Tag: folklore
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Mermaids: The Sailor’s Doom
“The belief in the mermaid is common. There are many mermaid stories throughout the Isles. I took down several of these, some of which may be mentioned. Colin Campbell, crofter, saw, as he thought, an otter on Barra. The otter was holding and eating a fish, with his eyes closed, after his manner. The man…
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Echtrae Nerai: Adventures of Nera
Cover art by Iren Horrors “On Samain Eve, the night before the 1st of November, or, as it is now called, All Hallows Night, or Hallowe’en, all the fairy hills were thrown wide open; for the Fe-fiada was taken off … for on [the eve of] that day it was impossible to keep them in…
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Folklore and Identity
“A story is telt eye tae eye, mind tae mind, heart to heart.” Scottish proverb I grew up in rural Perthshire hearing a wealth of legends and stories, told by traditional storytellers. Their stories related to landmarks; standing stones; lochs; or rivers. Just like those landmarks the stories were every bit a part of the…