Duan Albanach
The Duan Albanach (Song of the Scots) is a made up poem in gaelic worms whose most complete copy is annexed to the Irish version of the Historia Brittonum of Nennius. The text vaisemblablement was vaisemblablement composed at the end of XIe century.
The poem distributed on 8 pages is composed of 27 stanzas of 4 worms each one. It details the name of kings d' Alba (Scotland) without however indicating their relationship sytématiquement but with the duration of each reign.
After a first stanza of introduction which is connected with a sending, it is distributed between:
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the stanzas 2 to 7 which summarize the mythical history of the establishment of the Scots starting from the two brothers; Albanus and of Briutus wire of Isacon.
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the stanzas 8 to 19 which detail the kings of Dalriada since three wire of Erc; Loarn Fergus and Oengus, until Eòganán mac Oengus
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the stanzas 20 to 26 which enumerate those of the kings of Scotland of Kenneth Ier of Scotland until Malcolm III of Scotland. The poem was to be recited at the court of this king died in 1093 in measurement where its reign is the evoked last.
Although stanza 27 of conclusion mentions that " 52 sovereigns of the race of Erc reigned on Alba" , the text evokes only 48 of them by counting three wire of Erc.
It seems that worms are lost because several kings attested in addition in the Annales of Ulster or in the Annales of Tigernach are not mentioned there of which Selbach mac Ferchaird, Fergus mac Echdach, etc…
External bonds
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'' Duan Albanach '' At CELT (English translation)
Category: Monarch of Scotland Category: History of Scotland
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