The Celtic Gift of Nature: Illustrated Selections from the Carmina Gadelica in Gaelic and English

This work presents an inspiring selection of Celtic lyric poems and prayers on the theme of nature, from the "Carmina Gadelica". Each poem is presented in both Gaelic and English. The beautiful full-colour illustrations and illuminations make this an ideal gift book. "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.