Morag of Loch Morar: Scotland’s Other Lake Monster, and a Far Older Death Omen
Everyone has heard of Loch Ness. Far fewer people have heard of Loch Morar, which is, in its own way,
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Cat Sìth: The Fairy Cat That Steals Souls Before Burial
There is a particular kind of dread that attaches itself to the familiar made strange. A dog that behaves like
The Sìth: Understanding Scotland’s Fairy World and the Rules That Govern It
If you have spent time exploring the folklore on this site, you will have noticed a name recurring in different
The Fuath: The Family of Water Spirits Behind Scotland’s Darkest Folklore
If you have spent any time exploring the water creature tradition of Scottish Highland folklore, you will have noticed a
Sandwood Bay: Scotland’s Most Beautiful and Most Haunted Beach
There are beaches you can drive to, and then there is Sandwood Bay. To reach it you must leave the
The Ghost Piper of Edinburgh Castle: The Boy Who Played His Way Into the Dark
Edinburgh Castle sits on its volcanic rock above the city with the kind of presence that no amount of tourist
Janet Horne: The Last Witch Executed in Scotland
In the summer of 1727, in the small Highland town of Dornoch in Sutherland, a woman was stripped naked, smeared
Caoineag: The Highland Weeper Whose Cry Means Someone Is Already Dead
Most of the supernatural beings in Scottish Highland tradition have a shape. They have a form you might see, even
Thomas the Rhymer: The Man Who Could Not Lie and the Queen Who Made Him That Way
On a slope of the Eildon Hills in the Scottish Borders, on a day in the thirteenth century that the
Mary King’s Close: The Buried Street Beneath Edinburgh That Never Emptied
Beneath the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, under the weight of three centuries of accumulated city, there is a street. It