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The Triads of Ireland: An Illustrated Collection

The Triads of Ireland: An Illustrated Collection

Wylie, Olivia

Hardcover

Fiction AnthologiesGeneral PoetryIrish History

ISBN10: 173432712X
ISBN13: 9781734327120
Publisher: Leafing Out Books
Published: Feb 6 2020
Pages: 136
Weight: 1.09
Height: 0.50 Width: 8.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English

Three candles that illumine every darkness:

Truth

Nature

Knowledge

This passage is part of a vibrant and uniquely Irish poetic form: Trecheng Breth Féne. In English, Triads.

Resembling haikus to the modern Western eye, the Triad follows the formula of setting a concept for discussion in the first line, and describing its salient qualities in the next three lines. Used as a tool for remembering law and etiquette throughout Ireland in preliterate times, the surviving triads form a body of work that allow a profound insight on the laws, customs and values of ancient Irish culture. Through the years these triads have been copied in monasteries, collated by scholars, and protected by museums. Today they come down to us as fresh and vibrant as the day they were penned, holding wit and wisdom.

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