Tag: Gaelic

Their haggis is our slátur: The Gael-Nordic Ancestors of Icelanders

Description of Icelanders, their heritage and origin, emphasizes the Nordic biological and cultural elements, while few hardly ever mention the Gaelic contribution. In the middle of the 20th century, Iceland was a newly independent nation struggling to come up with an identity as a… Continue Reading “Their haggis is our slátur: The Gael-Nordic Ancestors of Icelanders”

Skoskir þingmenn vilja vernda gelísku

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The Celtic Heritage in Iceland

It is an old dogma that Iceland became fully settled by Nordic people mostly from areas that later became Norway. The language and culture, all bore witness to that heritage. Icelanders were romanticized as the isolated guardians of Nordic heritage and culture, true full-blooded… Continue Reading “The Celtic Heritage in Iceland”