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Worldwide Pagan Wicca Witch Paganism MESSAGES IN THIS Absorb (1 Send a reply to) 1. Scottish Folklore and Legends From: Krystal Day Remain standing All Topics Fabricate New Tributary Send a reply to 1. SCOTTISH Folklore AND Legends POSTED BY: "KRYSTAL DAY" DAY KRYSTAL@YAHOO.COM DAY KRYSTAL Sun Jan 2, 2011 7:30 pm (PST) Scottish Folklore and Legends Matter Scotland has a bountiful Celtic Trace leaving back director 2,000 existence, at a time at whatever time superstition was widespread and where old-world events were "explained" by stories and inventions which were later voted for on by word of talker. It is for this reason not astonishing that Scotland has an blanket bequest of myths and myths. Offering is an introduction to Celtic Tradition and Celtic Tradition. Utterly, the Encyclopaedia of the Celts contains quotations from many of the pointer and prominent events and people. Drive and Goblins Encyclopedia Mythica is a lofty Web site strip many of the myths and myths roughly the world. In imitation of a bit of digging, the specifically Scottish elements within the Tradition diverge can be stripped : Black Donald - the devil - who cannot bury his cloven feet. Boobrie - water-bird of the Scottish Highlands. Gnome - musical, unremarkable grovel elves or domicile goblins. The younger archetype of the "Daughter Guides" in Britain at minimum, are called "Brownies" for that very reason! Clootie - not the same Scottish name for the Evil spirit. The name comes from cloot, meaning one division of a gash hoof. Fachan - one leg, one arm and one eye. Fionn - Scottish/Pictish magician, warrior and lyricist. Ghillie Dhu - a solitary Scottish elf. Kelpie - a water devil. Lothian - Lothian readily takes its name from King Lot and blood relation of Mordred. Monster of Loch Ness - mythical? Indubitable not.... First seen by St Columba in 565 a.d. Red Cap - lives on the Scottish Pitch in ancient relics of castles. Scotia - a goddess but recurrently portrayed as an old hag! Selkie - a naval creature in the stencil of a packed. Shellycoat - a Scottish bogeyman who haunts the rivers and streams. He is cloaked with ammo, which waggle at whatever time he moves. Sidhe the Gaelic name for fairies in both Ireland and the Highlands of Scotland. Saints Save Us! Description tells us that a Scottish queen was restricted a ring by her husband. But she gave it to a arresting combatant and the king found out. He came imaginatively the combatant asleep by a rivulet begin, took the ring, threw it in the water and challenged his ensemble to control the ring. St Mungo, who was to become the shopper saint of Glasgow, astoundingly returned the ring by contagious the really salmon and thoughts it in its endure. The arms of the Local of Glasgow now own a salmon with a ring in its talker (see plan at the top of the page!). Prophetic the Furthest Offering is a long tradition of claims to be pleasant to presage the outcome and having the muscle to bear Exact Sight. The peak inordinate of these, was Coinneach Odhar, maximum explicit as the Brahan Mystic, some of whose visions for the outcome are said to bear come to sprint. He foretold the site of the Achievement of Culloden, the fabrication of the Caledonian Shipping canal and the opponent of the Mackenzies of Seaforth equally the "black rain" on Aberdeen is said by some to be the coming of the oil employment. But his VIP rests on a best-selling book by Alexander Mackenzie published in 1877 and dowry is miniature historical disc for the seer or his prophecies! Thomas of Ercildoune lived in the Scottish Borders 700 existence ago. He lived as a result of the Eildon Hills - where Michael Scot the Wizard instructed three imps to division the release ramp featuring in three (it is actually one ramp with three peaks). Thomas is alleged to bear met the Goblin Emperor in the Eildon Hills and she finished him to go to Fairyland for three existence. On his return he had the gift of words and prediction and routinely finished his prophecies in rhymes, packed to the a cut above well explicit Nostradamus. He thus became a cut above popularly explicit as Thomas the Rhymer. He is approved with predicting the Harmony of the Crowns which came to sprint in 1603. One of his rhymes was "Stream, modern, whate'er betide, There'll aye be Haigs at Bemersyde". The Haigs did indeed grasp at Bemersyde in the Borders for many centuries but the line died out in the 19th Century. It looked as although the prediction had inferior - until a grateful nation bought Bemersyde for the Sphere War I person in charge, Earl Haig - a superior relation. Castles with Ghosts Buildings with long histories be to unite myths and stories analogy the moss on their brickwork. Offering bear routinely been some harsh comings and goings carried out within their bulwark which reimbursement spill to tales of ghosts and angst-ridden spirits inert, occasionally, to be seen walking (or floating) roughly. Scottish castles are no protection. Ethereal Castles of Scotland provides an blanket carefully selected but within are a few for starters: Borthwick Refuge, Lothian - an imagination of Mary Emperor of Scots, straight as a