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Scottish Mythology:     more books (100)

Abundance of Witches: The Great Scottish Witch-Hunt by P. G. Maxwell-Stuart, 2005-05-01 Scottish Customs: From The Cradle To The Grave by Margaret Bennett, 2005-03-30 Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales (Classic Reprint) by Sir George Brisbane Douglas, 2010-03-16 Western Scottish Folklore & Superstitions by James Napier, 2008-11-30 Scottish Folk and Fairy Tales (Penguin Popular Classics) The Mythology of Imperialism: A Revolutionary Critique of British Literature and Society in the Modern Age by Jonah Raskin, Bruce Robbins, 2009-08-01 Strange Scottish Stories (Ghost) by William Owen, 1993-05 Folklore of the Scottish Highlands by Anne Ross, 2000-11-01 Scottish Witchcraft & Magick: The Craft of the Picts by Raymond Buckland, 2005-11-08 A Source-book of Scottish Witchcraft by Christina Larner, Christopher Hyde Lee, et all 2005-04-27 The Line from Here to There: A Storyteller's Scottish West Texas by Rosanna T. Herndon, 2008-05-20 A Private Mythology: The Manuscripts and Plays of John Whiting by Gabrielle Robinson, 1988-12 Elizabethan Mythologies: Studies in Poetry, Drama and Music (Volume 0) by Robin Headlam Wells, 2006-12-14 Scottish Ballads (Canongate Classics)

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61. The Scottish Gallery - Paul Reid - New Work
    In this, the artist s third major exhibition with the scottish Gallery, he pursues his concern with classical mythology and the narrative genre.  
    http://www.scottish-gallery.co.uk/may03_reid.html
    
    Extractions: Burton's Court, Chelsea Paul Reid was born in Scone, near Perth in 1975. He graduated from Dundee College of Art in 1998. Having attracted much critical interest from his college days his work has been included in Edward Lucie-Smith's recent book Art Tomorrow and is held in the prestigious Fleming Collection. Apollo and Pan, 2002/3 oil on canvas, 122 x 137 cms In this, the artist's third major exhibition with the Scottish Gallery, he pursues his concern with classical mythology and the narrative genre. Climaxing in the large, complex figure painting Apollo and Pan, this powerful show includes the numerous detailed oil studies as well as the figure and landscape drawings which lie behind the final ambitious composition. The sum is a fascinating insight into the workings of a young modern artist who has whole-heartedly applied his contemporary vision to the methods and rigours of the classical tradition in painting. Pan Study - drawing, 2002/3

62. Gathering Of The Clans - Devoted To All Things Scottish
    survival. Although it is mainly associated with Oak trees in Celtic mythology, the European variety grows on deciduous trees. The  
    http://www.tartans.com/modules.php.srl.op modload,name EZCMS,file index,menu 1,p

63. Celtic Attic: Celts Facts And Fiction
    survived in Brittany (in western France), Wales, the scottish Highlands, and Celtic mythology, which included earth gods, various woodland spirits, and sun  
    http://www.celticattic.com/contact_us/the_celts/celts_facts_and_fiction.htm
    
    Extractions: Celtic Attic Celts facts and fiction We have many wonderful links that were just added! 7 Celtic Nations Celts, a people who dominated much of western and central Europe in the 1st millennium BC, giving their language, customs, and religion to the other peoples of that area. The earliest archaeological evidence associated with the Celts places them in what is now France and western Germany in the late Bronze Age, around 1200 BC. In the early Iron Age, they are associated with the Hallstatt culture (8th century to 6th century BC, named for an archaeological site in what is now Ober,sterreich (Upper Austria). They probably began to settle in the British Isles during this period. Between the 5th and 1st centuries BC, their influence extended from what is now Spain to the shores of the Black Sea. This later Iron Age phase is called La T'ne, after a site in Switzerland. The word Celt is derived from Keltoi, the name given to these people by Herodotus and other Greek writers. To the Romans, the Continental Celts were known as Galli, or Gauls; those in the British Isles were called Britanni. In the 4th century BC , the Celts invaded the Greco-Roman world, conquering northern Italy, Macedonia, and Thessaly. They plundered Rome in 390, sacked Delphi in 279, and penetrated Asia Minor, where they were known as Galatians. The Cisalpine Gauls of northern Italy were conquered by the Romans in the 2nd century BC; Transalpine Gaul (modern France and the Rhineland) was subdued by Julius Caesar in the 1st century BC, and most of Britain came under Roman rule in the 1st century AD.

