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Cod na Bardachd
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Who uses it? e.g
Both male and female poets e.g. Iain Lom and Mairi nighean alisdair Ruaidh
Different categories
black split it into:Heroic Attributes, Personal Beauty, Background, Personal
endowments/social roles, household/entertainment, Kennings, dea
Me
Need to understand the Panegyric code to understand the meaning of classical poetry.
What is it?
poets use of interesting images and motifs that appear in Gaelic poetry over the centuries.
Panegyric
means something that is connected to praise
Use to
Praise: • Praise was very important in Gaelic literature in the past centuries till this day.
it is not as important today as it used to be
Especially important (Time)
In the Jacobite age or the time of Iain Lom,
Who used it most?
Important for poets that worked for the nobles and classical poets. Who would be highly
respected
What was it use for? N.P
To praise the nobles in difficult, complex language using complicated meters. Broadcast
respect for them.
What did they get from this? N.P
got paid for their work in precious items, cattle or land.
Used in:
All different types of poems: Elegies, laments, love songs, dain mholaidh and political
poetry like Murt na Ceapaich.
Between clans
used to keep up links between other clans and established new links.
E.g. Personal Beauty
An talla: Shir Tormoid nam bratach, Fear do dhealbh-sa bu tearc e, Gun sgeilm a chur asad no
bòsd.
E.g. Death
Magregor of Roro:An lèine chaoil anairt, Gun bhannan gun sìod oirre.
E.g. heritic attribute
An talla: Is i do làmh nach robh tuisleach Dhol a chaitheamh a’ chuspair