Mythology & Folklore

Spell of the Eye III

by Anonymous (Scottish Gaelic) traditional; collected in the Highlands and Islands 1855–1899

Translated by Alexander Carmichael (1900) · From Carmina Gadelica, vol. II (1900): Incantations

Mythology & Folklore

The spell the great white Mary sent
To Bride the lovely fair,
For sea, for land, for water, and for withering glance.
For teeth of wolf, for testicle of wolf
Whoso laid on thee the eye,
May it oppress himself.
May it oppress his house,
May it oppress his flocks.

Let me subdue the eye.
Let me avert the eye.
The three complete tongues of fulness.
In the arteries of the heart,
In the vitals of the navel.
From the bosom of Father,
From the bosom of Son,
From the bosom of Holy Spirit.

MLA

Anonymous (Scottish Gaelic). “Spell of the Eye III.” Translated by Alexander Carmichael. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-scottish-gaelic/161/.

Chicago

Anonymous (Scottish Gaelic). “Spell of the Eye III.” Translated by Alexander Carmichael. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-scottish-gaelic/161/.

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