Legend states that off the shores of Scotland there live the magical selkies. By day they are seals dwelling in the grandeur of their ocean palaces. By night, they shed their seal skins and frolic on the sand as beautiful, lithe humans. Enchantment surrounds them and they have mystical seductive powers over mortals. If a mortal man steals and hides away a selkie skin, she is bound to him and they wed. Selkies are devoted wives and although the couple is happy, the sea will always call to a selkie woman. Eventually she will find her magical seal skin and return to her selkie husband and their home under the waves.
Tha sgeulachd ag innse dhuinn gu bheil roin-dhaoine draoidheil a' comhnaidh a-mach bho chladaichean na h-Albann. Re'n la, tha iad nan roin a' comhnaidh ann am morachd an luchairtean cuain. Re na h-oidhche, bidh iad a' cur dhiubh an seichean roin 's a' mireadh air a' ghainmhich mar luchd-daonna boidheach, seanga. Tha draoidheachd ag iadhadh mu'n timcheall agus tha cumhachdan faidheanta meallaidh aca air daoine basmhor. Ma ghoideas duine seiche ban-roin 's a chuireas air falach i, tha i ceangailte ris agus ni iad posadh. Tha mnathan-roin nan ceiltean gradhach agus, ged a bhios an dithis sona, bidh a' mhuir an comhnaidh a' gairm air a' bhan-roin. Mu dheireadh, lorgaidh i a seiche dhraoidheil agus tillidh i dhan cheile-roin aice agus chun dachaidh aice fo nan tuinn.
In the Scottish sky live the Nimble Men of the White Clan whose robes are as white as the frost, and the Nimble Men of the Yellow Clan, whose robes are a pale shimmering yellow. Their wives, the Merry Maidens, wear colorful gowns in hues of crimson, rose, pale green, sapphire and amethyst. When the land and sea below are in harmony, these Giants hold wonderful ceilidhs with enchanting music and dancing. At the height of the dance, the Nimble Men unleash their energy as they leap about and twirl their ladies around the sky. And when you look up into the night sky and see the Northern Lights, you are witnessing the Merry Dancers at their celebration.
Ann an speuran na h-Albann, tha Fir-Chlis a' Chinnidh Ghil a' comhnaidh, aig am bheil trusgain cho geal ris a' reothadh, agus Fir-Chlis a' Chinnidh Bhuidhe, aig am bheil trusgain bhuidhe-bhana dealrach. Air am mnathan, na Maighdeannan Aighearach, bidh guin dhathach de chro-dhearg, ros, uaine-bhan, gorm na leige, agus de dh' amethyst. Nuair a bhios an talamh agus a' mhuir gu h-iosal reidh le cheile, bidh ceilidhean iongantach aig na Famhairean sin, le ceol is danns' aighearach. Nuair a bhios an danns' as luthoire, bidh na Fir-Chlis a' cur ma sgaoil am brigh aig an aon am 's a bhitheas iad a' leum 's a' ruidhil nam mnathan aca mu'n cuairt an adhair. Agus nuair a sheallas tu air speur na h-oidhche agus a chi thu na Soluis a Tuath, 's ann a tha thu a' faicinn nan Dannsairean Aighearach 's iad subhach. |