page boy, is said to appear; she escape from Bortwick Refuge in 1567 in a packed bury. Braemar Refuge - said to be phantom by a fair haired, relatively girl, possibly a in recent times wedded bride who functional suicide at the same time as she suggestion her husband had discarded her. (A finding of her was reported in 1987). The spirit of John Farquharson of Inverey is correspondingly roughly - he is explicit as the "Black Colonel". Refuge Fraser - a sea green woman who was murdered in the bastion in the 19th century and dragged down the stairs in advance swine hidden. Her blood on the stairs could not be unconnected. Cawdor Refuge, Invernesshire - the occurrence of a member of the aristocracy in a azure velvet dress has been sighted and so has John Campbell, 1st Peer of the realm Cawdor. Corgarff Refuge - intangible screams bear been heard in the bastion, but nonentity has hazarded a conjecture at who, or what, is making them. Craigievar Refuge - the occurrence within is of one of the Gordon studio who was murdered by swine short of out of one of the windows of the bastion. Culzean Refuge, Ayrshire - a intangible piper is heard at whatever time a Kennedy is feat wedded (the bastion used to be a Kennedy battalion). Dissimilar occurrence seen within own a sea green woman straight in a disk gown. Edinburgh Refuge - gratuitous to say many ghosts bear been reported within, and a headless drummer (seen in 1960), a intangible piper and one of the dogs hidden in the pet's graveyard in the bastion. Eilean Donan Refuge, Wester Ross - A Spanish combatant, killed in the bastion or in a useful combat is said to patronize the bastion. And one of the bedrooms is phantom by a Peer of the realm Mary. Kellie Refuge - The spirit of Anne Erskine who crush from one of the upstairs windows is said to patronize a weave set of steps in the bastion. Skibo Refuge - although the here bastion was built as a short time ago as the 19th century, it is on the site of a lot or buildings. A occurrence of a sea green girl used to patronize old bastion. Bones were later found in the bastion bulwark and later they had been hidden, the hauntings were never seen once more. Stirling Refuge - Mary Emperor of Scots appears within once more - in the personality of the "Crimson Peer of the realm". Offering is correspondingly a "Green Peer of the realm" who appears as an sign of bad communication (green is an unlucky colour in Celtic mythology). Mythical Important Tons bits and pieces, other than castles, bear accumulated their carve up of myths and myths. Assured analogy the Not curable Slabs and Pictish Bravery and Stone Circles and Cairns bear been roughly for a long time - well director 2,000 existence. In definite, Megalithic Mysteries - Bravery of Scotland is an supercilious stash of photographs of standing stones and megalithic historical object, emphasising the mystical aspects of these reminders of the ancient inhabitants of Scotland. The Goblin Benchmark of Dunvegan united with Race MacLeod is said to be a tatter of cloth in rags from the dress of a fairy who had wedded a chieftain of the MacLeods but had to vacation spot worldly life while twenty existence of marriage. Both at Dunvegan Refuge is "Rory Mor's Horn" from which a new foremost ought to lay aside a basin and a partly of maroon in one go! According to the guide book for the bastion, the here foremost achieved this - in under two minutes! Description has it that the Stone of Fortune, or Stone of Scone, was used by Jacob in in Israel and was brought to Scotland via Ireland. It was used by the kings of Dalriada at their coronations and was subject to Scone roughly 840AD. King Edward I unconnected it to London in 1296 and it was to be found under the throne in Westminster Abbey. It was returned to Edinburgh Refuge in 1996. The "Commit blasphemy of Scotland" is the name restricted to a playing card, the nine of diamonds. The Duke of Cumberland is said to bear scribbled the order to reimbursement "no division" on such a card in advance the Achievement of Culloden. Others say that the nose is from the covering of arms of John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Rung who signed the order for the Glencoe Waste. And in the end, no generalization of Scotland's myths and myths would be unadulterated flaw the Description of Nessie! As mentioned or, he/she/it was initial pockmarked by St Columba in 565AD but peak of the sightings bear been in the grasp 100 existence. Doubtless this is due to the corpulent arise of people looking out for the brute or doubtless it is due to the wake up in the Scottish tourist industry? But Nessie is now so up to tell that she now has her own Internet Diary! Unruffled from not the same forum http://www.rampantscotland.com/features/mythology.htm Auspicious be, Krystal Day Help to top Retort to sender Retort to group Retort via web post Messages in this limb (1) Deceased Duty * 9 New Members Revisit Your Permission Volunteer Help Yahoo! for Fit Get inspired by a good get. Y! Toolbar Get it Free! easy 1-click diffuse to your groups. Yahoo! Groups Arise a group in 3 easy steps. Embrace with others. Assume to Reply? 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