Celtic symbols, arts and culture
Posts tagged Gaelic
Manx Gaelic Revival
Sep 7th
The revival in fortunes for Manx Gaelic – A series of videos produced by the Isle of Man newspapers
Manx Gaelic Revival
Sep 7th
The revival in fortunes for Manx Gaelic – A series of videos produced by the Isle of Man newspapers
How to use hie in Manx Gaelic
Aug 20th
How to use hie in conversation – the past tense of the verb ‘to go’
Celtic Music – Gaelic Earth
May 5th
Get this Song here: adrianvonziegler.bandcamp.com This is just a little Intermezzo for the upcoming Album I composed. It will be placed in the Middle of the Album and actually it’s not even worth being called a Song. Just a little cute Celtic Melody I made.
As always, I arranged it completely on Keyboard. Production made with Magix Music Maker Pro 16. © Copyright of all Audio belongs to Adrian von Ziegler. Links to similar Songs: Black Sam: www.youtube.com Hringhorni: www.youtube.com Sons of the Allfather: www.youtube.com Freedom Spirit: www.youtube.com A Celtic Lore: www.youtube.com Skilfingr: www.youtube.com A Celtic Tale: www.youtube.com Rune Magic: www.youtube.com Gleipnir: www.youtube.com The Sylvans Path: www.youtube.com DISCLAIMER: The Picture was edited by me, I do not own the Original.
Gaelic Storm at Ortigueira Celtic Music Festival 2010: “Green Eyes, Red Hair”
Mar 24th
Gaelic Storm are a Celtic band from Santa Monica, California, USA. Their music includes traditional Irish music, Scottish music, and original tunes in both the Celtic and Celtic rock genres. Band members are Patrick Murphy (accordion, spoons, bodhrán, lead vocals), Steve Twigger (guitar, bouzouki, mandolin, lead vocals), Ryan Lacey (djembe, doumbek, surdo, cajón, vocals, various percussion), Peter Purvis (Highland bagpipes, Uillean pipes, DegerPipes, whistle) and Jessie Burns (fiddle, vocals). Here they are performing a track on their latest album “Cabbage” (released on August 3, 2010). Green Eyes, Red Hair Devil’s inside her The devil’s inside her Chorus: Green eyes, red hair, long legs; Devil inside her! Green eyes, red hair, long legs; Devil inside her! She’s a cup of tea, she’s a Jaegerbomb She’s an angel, she’s an Amazon She’s a poem, she’s an alphabet She’s a violin with a bayonet She’s a revolution, she’s a peace accord She’s a grain of sand, she’s the Cliffs of Moher She’s Friday night, she’s Sunday Morning She’s a fair wind, she’s a sailor’s warning (Chorus) Green eyes, red hair, long legs; Devil inside her! Green eyes, red hair, long legs; She’s got the devil inside her! She’s a glass house, she’s an ivory tower She’s a tin roof, she’s a summer shower She’s a carnival, she’s a masquerade She’s a picket fence, she’s lemonade (Chorus x2) She can disappear, she can walk on water She’s the Queen of Sheba, she’s the farmer’s daughter She’s a cocktail dress, a cowboy …
Irish Language
Sep 28th
In this Celtic Symbols blog we will be exploring, among many other things, Celtic languages. When you think of Celtic symbols, you may think of things like Celtic knots and spirals and we will certainly be discussing those too –and their application in art, jewelry and tattoos. However, languages are also based on symbols. In fact, language is the most common form of symbolism we use in everyday life.
There are many Celtic languages. Celtic languages are a distinct family of language (like Germanic and Latin languages), and part of the larger Indo-European classification of languages. They are not spoken by many people, but they are not dead languages either. There are people working to keep them alive. There are also Celtic musicians who keep the languages alive by singing in traditional Irish, Scottish, Welsh and other Celtic tongues.
This video is the first in a series of tutorials in Irish. I will not post all of them. If you are interested, you can find them on Youtube. There are other resources for Celtic languages as well.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSgwrCdOXdw
Celtic Symbols: why are they so popular?
Sep 12th
Thanks for visiting the Celtic Symbols blog! This site is inspired by the beauty and enduring popularity of Celtic symbols such as knotwork, zoomorphic images (those depicting animals, both real and imaginary, such as sea monsters and dragons) and other images. These images are very commonly seen today in many art books, in jewelry, as tattoos and fantasy art (paintings, book covers, CD covers, etc.).
Celtic art goes way back in history, and I’ll be exploring some of this fascinating tradition. There will also be links to other interesting sites and resources. I think Celtic symbols and artwork has such appeal, not only for its intrinsic beauty, but because it expresses something of the infinite, as in a Celtic knot. There is both a spirituality and earthiness to Celtic art.
I’d like to explore the many ways Celtic symbols have been used over the centuries, including languages. For example, one of the earliest Celtic languages was the Irish Tree Alphabet, known as Ogham. This, and other aspects of Celtic or Gaelic languages have also become very popular recently, especially in music.
So please visit this site often and keep up with this fascinating aspect of Celtic culture!