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“ernest walker marwick”

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  • The Folklore of Orkney & Shetland

    by Ernest Walker Marwick ...
    This comprehensive volume of folkloric traditions in Scotland's Northern Isles is a treasure trove of stories, history, and cultural legacy.The two island groups of Orkney and Shetland have much in common. In each the grey stone houses and treeless landscapes are scoured in winter by stinging gales, and in summer lie under the endless days of the 'simmer din'.Originally Norwegian, they have been ... Read more

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  • The Anthology of Scottish Folk Tales

    by Folk Tales Folk Tales Authors, History Press UK ...
    This enchanting collection of stories gathers together legends from across Scotland in one special volume. Drawn from The History Press' popular Folk Tales series, herein lies a treasure trove of tales from a wealth of talented storytellers. From the Spaeman's peculiar advice and a laird who is transformed into a frog, to a fugitive hiding in a dark cave and the stoor worm battling with Assipattle ... Read more

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  • Strange Tales of Scotland

    by Jack Strange ...
    Series Book 1 - Jack's Strange Tales
    Strange Tales of Scotland all deal with a particular aspect of Scottish mysteries.You'll learn of the ghost that appeared at the wedding of King Alexander II, and of monsters such as the Shellycoat and Water-horse that were thought to inhabit Scotland's lochs.Another part deals exclusively with Loch Ness, and the strange happenings at that mysterious body of water. Later, we have a look at the odd ... Read more

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  • More Strange Scotland

    by Jack Strange ...
    Series Book 6 - Jack's Strange Tales
    More Strange Scotland is a collection of anecdotes, facts, folklore and legends about the strangeness of that little nation on the western fringe of Europe.From fairies to witches and the frightening water horses, Scotland has a host of legends. Add haunted castles, strange pub names and devilish people to the mix, sprinkle with Aberlour spirits and the mists of Skye and then open the book.If ... Read more

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  • The Silver Bough Volume 1

    Scottish Folklore and Folk-Belief

    by F. Marian McNeill ...
    Series Book 1 - Silver Bough
    The Silver Bough is an indispensable treasury of Scottish culture, universally acknowledged as a classic of literature. The author, F Marian McNeill, succeeded in capturing and bringing to life many traditions and customs of old before they died out or were influenced by the modern era.The Silver Branch of the sacred apple tree, laden with crystal blossoms of golden fruit, is in Celtic mythology ... Read more

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  • The People of the Sea

    Celtic Tales of the Seal-Folk

    by David Thomson ...
    Series Book 8 - Canons
    "Readers will be carried away on successive waves of pleasure [and] irresistible holistic beauty" in this journey to uncover myths of Selchies (Seamus Heaney, from the introduction).When author David Thomson travelled across the coasts of Scotland and Ireland to seek out the legend of the selchies—mythological creatures who transform from seals into humans—a magical world emerged before him. ... Read more

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  • Way of the Wanderers

    The Story of Travellers in Scotland

    by Jess Smith ...
    'Jess reveals a way of life that leaves the reader full of admiration' - Mary HornerScottish Gypsies, known as Travellers or Tinkers, have wandered Scotland's roads and byways for centuries. Their turbulent history is captured in this passionate new book by Jess Smith, the bestselling author of Jessie's Journey and a Traveller herself. Her quest for the truth takes her on a personal journey of ... Read more

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  • The Lore of Scotland

    A guide to Scottish legends

    by Jennifer Beatrice Westwood, Sophia Kingshill ...
    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 ... Read more

    $14.59 USD

  • Scottish Folk and Fairy Tales from Burns to Buchan

    by Gordon Jarvie ...
    Mystery and excitement abound in this lively collection of fairy tales, folklore and legends, which celebrate Scotland's enormously rich oral tradition and offers a carefully chosen combination of old favourites such as Tam Lin, Thomas Rymer and Adam Bell, as well as more modern stories by master story-tellers like Andrew Lang, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and John Buchan. ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

  • Skye

    The Island and Its Legends

    by Otta Swire, Jim Swire ...
    An oral history by "Scotland's forgotten folklorist" whose tale inspired the Neil Gaiman novella The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains ( The Spooky Isles).This is a fabulous treasury of legend and wonder—tales of monsters who dwell in lakes; of small people who trap humans in earthen mounds where time stands still; of dark, shapeshifting spirits whose cloak of human form is betrayed by the ... Read more

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  • Legend of the Celtic Stone

    by Michael Phillips ...
    Series Book 1 - Caledonia
    When a legendary stone is stolen from Westminster Abbey, Great Britain is set astir. Both the IRA and the Scottish nationalists are suspected. Amid the uproar, young politician Andrew Trentham embarks on a personal quest for answers. But the more he learns about his Scottish ancestry, the more questions he has. ... Read more

    $6.29 USD

  • Scottish Traditional Tales

    Edited by Alan Bruford, Donald A. Macdonald ...
    All over the world traditional tales used to be told at the fireseide until their place came to be taken by books, newspapers, radio and television. This is an entertaining collection from Scotland, recorded and collected by researchers from the School of Scottish Studies at Edinburgh University over the past fifty years. Taken from a variety of sources, from the Hebridean Gaelic tradition to ... Read more

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