Category: Scottish Myths
Morag of Loch Morar Sightings Discovered
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have discovered accounts dating back more than one hundred years of Morag of Loch Morar. The descriptions paint a conflicting view of the monster, who is reputed to inhabit the Loch in the remote Lochaber area of the Highlands. One account describes her as a mermaid-like creature with flowing [...]
The Legend of Twinlaw Cairns
This weekend I visited my friends in the countryside, as I had heard there was going to be snow. Being from a semi-tropical climate, snow is still quite a big deal for me, so I jumped at the chance of getting even a tiny bit of white gold. We set out for a walk on [...]
The Benbecula Mermaid.
While touring recently around the islands of the Outer Hebrides we came upon this strange story. In 1830 people were busy cutting seaweed at Sgeir na Duchadh near Grimnis on the west coat of the island of Benbecula. One woman spotted a creature several yards out in the water. The creature looked like a woman in [...]
St Brigid’s Cross on Arran
While traveling around Arran we visited Lamlash, a very pretty seaside village on the east coast of the island. Outside their parish church stands an unusual carved cross. The weathered carving shows Christ emerging from a chalice as at a mass, with kneeling devotee below. The reverse is a cross decorated with foliage. We found [...]
The Cannibal Earl of Drumlanrig
While sitting on the steps outside Edinburgh’s ‘Dynamic Earth’ visitor attraction the other day our family were admiring the view over to the Scottish Parliament building. My wife pointed to the older whitewashed building that nestles in the heart of the new parliament complex and asked me if that was part of the parliament too. [...]
Clach na Bratach
The Clach na Bratach is considered to be the most precious relic of the Clan Robertson. It is a rock crystal charm stone and was unearthed when the chief’s standard pole was pulled from the ground while on the march to Bannockburn. Since then the stone has been carried into battle by every Robertson chief. [...]
The Witches of Logie
This weekend we have been staying at the lovely Witches Craig campsite, just a stones throw (well maybe a few throws) away from The Wallace Monument at Abbey Craig. Next to the campsite are the remains of old Logie Church, a place with a sinister past! A church was first dedicated in this ancient parish [...]
The Scottish Bodach
A Bodach is a mythical spirit or creature, rather like the bogeyman. The word is a Scottish Gaelic term for “old man”. Historically its meaning is “mature person”, from bod “penis” and the suffix -ach, literally “someone who has a penis”. The bodach was said to slip down the chimney and steal or terrorize little [...]
Evil Laird Pringle and the Haunting of Buckholm Tower
One evening in the 1680s, as the light was starting to fade and the colour of day drained away turning eveything to grey an ominous dark character can be seen striding over Ladhope Moor with two large dogs. He is seeking covenanters whom he is sure are holiding an assembly meeting somewhere nearby. His shiny [...]
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