Tales of the Celtic Bards

Tales of the Celtic Bards

by Claire Hamilton
Tales of the Celtic Bards

Tales of the Celtic Bards

by Claire Hamilton

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Overview

The ancient Bards encoded their knowledge of the natural world of animals and plants and the power to heal, order and judge into teasing riddles that were told or sung, not written down. They believed they had powers of divination, shape changing and the ability to travel to the 'other world'. Inspiration and vision are the foundation of Celtic myth. Claire Hamilton captures the enchanting and often strange beauty of the tales they told.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781846941016
Publisher: Collective Ink
Publication date: 09/08/2008
Pages: 320
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.80(d)

Table of Contents

CD Tracks8
Introduction12
Erin
1Cormac mac Art and the Faerie Branch43
2The Magical Gifts of the Tuatha de Danann55
3The Three Noble Strains58
4The Birth of Cuchulainn66
5Lugh of the Shining Face70
6How Cuchulainn came by his Name74
7Cuchulainn's Wooing of Emer79
8Cuchulainn's Training in Arms84
9The Pillow-talk90
10Cuchulainn and Edarcomhol97
11Cuchulainn and the Morrigan102
12The Death of Cuchulainn108
13Niall and the Goddess of Sovereignty115
14Finn and the Salmon of Wisdom122
15Oisin goes to the Land of Youth129
16The Coming of Adzed Head138
Alba
17Three Harpers on the Island of Rhum143
18The Ballad of Tam Lin147
19The Sea Maiden154
20The Tale of Thomas the Rhymer158
21The Love Story of Diarmaid and Grainne163
Cymru
22Pwyll and the Lord of Annwn211
23Gwydion's Story218
24Arianrhod's Story230
25Flowerbride246
26Song of the Shaman265
27Taliesin, the Shining Child268
Armorica
28The City of Ys285
Notes to Tales of the Celtic Bards297
Glossary and Guide to Irish and Welsh Celtic pronounciation314
Bibliography320
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