 96 ) , it is viewed primarily as a supernatural world and a somewhat sinister one at that . Medieval Irish texts ...
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... land ' ) where he effortlessly emerges victorious ; the second is to Lochlann ; and the third is to a place where he faced the greatest perils , Tír Scáith ( ' The Land of Shade ' ) , which , as its name suggests , serves as a vestibule ...
... land ' ) where he effortlessly emerges victorious ; the second is to Lochlann ; and the third is to a place where he faced the greatest perils , Tír Scáith ( ' The Land of Shade ' ) , which , as its name suggests , serves as a vestibule ...
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... land of mother - origin ' ) : Tír dúthaigh chláir chríchfhionnMhonaidh dháibh nír dhúthaigh mhátharbhunaidh ; fan tír fhoirbhthe fhéithinnbhearaigh díbh nír ghoirthe achd gnáthAllmhuraigh . ( The land of the plain of fair - bordered ...
... land of mother - origin ' ) : Tír dúthaigh chláir chríchfhionnMhonaidh dháibh nír dhúthaigh mhátharbhunaidh ; fan tír fhoirbhthe fhéithinnbhearaigh díbh nír ghoirthe achd gnáthAllmhuraigh . ( The land of the plain of fair - bordered ...
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Contextualising the Duan Albanach | 11 |
Literary Lochlann | 25 |
Kingship imagery in Classical Gaelic panegyric for Scottish chiefs | 39 |
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