The Carmina Gadelica is a collection of prayers, hymns, charms, incantations, blessings, runes and other literary-folkloric poems and songs collected, and translated, by amateur folklorist Alexander Carmichael (1832-1912) in the Gaelic-speaking regions of Scotland between 1855 and 1910. The work was originally published in six volumes. Carmichael edited the first two volumes, published in 1900; volumes III and IV were edited by James Carmichael Watson (Alexander Carmichael's grandson) and published in 1940 and 1941; two final volumes, edited by Angus Matheson, were released in 1954 and 1971. A one-volume edition was published in 1992. Initially highly praised as a monumental achievement in Scottish folklore, the Carmina Gadelica subsequently has been criticized for Carmichael's excessive editing of, and possibly fabricating, the source material.
Source:
* Carmichael, Alexander (1992). Carmina Gadelica: Hymns and Incantations Collected in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland in the Last Century. Edinburgh: Lindisfarne Press. ISBN 0-940262-50-9.
The CarminaGadelica was a series of prayers, charms and invokations collected by Alexander Carmichael in the latter half of the nineteenth century.
The Carmina reflects the Christianity of Scotland, and the prayers make reference to Jesus, God, and Mary the Virgin, among other Biblical figures.
If you would like to read the first book of the CarminaGadelica, in Gaelic and English, it is available at the University of the Highlands and Islands website.
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