Ossian: Warrior Poet

Dramatic tales of loyalty, love, and war. These are the songs of those who came before us.

The bard Ossian recounts the life of Fingal, a warrior chief among chiefs in 3rd century Scotland. These are the sagas of Scotland’s ancient past: tales of battles, of unrequited love, betrayal, tragic loss and glorious victory.

James Macpherson first published his Poems of Ossian in the late 1700s, collecting fragments of oral storytelling, folklore and deep cultural memory that survived in the Gaelic tongue.

Eileen Budd's new illustrated edition rekindles these stories for a new generation.