The most complete anthology of Celtic oral tradition ever assembled. During his travels, Alexander Carmichael spent hours with peasants in their hu...
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Oct 11, 2011
Ruth Ann
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This book represents a small portion of the material that Carmichael collected. I marked this book as "read", but I must admit that I haven't read it cover-to-cover. I read sections of the book aloud to slow down my reading for meditative purposes and to try to more fully appreciate the oral origin of the verse.
Two contemporary books that I consider companion material are Power of Raven, Wisdom of Serpent by Noragh Jones and Every Earthly Blessing: Rediscovering the Ce More...
Two contemporary books that I consider companion material are Power of Raven, Wisdom of Serpent by Noragh Jones and Every Earthly Blessing: Rediscovering the Ce More...
Apr 05, 2007
Patrick
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The most complete collection of Celtic prayers, blessings and poetry you'll ever find. A tax man wandered through the highlands and islands of Scotland in the late 19th century and collected these from the people he met. Many if not most of these are put into print for the first time in history, though they likely reflect phrasing going back centuries. Smaller collections of Celtic prayers generally cull their selections from this bigger book, once a multi-volume, multi-lingual set now collec
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Dec 17, 2009
Jennifer (JC-S)
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This book contains a wealth of Gaelic verse and prose (translated into English)collected by Alexander Carmichael over the second half of the 19th century. It contains a blend of pagan and Christian imagery steeped in the Gealic oral tradition.
Here is a link to the review I've just posted on Amazon.com:
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We owe a great debt to Mr Carmichael. Without his efforts it is possible that much of this largely oral traditional material would hav
Here is a link to the review I've just posted on Amazon.com:
http://tinyurl.com/2xszas
We owe a great debt to Mr Carmichael. Without his efforts it is possible that much of this largely oral traditional material would hav
Aug 03, 2009
Michael
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Treasure-trove of Scots Gaelic; a bottomless well of delight.
This feels so much like my real world.
See my in-depth discussion of 'Seathan, Son of the King of Ireland', in Parameter Magazine.
This feels so much like my real world.
See my in-depth discussion of 'Seathan, Son of the King of Ireland', in Parameter Magazine.
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