Author: Elizabeth SutherlandPublisher: Constable & Robinson
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Ravens & Black Rain
Author: Elizabeth SutherlandPublisher: Constable & Robinson
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
The Brahan Seer
Author: Alex SutherlandPublisher: Peter Lang
ISBN: 9783039118687
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
The Brahan Seer is a legendary figure known throughout Scotland and the Scottish Diaspora and indeed anywhere there is an interest in looking into the future. This book traces the legend of the Seer between the sixteenth and twenty-first centuries. It considers the seer figure in relation to aspects of Scottish Highland culture and society that shaped its development during this period. These include the practice and prosecution of witchcraft, the reporting and scientific investigation of instances of second sight, and the perennial belief in and use of prophecy as a means of predicting events. In so doing the book provides a set of historicised contexts for understanding the genesis of the legend and how it changed over time through a synthesis of historical events, oral tradition, folklore and literary Romanticism. It makes a contribution to the debates not only about witchcraft, second sight and prophecy but also about the relationship between 'popular' and 'elite' culture in Scotland. By taking the Brahan Seer as a case study it argues that 'popular' culture is not antithetical to 'elite' culture but rather in constant (and complex) interaction with it.
The Prophecies of the Brahan Seer (Coinneach Odhar Fiosaiche)
Author: Alexander MackenziePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Precognition
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
The Brahan Seer
Author: Douglas N. R. ThompsonPublisher:
ISBN: 9780861525621
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Prophecies of the Brahan Seer (Coinneach Odhar Fiosaiche)
Author: Alexander MackenziePublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Prophecies of the Brahan Seer (Coinneach Odhar Fiosaiche)" by Alexander Mackenzie, Coinneach Odhar. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
History of the Chisholms
Author: Alexander MackenziePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chisholm Clan
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The Clan Chisholm is said to descend to have Norman origins and to have come from the borders of Scotland. However, for over six hundred years the clan has been associated with the highlands of Scotland, particularly Inverness, Sutherland, Ross and Caithness.
The Prophecies of the Brahan Seer
Author: Alexander MackenziePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Precognition
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
The prophecies of the Brahan seer, Coinneach Odhar Fiosaiche. With an appendix on the superstition of the Highlanders, by A. Macgregor
Author: Alexander MackenzieHighland Superstitions
Author: Alexander MacgregorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
The Seer of Kintail
Author: Elizabeth SutherlandPublisher: Constable & Robinson
ISBN: 9780094760301
Category : Prophets
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
Elizabeth Sutherland has imagined Brahan Seer or Coinneach Odhar's life from the cradle to his tragic end, whereupon the reader is left wondering: was he evil and mad or blessed with a divine gift?