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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Page 238
... Lives of saints ( Waddell , 1995 ; Low , 2002 , pp . 169-203 ) both in the Middle East and in the Celtic tradition , notably the Lives of Columbanus , Kevin of Glendalough , and later , Francis of Assisi ( Cousins , 1978 ) . The ...
... Lives of saints ( Waddell , 1995 ; Low , 2002 , pp . 169-203 ) both in the Middle East and in the Celtic tradition , notably the Lives of Columbanus , Kevin of Glendalough , and later , Francis of Assisi ( Cousins , 1978 ) . The ...
Page 241
... live burials , Carmichael says that a cockerel had to be sacrificed – or ' some say a pullet , buried alive near the junction of three streams ' - to restore good relations with Bride if these were in doubt . Another source mentions the ...
... live burials , Carmichael says that a cockerel had to be sacrificed – or ' some say a pullet , buried alive near the junction of three streams ' - to restore good relations with Bride if these were in doubt . Another source mentions the ...
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... live coal from the fire and placing the paw of the cat upon the burning coal , carried the cat three successive ... lives , to the name that is highest of all ) . If this ' ni is isle ' is intended to include all living creatures - and ...
... live coal from the fire and placing the paw of the cat upon the burning coal , carried the cat three successive ... lives , to the name that is highest of all ) . If this ' ni is isle ' is intended to include all living creatures - and ...
Contents
Contextualising the Duan Albanach | 11 |
Literary Lochlann | 25 |
Kingship imagery in Classical Gaelic panegyric for Scottish chiefs | 39 |
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