tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post3526079045369410180..comments2024-03-28T16:19:56.009+00:00Comments on North Stoke: Autumn poems from the 'Old Irish'thelmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post-40027340733245380112014-10-15T19:40:38.656+01:002014-10-15T19:40:38.656+01:00Sounds like my copies of Caesar's Gallic Wars...Sounds like my copies of Caesar's Gallic Wars -- two copies have now fallen apart and I bought both of them new.<br /><br />I'm always pleased to hear that I have sparked an interest in the Celts!<br /><br />I always quote Lucian (his piece on Herakles) who was talking to a local bard in Massalia in the second century AD. The bard said "we Celts..". This was no sloppy translation the original Greek had "keltoi".John Hooker FSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10001080340384925879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post-320298313245384602014-10-15T17:45:04.892+01:002014-10-15T17:45:04.892+01:00Just been to look, luckily one can read it online....Just been to look, luckily one can read it online. My 'Pagan Celtic Britain', has fallen to pieces, a new secondhand should come tomorrow. Actually blame you for sparking my interest in all things celtic, spelt with a small 'c' as the actual word does stir the ire of some people ;)thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post-48872597925255768742014-10-15T14:45:19.431+01:002014-10-15T14:45:19.431+01:00My favorite is John Rhys, "Lectures on the Or...My favorite is John Rhys, "Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by Celtic Heathendom" 1892:<br /><br />https://archive.org/details/lecturesonorigin00rhys<br /><br />It is also available at Abebooks.com at a reasonable price.<br /> John Hooker FSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10001080340384925879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post-62384237566838432322014-10-14T08:50:07.163+01:002014-10-14T08:50:07.163+01:00Thanks Jennie, will look him up.Thanks Jennie, will look him up.thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post-30428122332053867582014-10-14T08:39:56.246+01:002014-10-14T08:39:56.246+01:00An interesting post. Try also Celtic Mythology by...An interesting post. Try also Celtic Mythology by Geddes Grosset. Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post-46182318784887528662014-10-12T17:53:50.073+01:002014-10-12T17:53:50.073+01:00Thank you for that information, I had been looking...Thank you for that information, I had been looking for some books on Irish mythology, then remembered Celtic Mythology by Proinsias MacCana, which I have just ordered. Grigson lived in Wiltshire, so I am sure he got quite a lot wrong ;)thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post-82042876123809499312014-10-12T11:21:27.362+01:002014-10-12T11:21:27.362+01:00Fionn_mac_Cumhaill allegedly born twixt Co. Kildar...Fionn_mac_Cumhaill allegedly born twixt Co. Kildare & Co.Carlow, adopted by two Druid women and raised on Slieve Bladhma,(Blooms)<br />In later life known to have frequented Ulster, Tara and later made his home on The Hill of Allen, Kildare. Associated with many of the heroes such as Diarmud,Grainne.<br />I think Grigson was wrong, for it was Slieve Gullion that Fionn is associated with - h'm Slieve Gua is in Co. Waterford.A Heron's Viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06563706152609630696noreply@blogger.com