Another Approach to Celtic...

Today I ran across the Ogmios Project, a website to help pagans learn about Celtic languages so they can get a better feel for the culture of the original druids. The site features analyses of poems in a variety of Celtic languages, and a limited bit of information about learning Irish. Most interesting, though, was this article about getting in touch with native speakers of Celtic languages. The advice is geared to avoiding kerfuffles with people who might not appreciate pagans, but there are useful reminders about comporting oneself properly in another language and culture that apply to all language learners.

For me, the point of interest was this article, which introduces a bit of Breton verse about Merlin. I spent a semester in Brittany/Bretagne/Breizh and while there found the time to visit what is reputed to be Merlin's grave. So it was fun to get to work through a poem imagining a short conversation with him.