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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Even if he did see a Pictish king list , for which there is little evidence in A éolcha Alban uile itself , it does not follow that the list terminated with Cusantín when he saw it . All that is required is knowledge of a summary of the ...
Even if he did see a Pictish king list , for which there is little evidence in A éolcha Alban uile itself , it does not follow that the list terminated with Cusantín when he saw it . All that is required is knowledge of a summary of the ...
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To summarise : the author of A éolcha Alban uile had access to a list or lists of Gaelic kings of Dál Riata and kings of Alba . He also knew the stories of Pictish origins under Cathlúan now found in Lebor Bretnach Version III , as well ...
To summarise : the author of A éolcha Alban uile had access to a list or lists of Gaelic kings of Dál Riata and kings of Alba . He also knew the stories of Pictish origins under Cathlúan now found in Lebor Bretnach Version III , as well ...
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This scheme is almost the same as that of A éolcha Alban uile . These poems are trying to tie the kingships into the ancient geography and history of each kingdom . Earlier inhabitants are referred to but not dwelt on ; the current ...
This scheme is almost the same as that of A éolcha Alban uile . These poems are trying to tie the kingships into the ancient geography and history of each kingdom . Earlier inhabitants are referred to but not dwelt on ; the current ...
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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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