Scottish Myths & Legends

Scotland draws her myths and legends from a rich and diverse legacy of powerful cultural influences. Kept alive over centuries in their ancient vernacular by an exceptionally strong oral tradition, they retain their spell-binding qualities when translated into the written word.

Gripping Tales of evil wrought by malignant supernatural beings, heart-warming stories of good deeds done by more well-meaning other-worldly creatures, Amazing accounts of epic struggles and bitter conflicts from the truly heroic to the downright grisly, and disturbing glimpses of low cunning and treachery relieved by whimsical anecdotes full of wry humour. Brought together in this volume is a wide-ranging gallery of creatures outlandish and bizarre, witches, monsters and mermaids, brownies and bogles to hags and hunters, kings and kelpies - whose stories will haunt and horrify, ensnare enchant modern readers of all ages, 

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