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Book Synopsis Folklore of the Scottish Highlands by : Anne Ross
Download or read book Folklore of the Scottish Highlands written by Anne Ross and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The folklore of the Scottish Highlands is unique and very much alive. Dr Anne Ross is a Gaelic-speaking scholar and archaeologist who has lived and worked in crofting communities. This has enabled her to collect information at first hand and to assess the veracity of material already published. In this substantially revised edition of a classic work first published 30 years ago, she portrays the beliefs and customs of Scottish Gaelic society, including: seasonal customs deriving from Celtic festivals; the famous waulking songs; the Highland tradition of seers and second sight; omens and taboos, both good and bad; and, chilling experiences of witchcraft and the Evil Eye Rituals associated with birth and death. Having taken her MA, MA Hons and PhD at the University of Edinburgh, Anne Ross became Research Fellow in the School of Scottish Studies, Edinburgh. She then rapidly established herself as one of Britain's leading Celtic scholars. Her seminal work is "Pagan Celtic Britain" and she has also published "Druids - Preachers of Immortality" with Tempus Publishing.
Book Synopsis The Highlands and Their Legends by : Otta F. Swire
Download or read book The Highlands and Their Legends written by Otta F. Swire and published by Edinburgh : Oliver & Boyd. This book was released on 1963 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History, folklore and local myths of Ross, Cromarty and Sutherland counties in Scotland.
Book Synopsis Highland Myths and Legends by : George W. Macpherson
Download or read book Highland Myths and Legends written by George W. Macpherson and published by Luath Storyteller. This book was released on 2004-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of traditional oral stories from Scotland, mainly the Highlands, many never before published. The stories are myths and legends as well as cultural history. They include traditional methods of treating diseases, Druidical customs and rituals, stories of Selkies, shapeshifters, heros, Vikings, faeries, giants and magic.
Download or read book Skye written by Otta F. Swire and published by . This book was released on 2018-09-27 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features tales of monsters who dwell in lakes, of small people who trap humans in earthen mounds where time stands still; of dark, shape- shifting spirits whose cloak of human form is betrayed by the sand and shells which fall from their hair. This work takes us far beyond Christian times to the edge of the Iron Age.
Book Synopsis Haunted Hills by : Stephanie Burt Williams
Download or read book Haunted Hills written by Stephanie Burt Williams and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012-08-07 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of Wicked Charlotte roots out the spirited secrets of two small towns deep in the Appalachian Mountains. When the sun slips behind the trees and shadows lengthen near dusk, the mountains and valleys of Highlands and Cashiers whisper their tales of lost loves, deals gone bad, and ghosts who walk the night. This tourist destination is rich in folklore and legend—from rumors of a magical mountain volcano to the ghost of a white owl. Learn the stories and firsthand accounts of hauntings and the hard to explain. Listen to the voices winding through the hemlocks, or is it just the wind? Includes photos!
Book Synopsis Legend of the Highland Dragon by : Isabel Cooper
Download or read book Legend of the Highland Dragon written by Isabel Cooper and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-12-03 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She wasn't looking to claim the heart of a dragon, but when this bluestocking goes toe-to-toe with a brooding, broken Highland warrior, she'll find just how easy it is for him to make her burn. In Victorian England, gossip is often as precious as gold. But the Highlanders are a more mysterious bunch—and if anyone found out what Stephen MacAlasdair really was, he'd be hunted down, murdered, his clan wiped out. As he's called to London on business, he'll have to be extra vigilant?especially between sunset and the appearance of the first evening star. Mina just wanted to find out more about the arrogant man who showed up in her employer's office. She never thought the stranger would turn into a dragon right in front of her. Or that he'd then offer her an outrageous sum of money to serve as his personal secretary. Working together night and day to track a twisted monster, Mina will come to see a man in love is more powerful and determined than any dragon.
Book Synopsis Caithness: Lore and Legend by : Donald Omand
Download or read book Caithness: Lore and Legend written by Donald Omand and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Historical Tales and Legends of the Highlands by : Alexander Mackenzie
Download or read book Historical Tales and Legends of the Highlands written by Alexander Mackenzie and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Sins of a Highland Devil by : Sue-Ellen Welfonder
Download or read book Sins of a Highland Devil written by Sue-Ellen Welfonder and published by Forever. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book in the Highland Warriors trilogy, in which three heroes make a pact to insure that a rival clan does not take over their Glen of Many Legends. At the same time, three women plot to marry these heroes to insure peace. In SINS OF A HIGHLAND DEVIL, James Cameron is concerned when the King's decree states all three neighboring clans must have a battle to the death in order to lay official claim to the scared Glen of Many Legends. James attempts to make a pact with the heads of the other clans to fight this decree. But he ends up fighting his own fierce desire when coming head-to-head with Lady Catriona of the opposing MacDonald clan, who has her own plan for peace.
