Trows: Shetland’s Trolls and the Dark Magic of the Northern Islands
Shetland is not quite Scotland in the way that the mainland is Scotland. Geographically closer to Bergen than to Edinburgh,
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Uruisg: The Highland Brownie of the Waterfalls and Lonely Places
There is a category of supernatural being in Scottish Gaelic tradition that occupies an uncomfortable middle ground between the helpful
Glaistig: The Grey Woman Who Could Save You or Drain You Dry
Most of the dangerous things in Scottish folklore have the decency to be consistently dangerous. The Kelpie wants to drown
Maighdean Mhara: The Dark Side of Scotland’s Mermaids
She is not the creature you have seen on the side of a coffee cup or painted on the wall
Cailleach Bheur: The Divine Hag Who Shaped the Scottish Landscape
She was old before the mountains were young. That is not a poetic exaggeration. In the mythology of the Scottish
Shellycoat: The Rattling River Bogle of Scottish Folklore
Before you see him, you hear him. A rattling, clattering sound from somewhere along the riverbank, or out in the
Bodach: The Old Man Who Comes in the Night
He does not knock. He does not scratch at the window or rattle the door or announce himself in any
Blue Men of the Minch: The Storm Kelpies Who Challenge Sailors to Their Doom
The stretch of water between the Outer Hebrides and the Scottish mainland is not a sea that forgives mistakes. The
Selkies: The Seal People of Orkney and the Sorrow They Left Behind
There is a particular kind of grief that runs through Selkie stories. Not the sharp, sudden grief of violence or
Finfolk: Orkney’s Dark Shapeshifters of the Sea
The mermaids of popular imagination are gentle things. Beautiful, curious, tragic perhaps, but essentially passive. They sit on rocks and