Amergin Glúingel

thumb|Who can tell the ages of the moon? Who can tell the place where the sun rests? Amergin, called Glúingel ('White knees') or Glúnmar ('Big knee') is a bard and judge for the Milesians in the Irish Mythological Cycle. He was appointed Chief Ollam of Ireland by his two brothers, the kings of Ireland. A number of poems attributed to Amergin are part of the Milesian mythology. Quotes I am the wind on the sea;I am the wave of the sea;I am the stag of seven battles;I am the eagle on the rockI am a flash from the sun;I am the most beautiful of plants;I am a strong wild boar;I am a salmon in the water;I am a lake in the plain;I am the word of knowledge;I am the head of the spear in battle;I am the god that puts fire in the head;Who spreads light in the gathering on the hills?Who can tell the ages of the moon?Who can tell the place where the sun rests? "Am gáeth i mmuir", Lebor Gabála Érenn, Book of Leinster, TCD, MS 1339 (olim MS H 2.18), as translated by Augusta, Lady Gregory, Gods and Fighting Men (London: J. Murray, 1904) pt. 1, bk. 3. Other translations: D. H. S. Nicholson & A. H. E. Lee (eds.) The Oxford Book of Mystical Verse (1917) p. 1 · Robert Graves, The White Goddess (1948) p. 216 · R. A. S. Macalister, Lebor Gabála Érenn, pt. 5 (Dublin: Irish Texts Society, 1956) pp. 111–13 · John T. Koch & John Carey, The Celtic Heroic Age, 4th ed. (Aberystwyth, 2003) p. 265 External links Category:Poets from Ireland