Carmina Gadelica: Hymns and Incantations

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: B0024GGCAK ISBN13: 9780863155208 Release Date: September 1994 Publisher: Floris Books Length: 688 Pages Weight: 2.35 lbs. Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.2" x 9.1" The most comprehensive collection of lyric poems and prayers from the Gaelic tradition of oral poetry, gathered from the highlands and islands of Scotland. The Carmina Gadelica is the most comprehensive collection of poems and prayers from the Gaelic tradition of oral poetry. Gathered by Alexander Carmichael, in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, 'from Arran to Caithness, from Perth to St. Kilda'. The poems had been handed down through the generations in a living oral tradition. This tradition and the way of life which sustained it have now disappeared but these poems and prayers live on to remind us of the faith of the unknown poets who composed them. Previously only available as a bilingual text in six volumes, this one-volume edition in English only is an important