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whether in Chaldea or Egypt, thousands of ages
past ! This itself is proof positive of the identity
of the Celtic and the primordial language : there-
fore we might call a halt even here. The name of
that little fellow sitting on the equator, for exam-
ple, is variously Oug, Aug, Avag, Affag, and its
yelp Tauthun. The name of the larger dog un-
derneath is Cu or Cou, inflected Can or Coi7i ; of
the Eagle, lul or Eol ; of the Man, Ais or Esh ;
of the Bull, Tarv; of the Scales, Migh; of the
Horse, Prus ; of the Serpent, Eph, or Pehir, or
Nahir, or Pheten, according to its species ; and so
of the rest !
As knowledge increased, men now began to unite
two or more of these figures into one — an idea
suggested, probably, by the periodical union of
the planets with the sun. This compound figure
requires, of course, a compound appellation, and
hence the origin of compounds. If a horse was
called Prus when single, and the man Es, it fol-
lows that the two united, as upon our globe,
become Es-Prus ; the man and the dog, Es- Cu ;
and so of the rest. Upon the same principle,
when a single symbol was a deity, a compound
symbol would be a compound god, and three
past ! This itself is proof positive of the identity
of the Celtic and the primordial language : there-
fore we might call a halt even here. The name of
that little fellow sitting on the equator, for exam-
ple, is variously Oug, Aug, Avag, Affag, and its
yelp Tauthun. The name of the larger dog un-
derneath is Cu or Cou, inflected Can or Coi7i ; of
the Eagle, lul or Eol ; of the Man, Ais or Esh ;
of the Bull, Tarv; of the Scales, Migh; of the
Horse, Prus ; of the Serpent, Eph, or Pehir, or
Nahir, or Pheten, according to its species ; and so
of the rest !
As knowledge increased, men now began to unite
two or more of these figures into one — an idea
suggested, probably, by the periodical union of
the planets with the sun. This compound figure
requires, of course, a compound appellation, and
hence the origin of compounds. If a horse was
called Prus when single, and the man Es, it fol-
lows that the two united, as upon our globe,
become Es-Prus ; the man and the dog, Es- Cu ;
and so of the rest. Upon the same principle,
when a single symbol was a deity, a compound
symbol would be a compound god, and three
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Early Gaelic Book Collections > Blair Collection > History of the Celtic language > (19) |
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Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/76178818 |
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Description | A selection of books from a collection of more than 500 titles, mostly on religious and literary topics. Also includes some material dealing with other Celtic languages and societies. Collection created towards the end of the 19th century by Lady Evelyn Stewart Murray. |
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Description | Selected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history. |
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