The Celtic Breeze
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The Celtic Breeze
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Author : Heather McNeil
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2001-10-15
The Celtic Breeze written by Heather McNeil and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-10-15 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Delve into a world of kelpies, mermaids, selkies, ghosts, warlords, and fairies. This collection gives you Celtic tales, previously unrecorded or only found in obscure compilations. Mostly collected by the author on her ancestral home of the Isle of Barra in the Hebrides, these lesser-known tales from Scotland, Ireland, and Wales are supported by a brief history of the Celts, a glossary of the Gaelic integrated in the stories, an appendix of superstitions about fairy protection, and bibliographies that reflect the author's extensive research. Seventeen ballads collected almost one hundred years ago and excerpts from the author's journal of travels in Scotland make this book a unique and valuable resource for anyone who tells stories.
The Mary Of The Celts
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Author : Andrew Breeze
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
The Mary Of The Celts written by Andrew Breeze and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Religion categories.
"The Mary of the Celts is essential reading for anyone interested in the reality of devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary in Celtic spirituality. The book explores themes and images associated with the Annunciation, Nativity, Crucifixion, and Assumption, as also the Blessed Virgin's Joys and Sorrows, through a detailed study of poetry on Mary from the Celtic regions of medieval Britain and Ireland." "There are haunting images such as the Blessed Virgin Mary as daughter of her Son and as the chamber of the Trinity, with her virginity remaining as unstained and pure as glass pierced by a beam of light, as well as references to popular apocryphal legends, including those of the Instantaneous Harvest that grew while Mary and her child were fleeing into Egypt from Herod's men, and of the girdle thrown down by the Virgin to St Thomas at the Assumption." "Indeed, The Mary of the Celts has been written as a guide to Marian iconography. It will be useful for students of medieval European literature and art, as well as for specialists in early Irish and Welsh, all of whom will End in it much that is new. It should make readers aware of the wealth of Marian material to be found in Celtic Ireland and Britain, not all of which has had the attention it deserves beyond the Celtic lands."--BOOK JACKET.
Celtic Voices English Places
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Author : Richard Coates
language : en
Publisher: Paul Watkins
Release Date : 2000
Celtic Voices English Places written by Richard Coates and has been published by Paul Watkins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with History categories.
This combination of catalogue and analysis argues that many more major place names in England predate the Anglo-Saxon invasion than has previously been thought. Others enshrine early names with a complex structure, often reflecting the influence of geographical features. Introductory chapters examine names with a non-Celtic origin, including London, Brittonic river names, such as Poulter, Test and Weaver, and early Irish names in England. Regional chapters contain fully-referenced articles which trace the development of specific names through Saxon and medieval sources, notably Domesday . A number of the articles have been previously published in journals but have since been revised. Includes a gazetteer of names.
English And Celtic In Contact
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Author : Markku Filppula
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2008-06-03
English And Celtic In Contact written by Markku Filppula and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-06-03 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This book provides the first comprehensive account of the history and extent of Celtic influences in English. Drawing on both original research and existing work, it covers both the earliest medieval contacts and their linguistic effects and the reflexes of later, early modern and modern contacts, especially various regional varieties of English.
The Celtic Roots Of English
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Author : Markku Filppula
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
The Celtic Roots Of English written by Markku Filppula and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Celtic languages categories.
Motives For Language Change
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Author : Raymond Hickey
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2003-01-16
Motives For Language Change written by Raymond Hickey and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-01-16 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This specially commissioned volume considers the processes involved in language change and the issues of how they can be modelled and studied. The way languages change offers an insight into the nature of language itself, its internal organisation, and how it is acquired and used. Accordingly, the phenomenon of language change has been approached from a variety of perspectives by linguists of many different orientations. This book, originally published in 2003, brings together an international team of leading figures from different areas of linguistics to re-examine some of the central issues in this field and also to discuss new proposals. The volume is arranged into sections, including grammaticalisation, the typological perspective, the social context of language change and contact-based explanations. It seeks to cover the subject as a whole, bearing in mind its relevance for the general analysis of language, and will appeal to a broad international readership.
The Butterfly Book Of Celtic Poems
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Author : Eliseo Mauas Pinto
language : en
Publisher: Eliseo Mauas Pinto
Release Date :
The Butterfly Book Of Celtic Poems written by Eliseo Mauas Pinto and has been published by Eliseo Mauas Pinto this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
"The Butterfly Book Of Celtic Poems" Paperback Edition is a cute extended version of the original Kindle format, embelished now with assorted digital artworks created by the author. Butteflies have always been associated to the Goddess, Mother Nature,and particularly conceived as Messengers of the Otherworld. While reading the poems collected on this book we experience the same symbolism, enhancing our reading with an enjoyable Celtic voyage. We transport ourselves to the very same places described in them and it is then that we perceive vivid visual and auditory images. As we read these poems we can taste the spirit of the Celtic heritage. And we can feel the passion of a man, a poet, a bard, whose knowledge on the subject is so broad and who helps to keep this glorious past alive. And we can hear the music of harps, of bagpipes, whistles and drums;the cries for freedom, the thundering waves in the sea, the roaring of the mighty boars. We can even enjoy the bonfires as they light up the sky.Each verse echoes with legends of old, bringing that past into our present. We can almost hear words uttered in the old language.
The Celtic Magazine
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Author : Alexander Mackenzie
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1879
The Celtic Magazine written by Alexander Mackenzie and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1879 with Clans categories.
Cultural Transition In The Chilterns And Essex Region 350 Ad To 650 Ad
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Author : John T. Baker
language : en
Publisher: Univ of Hertfordshire Press
Release Date : 2006
Cultural Transition In The Chilterns And Essex Region 350 Ad To 650 Ad written by John T. Baker and has been published by Univ of Hertfordshire Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.
This comparison of the archaeological evidence from the fourth to seventh centuries AD in the Chilterns and Essex regions focuses on the considerable body of place–name data from the area. The counties of Hertfordshire, Middlesex, Essex, and parts of Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, and Cambridgeshire are included.
Germania Semitica
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Author : Theo Vennemann gen. Nierfeld
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 2012-12-06
Germania Semitica written by Theo Vennemann gen. Nierfeld and has been published by Walter de Gruyter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Germania Semitica explores prehistoric language contact in general, and attempts to identify the languages involved in shaping Germanic in particular. The book deals with a topic outside the scope of other disciplines concerned with prehistory, such as archaeology and genetics, drawing its conclusions from the linguistic evidence alone, relying on language typology and areal probability. The data for reconstruction comes from Germanic syntax, phonology, etymology, religious loan names, and the writing system, more precisely from word order, syntactic constructions, word formation, irregularities in phonological form, lexical peculiarities, and the structure and rules of the Germanic runic alphabet. It is demonstrated that common descent is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for reconstruction. Instead, lexical and structural parallels between Germanic and Semitic languages are explored and interpreted in the framework of modern language contact theory.