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Author : Robert Menzies Fergusson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Rampling sketches in the Far north, and Orcadian musings written by Robert Menzies Fergusson and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Menzies Fergusson
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230237398
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (373 download)
Download or read book Rambling Sketches in the Far North, and Orcadian Musings written by Robert Menzies Fergusson and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 edition. Excerpt: ... SKETCH X. The island of South Eonaldshay contained three chapels commemorative of St Columba, at Grymness, Hoxay, and Loch of Burwick. St Ninian was commemorated at Stoose in the same island. The other chapels were St Andrew's at Windwick, Our Lady at Halcro, the Eeuid at Sandwick, St Tola at Widewall, and St Margaret at St Margaret's Hope. Sanday also possessed a chapel dedicated to St Columba. Such dedications all point in the direction of the supposition that Christianity had obtained a footing here at a very early date, previous, indeed, to the arrival of the war galleys of Harald Harfagri. From the many sculptured stones, which have been found, the same conclusion may be legitimately drawn. These bear inscriptions in what it called the Ogham character, which belongs to a very early period. While rambling by the east shore of South Eonaldshay, near St Peter's Church, we found a long oblong stone with a cross sculptured upon it, lying amidst a heap of huge boulders. It is quite probable that this stone may have had an historical connection. The Eev. J. S. W. Irvine, the minister of the parish, thinks that it cannot be a reb'c of great antiquity, bnt may have been at one time a tombstone tablet, and if so, one of a not very elaborate description. It still lies there, an object of attention, but a dumb witness to all the past. In the Church of St Mary, in the south parish there, are several very ancient tombstones, with very curious inscriptions. One or two of these bear old Danish characters, and point to a period, some centuries ago, when Christianity and Christian art had cast a glow of cultured feeling over the rude dwellers in that barren isle. One noticeable feature of most of these islands is that all the churches are built quite...
Author : Robert Menzies Fergusson
Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781358381263
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (812 download)
Download or read book Rambling Sketches in the Far North, and Orcadian Musings written by Robert Menzies Fergusson and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-21 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Lizanne Henderson
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 9781862321908
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (219 download)
Download or read book Scottish Fairy Belief written by Lizanne Henderson and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2001 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authorities told folk what they ought to believe, but what did they really believe? Throughout Scottish history, people have believed in fairies. They were a part of everyday life, as real as the sunrise, and as incontrovertible as the existence of God. While fairy belief was only a fragment of a much larger complex, the implications of studying this belief tradition are potentially vast, revealing some understanding of the worldview of the people of past centuries. This book, the first modern study of the subject, examines the history and nature of fairy belief, the major themes and motifs, the demonising attack upon the tradition, and the attempted reinstatement of the reality of fairies at the end of the seventeenth century, as well as their place in ballads and in Scottish literature.
Author : John T. Kruse
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN 13 : 0738761974
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (387 download)
Download or read book Faery written by John T. Kruse and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2020-03-08 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CONNECT WITH THE GOOD FOLK AND OPEN YOURSELF TO AMAZING POSSIBILITIES This impressive book is both a folkloric resource and guide to living and working with your magical neighbors. Featuring an expansive look at the world of Faery and the history, behavior, and appearance of the Good Folk, Faery provides detailed and practical advice based on local legends and real encounters. John T. Kruse dives deep into the rich cultural traditions of the British Isles, revealing the symbiotic relationship between humans and faeries. Explore the magic, habits, and culture of the Good Folk. Discover the different types of faeries, how to find them, and what precautions you should take when working with them. Respectful and thorough, this book will enrich your life and teach you how to truly feel the presence of the Good Folk. Includes a foreword by faery expert Morgan Daimler.
Author : William Harvey
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Total Pages : 556 pages
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Author : Lizanne Henderson
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137313242
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (373 download)
Download or read book Witchcraft and Folk Belief in the Age of Enlightenment written by Lizanne Henderson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking an interdisciplinary perspective, Witchcraft and Folk Belief in the Age of Enlightenment represents the first in-depth investigation of Scottish witchcraft and witch belief post-1662, the period of supposed decline of such beliefs, an age which has been referred to as the 'long eighteenth century', coinciding with the Scottish Enlightenment. The late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries were undoubtedly a period of transition and redefinition of what constituted the supernatural, at the interface between folk belief and the philosophies of the learned. For the latter the eradication of such beliefs equated with progress and civilization but for others, such as the devout, witch belief was a matter of faith, such that fear and dread of witches and their craft lasted well beyond the era of the major witch-hunts. This study seeks to illuminate the distinctiveness of the Scottish experience, to assess the impact of enlightenment thought upon witch belief, and to understand how these beliefs operated across all levels of Scottish society.