64. A-list Message, [A-List] Scotland: The Mythology Of Highlandism
    scottish identity is a myth to protect the British Empire Historian s shock claim on birth of tartanry By Torcuil Crichton The Sunday Herald, 12 October 2003  
    http://archives.econ.utah.edu/archives/a-list/2003w41/msg00013.htm

65. Celtic Universe -- Scottish Wonder Tales From Myth And Legend
    mythology scottish Wonder Tales From Myth And Legend. Author Donald Mackenzie Publisher Dover Pages 224. Click on Author s name  
    http://www.celticuniverse.com/~celtic/cgi-bin/cart.cgi/0486296776.html

66. Myth, Migration And The Making Of Memory
    Notes from Eastern Canada scottish Immigration to the Maritime Provinces in more” A Critical Examination of Highland Emigration mythology Michael Kennedy.  
    http://www.stmarys.ca/administration/gorsebrook/publications/harpervance.htm
    
    Extractions: Myth, Migration and the Making of Memory: Scotia and Nova Scotia c .1700-1990. (Published for the Gorsebrook Research Institute for Atlantic Canada Studies by Fernwood Publishing and John Donald Publishers Limited 1999). Edited by Marjory Harper and Michael E. Vance. The essays in this volume, which are drawn from a wide range of disciplines, challenge us to consider critically the commonly held assumption that Nova Scotia is essentially Scottish in character. They do so by exploring the origin of the mythic understanding of the link between Scotland and Nova Scotia, by expanding the examination of Scottish influences from the customary focus on Highland migrants to also include mercantile, philanthropic and professional transatlantic connections, and by studying how the memory of the links between the sending and receiving societies has been maintained in the oral and literary traditions. Rather than denying the legitimacy of popular perceptions, this collection points to the varied and complex transatlantic relationship that has existed between Scotland and Nova Scotia and provides the foundation for a broader, more sophisticated, approach to this rich subject. Contents Introduction Myth, Migration and the Making of Memory: An Introduction - Marjory Harper and Michael E. Vance

67. Celtic Charms Celtic Jewelry
    In Celtic mythology, the mare is associated with the Goddess Epona. Celtic Goddesses AIFE Irish, scottish, Also spelled Aoife.  
    http://www.silverenchantments.com/celtic-jewelry-knots-silver-charms-druid.html

68. Spinning In Myths And Folktales
    1990. Whipperty Stoury scottish Fairy Tales. The Bear with One Leg Heroes Monsters and Other Worlds from Russian mythology. Elizabeth Warner.Peter Lowe.  
    http://www.thorshof.org/spinmyth.htm
    
    Extractions: Spinning is the art of transforming loose fibres such as wool and flax into thread. This is done by pulling out the fibres to the required width and introducing twist to fix and strengthen them. The ancient tools of the spinner were the distaff and the spindle. The distaff was a long staff to which the fibres were tied to keep them untangled. The spindle was a short shaft weighted with a stone whorl which was used like a suspended spinning top to provide momentum and the downward pull of gravity for the work. These same implements were the spinner's only tools until the late fourteenth century when early spinning wheels were developed. Because first wheels were large, inefficient, expensive and unpopular the spindle remained in common use until the eighteenth century. Foremost among the mythological spinners is the ancient German goddess Holda whose cult has persevered through fifteen centuries of Christianity. She is given many roles, control of the weather, giver of fertility, protector of unborn children, but foremost she is the patron of spinners. She travels through the land checking on spinners' handiwork, the industrious are rewarded and the idle punished. The most interesting account of Holda was collected by the brothers Grimm, the fairy tale 'Frau Holda'. A mother had two daughters, the eldest was spoilt and idle, the youngest unloved and overworked. The youngest daughter sat outside the cottage and span by the well every day. On one occasion she cut her hand on the point of the spindle. She dipped it into the well to wash it but the spindle fell from her hand and sank out of sight. Knowing her punishment for losing her mother's spindle would be severe the girl leapt into the well to end her miserable life. Instead of oblivion she finds herself in the land of Holda were she stays as Holda's housemaid for several weeks. Holda is impressed by the girls kindness and industry and sends her back to her family loaded with gold. The girls' mother sends the eldest daughter to get more gold from Holda. Copying her sister she bloodies a spindle and leaps into the well. The eldest daughter cannot hide her true nature for long and Holda is exasperated by her idleness. Eventually Holda sends her home covered in soot.

