gncbards; folklore; globalandconnectedbards; storytelling

I have embarked on a quest, to create… “the Global & Connected Bards” I have a series of essays I started writing, that will establish the foundations of global and connected bardistry. (15th c.) from Scottish Gaelic bàrd, from Old Irish bard, from Proto-Celtic *bardos (“bard, poet”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- (“praise”), and reinforced by Latin bardus, borrowed from Celtic. Cognate with Latin grātus (“grateful, pleasant, delightful”), Sanskrit गृणाति (gṛṇāti, “calls, praises”), Old Church Slavonic жрьти (žrĭti, “to sacrifice”).Continue reading “Start of Something Big”