ANST - Pre-Christian Irish poem

[Caley Woulfe]

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From: sunshinegirl <sunshinegirl at steward-net.com>
To: TY at reashelm.ce.utk.edu <TY at reashelm.ce.utk.edu>
Date: Monday, November 01, 1999 11:10 PM



>Here is one for you guys - It actually, according to legend, was spoken
>before our time period, I'm not sure when it left oral tradition and was
>first written down.
>
>Who said this, and on what occaision?
>(I believe the translation is by Caitlin Matthews, but am not certain)
>
>I am a wind on the sea,
>I am a wave of the ocean,
>I am a roar of the sea,
>I am an ox of seven exiles,
>I am a hawk on a cliff,
>I am a tear of the sun,
>I am a turning in a maze,
>I am a boar in valour,
>I am a salmon in a pool,
>I am a lake on a plain,
>I am a dispensing power,
>I am a spirit of skilful gift,
>I am a grass-blade giving decay to the earth,
>I am a creative god giving inspiration.
>
>Who else clears the stones of the mountain?
>Who is it who declaims the sun's arising?
>Who is it who tells where the sun sets?
>Who brings cattle from the house of Tethra?
>Upon whom do the cattle of Tethra smile?
>Who is this ox?
>Who is the weaving god who mends the thatch of wounds?
>The incantation of a spear,
>The incantation of the wind.
>
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