Download or read book Scotland written by Claudia Martin and published by . This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Between Culture and Fantasy by : Gillian Gillison
Download or read book Between Culture and Fantasy written by Gillian Gillison and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1993-07 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The myths of the Gimi, a people of the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea, attribute the origin of death and misery to the incestuous desires of the first woman or man, as if one sex or the other were guilty of the very first misdeed. Working for years among the Gimi, speaking their language, anthropologist Gillian Gillison gained rare insight into these myths and their pervasive influence in the organization of social life. Hers is a fascinating account of relations between the sexes and the role of myth in the transition between unconscious fantasy and cultural forms. Gillison shows how the themes expressed in Gimi myths—especially sexual hostility and an obsession with menstrual blood—are dramatized in the elaborate public rituals that accompany marriage, death, and other life crises. The separate myths of Gimi women and men seem to speak to one another, to protest, alter, and enlarge upon myths of the other sex. The sexes cast blame in the veiled imagery of myth and then play out their debate in joint rituals, cooperating in shows of conflict and resolution that leave men undefeated and accord women the greater blame for misfortune.
Book Synopsis The Claiming of the Highlands by : Peter Wacht
Download or read book The Claiming of the Highlands written by Peter Wacht and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Claiming of the Highlands, the seventh book in The Sylvan Chronicles, Thomas Kestrel, Lord of the Highlands, navigates the allies and enemies circling him. Struggling with his feelings for the Princess of Fal Carrach, a woman who betrayed him, he tries to remain focused on driving the reivers from his homeland. And with the power of the Shadow Lord growing, can he find a way to bring the Sylvan Warriors back into the Kingdoms?
Book Synopsis Master of the Highlands by : Sue-Ellen Welfonder
Download or read book Master of the Highlands written by Sue-Ellen Welfonder and published by Forever. This book was released on 2008-12-08 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He was the lord of the land - but a slave to one woman's passion... "A winner. Sensual, adventurous, and glowing with love. Dynamic and unforgettable lead characters. Welfonder never lets her readers down." - Reader to Reader Reviews As punishment for burning his family chapel on the anniversary of his wife's death, Scottish knight Iain Maclean must go on a pilgrimage to an obscure monastery on the far side of Scotland. On his way, he meets Lady Madeline Drummond and becomes her protector.
Book Synopsis Highland Legends by : Sir Thomas Dick Lauder
Download or read book Highland Legends written by Sir Thomas Dick Lauder and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Highlands written by Paul Murton and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2021-08-05 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Murton journeys the length and breadth of the spectacularly beautiful Scottish Highlands. In addition to bringing a fresh eye to popular destinations such as Glencoe, Ben Nevis, Loch Ness and the Cairngorms, he also visits some remote and little-known locations hidden off the beaten track. Throughout his travels, Paul meets a host of modern Highlanders, from caber tossers and gamekeepers to lairds to pipers. With an instinct for the unusual, he uncovers some strange tales, myths and legends along the way: stories of Jacobites, clan warfare, murder and cattle rustling fill each chapter - as well as some hilarious anecdotes based on his extensive personal experience of a place he loves to call home.
Book Synopsis Women of the Highlands by : Katharine Stewart
Download or read book Women of the Highlands written by Katharine Stewart and published by Luath Press Ltd. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Highland Clans by : Alistair Moffat
Download or read book The Highland Clans written by Alistair Moffat and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A brisk and accessible guide to a thousand years of reiving and rivalry in the Highlands.” —The Scotsman The story of the Highland clans of Scotland is famous, the names celebrated, and the deeds heroic. Having clung to ancient traditions of family, loyalty, and valor for centuries, the clans met the beginning of their end at the fateful Battle of Culloden in 1746. Alistair Moffat traces the history of the clans from their Celtic origins to the coming of the Romans; from Somerled the Viking to Robert the Bruce; from the great battles of Bannockburn and Flodden to Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobite Risings; and from the Clearances to the present day. Moffat is an adept guide to the world of the clans, a world dominated by lineage, land, and community. These are stories of great leaders and famous battles, and of an extraordinary people, shaped by the unique traditions and landscape of the Scottish Highlands. It’s a story too about the pain of leaving, with the great emigrations to the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand that began after Culloden. Complete with a clan map and an alphabetical list of the clans of the Scottish Highlands, this is a must for anyone interested in the history of Scotland.
