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 36
... noted ( 1975 , pp . 94-7 ) , the location of the Vikings ' homeland in the north whence supernatural figures similarly hailed may have led to confusion between the two groups . In addition , as noted above , their sea - faring ...
... noted ( 1975 , pp . 94-7 ) , the location of the Vikings ' homeland in the north whence supernatural figures similarly hailed may have led to confusion between the two groups . In addition , as noted above , their sea - faring ...
Page 71
... noted that a stray verse strongly resembling this accompanies one version of John MacCodrum's ' Smeorach Chlann Domhnaill ' : ' Thig an smeòrach ' s thig an druid , / Thig gach eun a dh'ionnsaigh nid , / Thig am bradan thar a ' chuan ...
... noted that a stray verse strongly resembling this accompanies one version of John MacCodrum's ' Smeorach Chlann Domhnaill ' : ' Thig an smeòrach ' s thig an druid , / Thig gach eun a dh'ionnsaigh nid , / Thig am bradan thar a ' chuan ...
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... noted that mumming plays were performed at Irish wakes . I mention where he was born and travelled previously because , had there been an equivalent custom in Wales , Cornwall , or Ireland , one would hope that he would mention it ; he ...
... noted that mumming plays were performed at Irish wakes . I mention where he was born and travelled previously because , had there been an equivalent custom in Wales , Cornwall , or Ireland , one would hope that he would mention it ; he ...
Contents
Contextualising the Duan Albanach | 11 |
Literary Lochlann | 25 |
Kingship imagery in Classical Gaelic panegyric for Scottish chiefs | 39 |
Copyright | |
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