The Sons of Mil finally break through the magic of the Children of Danu and land on the shores of Erin. They demand recompense for the death of their kin and negotiations take place. Now it is up to the Tuatha De Danaan - will they fight, flee or come up with another plan? And yet, the great Bard Amergin also has a trick or two up his sleeve!

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The Song of Amergin - Final Part and Part 12 of the Book of Invasions

Names Used within the Tale (in order of occurrence)

For more information about the Characters below, see our Biographies section.

The Song of Amergin - Lyrics

I am a wind in the sea
I am a sea-wave upon the land
I am the sound of the sea
I am a stag of seven combats
I am a hawk upon a cliff
I am a tear-drop of the sun
I am the fairest of flowers
I am a boar for valour
I am a salmon in a pool
I am a lake in a plain
I am the excellence of arts
I am a spear that wages battle with plunder.
I am a god who forms subjects
Who explains the stones of the mountains?
Who invokes the ages of the moon?
Where lies the setting of the sun?
Who bears cattle from the house of Tethra?
Who are the cattle of Tethra who laugh?
What man, what god forms weapons?
Indeed, then;
I invoked a poet... a poet of wind.

There are many different translations of The Song of Amergin, which is perhaps the best known piece of all ancient Celtic poetry. With great thanks to the inestimable Mary Jones for her enthusiasm and scholarship, we can present what is possibly the best translation of the earliest transcription.

Mary has also written and excellent and thoght provoking piece about some of the symbolism in the poem which can be found along with some of the other translations that I found in our Resources section.

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We send out a Big Thank you to Greg Lemon of the Myth Show for sending us a screen capture of our iTunes reviews and send out a shout to our reviewers. We finish off by discussing the Song of Amergin and thank Mary Jones for her help.

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The Wigglian Way, A pagan podcast with plenty of informal discussion and information about paganism and witchcraft. Hosted by Mojo and Sparrow. They also have some great music.

Mary Jones, The Celtic Literature Collective is one of the best resources for ancient Celtic literature on the web.

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