Author : Carole G. Silver
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190286830
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)
Download or read book Strange and Secret Peoples written by Carole G. Silver and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2000-10-12 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teeming with creatures, both real and imagined, this encyclopedic study in cultural history illuminates the hidden web of connections between the Victorian fascination with fairies and their lore and the dominant preoccupations of Victorian culture at large. Carole Silver here draws on sources ranging from the anthropological, folkloric, and occult to the legal, historical, and medical. She is the first to anatomize a world peopled by strange beings who have infiltrated both the literary and visual masterpieces and the minor works of the writers and painters of that era. Examining the period of 1798 to 1923, Strange and Secret Peoples focuses not only on such popular literary figures as Charles Dickens and William Butler Yeats, but on writers as diverse as Thomas Carlyle, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Charlotte Mew; on artists as varied as mad Richard Dadd, Aubrey Beardsley, and Sir Joseph Noel Paton; and on artifacts ranging from fossil skulls to photographs and vases. Silver demonstrates how beautiful and monstrous creatures--fairies and swan maidens, goblins and dwarfs, cretins and changelings, elementals and pygmies--simultaneously peopled the Victorian imagination and inhabited nineteenth-century science and belief. Her book reveals the astonishing complexity and fertility of the Victorian consciousness: its modernity and antiquity, its desire to naturalize the supernatural, its pervasive eroticism fused with sexual anxiety, and its drive for racial and imperial dominion.
Author : Sophia Kingshill
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 140906171X
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)
Download or read book The Lore of Scotland written by Sophia Kingshill and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-08-30 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scotland's rich past and varied landscape have inspired an extraordinary array of legends and beliefs, and in The Lore of Scotland Jennifer Westwood and Sophia Kingshill bring together many of the finest and most intriguing: stories of heroes and bloody feuds, tales of giants, fairies, and witches, and accounts of local customs and traditions. Their range extends right across the country, from the Borders with their haunting ballads, via Glasgow, site of St Mungo's miracles, to the fateful battlefield of Culloden, and finally to the Shetlands, home of the seal-people. More than simply retelling these stories, The Lore of Scotland explores their origins, showing how and when they arose and investigating what basis - if any - they have in historical fact. In the process, it uncovers the events that inspired Shakespeare's Macbeth, probes the claim that Mary King's Close is the most haunted street in Edinburgh, and examines the surprising truth behind the fame of the MacCrimmons, Skye's unsurpassed bagpipers. Moreover, it reveals how generations of Picts, Vikings, Celtic saints and Presbyterian reformers shaped the myriad tales that still circulate, and, from across the country, it gathers together legends of such renowned figures as Sir William Wallace, St Columba, and the great warrior Fingal. The result is a thrilling journey through Scotland's legendary past and an endlessly fascinating account of the traditions and beliefs that play such an important role in its heritage.
Author : Lizanne Henderson
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1788854330
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (888 download)
Download or read book Scottish Fairy Belief written by Lizanne Henderson and published by Birlinn Ltd. This book was released on 2007-02-27 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authorities told folk what they ought to believe, but what did they really believe? Throughout Scottish history, people have believed in fairies. They were a part of everyday life, as real as the sunrise, and as incontrovertible as the existence of God. While fairy belief was only a fragment of a much larger complex, the implications of studying this belief tradition are potentially vast, revealing some understanding of the worldview of the people of past centuries. This book, the first modern study of the subject, examines the history and nature of fairy belief, the major themes and motifs, the demonising attack upon the tradition, and the attempted reinstatement of the reality of fairies at the end of the seventeenth century, as well as their place in ballads and in Scottish literature.
Author : James Walls Cursiter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book List of Books and Pamphlets Relating to Orkney and Shetland, with Notes of Those by Local Authors written by James Walls Cursiter and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Jamieson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 374 pages
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Download or read book Supplement to Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary written by John Jamieson and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Jamieson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.U/5 (183 download)
Download or read book An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language written by John Jamieson and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 644 pages
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Author : Frederick George Aflalo
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 616 pages
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Download or read book The Literary Year-book written by Frederick George Aflalo and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 908 pages
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Author : Boston Public Library
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 420 pages
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Download or read book Bulletin written by Boston Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quarterly accession lists; beginning with Apr. 1893, the bulletin is limited to "subject lists, special bibliographies, and reprints or facsimiles of original documents, prints and manuscripts in the Library," the accessions being recorded in a separate classified list, Jan.-Apr. 1893, a weekly bulletin Apr. 1893-Apr. 1894, as well as a classified list of later accessions in the last number published of the bulletin itself (Jan. 1896)
