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"The Legend" by George Paul Chalmers (ca 1864), illustrating a scene from The Pirate (1821) by Walter Scott Scotland, befitting a...

So the 22nd of January once again comes around. Currently I'm researching for a post on Ossian and the Celtic Revival in Scotland (watch...

Well, if you want to get technical, it isn't for a wee while yet . Mr Stevenson legally waived all rights to 13th of November as his bi...

My heart’s in the Highlands, twa strings on my bow To hunt the fierce haggis, man’s awfu’est foe. And weel may my bairn ha’ a tear ...

I have given these specimens of a particular class of tales which are common enough, as they came to me, because they seem to be fair ...

The Blue Men are found only in the Minch, and chiefly in the strait which lies between the Island of Lewis and the Shant Isles (the c...

The Burach Bhadi , also known as the Wizard's Shackle, lives in the Western isles of Scotland. It is an eel or leech with nine squint...

(With profuse apologies to Edwin Landseer ) In Gaelic Scotland, where deer were and continue to be prevalent, there are indications of ...

Clanronald told us, as an instance of Highland credulity, that a set of his kinsmen - Borradale and others - believing that the fabulo...

When thowes dissolve the snawy hoord An' float the jinglin icy boord Then, water-kelpies haunt the foord By your direction An...

A serpent, whenever encountered, ought to be killed. Otherwise, the encounter will prove an omen of evil. The head should be completely ...

Wouldn't be long until vampires started baring their fangs in BeastieScotInktoberFest. There are a number of bloodsucking horrors in...

... A "FACHAN" is thus described: - "Ugly was the make of the Fachin; there was one hand out of the ridge of his chest,...

Gigelorum. - The Giolcam-daoram , or Gigelorum , is the smallest of all animals. It makes its nest in the mite's ear and that is all...