69. Elysian Astrology & New Age Shop Mythology And Folklore Books
    with stories of gods and goddesses, ancient legends, popular myths, infamous murderers scottish Traditional Tales Alan Bruford All over the world traditional  
    http://www.elysian.co.uk/acatalog/Mythology_and_Folklore_Books.html

70. Photographs Of The English And Scottish Landscape
    English and scottish Sites. gatepost. Holed stones are known throughout Celtic mythology as cursing stones and sighting stones.  
    http://merganser.math.gvsu.edu/myth/english-gal.html
    
    Extractions: One of the largest prehistoric henges in Britain, construction began on the Avebury complex in approximately 2600 B.C. The complex in Wiltshire, England consists of the Avebury stone circle, monuments at Windmill Hill and the Sanctuary, West Kennett Long Barrow, Silbury Hill and West Kennett Avenue. Covering 28 acres, the Avebury Circle is surrounded by a bank and ditch which is approximately 30 feet in depth. During the medieval period misled Christians undertook the destruction of the site by burying and burning the great sarsen stones. Later inhabitants of the growing village within the circle tore down and broke more stones for use as building materials. Restoration on the site began in the 1930's and the monuments of the Avebury complex are now designated a World Heritage site.

71. Mostly Medieval: Beasties: Fabulous Beasts In Myth And Legend
    B. Banshee A spirit of Irish and scottish legend, sometimes known in Scotland as Bargvest Spirit of Celtic mythology usually appearing in the form of an animal  
    http://skell.org/explore/mythad.htm
    
    Extractions: /*********************************************** * Encrypt Email script- Please keep notice intact. * Tool URL: http://www.dynamicdrive.com/emailriddler/ * **********************************************/ var emailarray8986= new Array(83,75,69,76,76,100,111,116,79,82,71,64,97,111,108,46,99,111,109) var postemail8986='' for (i=0;i A B C D E-G ... N-Z B Banshee: A spirit of Irish and Scottish legend, sometimes known in Scotland as the Little Washer of Sorrow. She has only one nostril, a large projecting front tooth, long flowing hair, webbed feet and red eyes. She spends her life by the river where she can be heard constantly wailing, while washing the clothes of a man doomed to die. If she is captured while washing in the river she must reveal the name of the man destined to die, and then grant three wishes. In Scotland the banshee/banshi had a tendency to marry mortals. Baobhan Sith: An evil spirit found in isolated parts of Scotland. There was a tribe of these spirits which sometimes appeared as hooded crows, but more commonly they were seen as beautiful girls with long trailing green dresses which hid their deer's hooves. They lured young men into their presence and then sucked their blood. One example of their evil ways is related in a Ross-shire tale: four men out hunting were entertained by four baobhan siths; only one realized the danger in time and escaped to tell the tale.

72. TWD -- Mythology And Folklore
    a wellknown scottish story. JACK THE GIANT-KILLER by Charles de Lint (recently reprinted in JACK OF KINROWAN), takes elements from Celtic mythology and spins  
    http://my.erinet.com/~jwoolf/myth.html
    
    Extractions: Forget what the cynics tell you; the real oldest profession in human society is storytelling. From time immemorial humans have been talespinners. Their ancient art is preserved today in the types of stories called mythology, folktales, and fairy tales. These are stories that have stood the test of time, and usually for very good reason. They tend to touch something very basic to our psyche. It can be hard to tell where one type ends and another begins; at the fringes, they sort of shade into one another. Mythology is usually used to refer to ancient religious stories, tales of gods and demons. BULFINCH'S MYTHOLOGY is a classic reference work on mythology. Written by Professor Thomas Bulfinch in the mid-1800s, it remains one of the best sources for Greek, Roman, Norse, and European myths and legends. I have several other books that cover other mythologies from around the world: AFRICAN MYTHOLOGY

73. Probert Encyclopaedia: Celtic Mythology
    It originated in the scottish highlands. TARANIS. In Druid mythology, Taranis is the god of the wheel, associated with forces of change. YULETIDE.  
    http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/D3.HTM
    
    Extractions: Browse: General Information Actors People Gazetteer ... Dictionary (Translations provided by freetranslation.com In Celtic mythology, Amaethon was a son of Don and god of agriculture In druidry an tigh geatha refers to the outer order. In British mythology, Andraste is a warrior goddess. She was invoked by Queen Boudicca when she revolted against the Roman invaders. In Irish mythology, Angus Og is the god of love and beauty In British mythology, annwn is the otherworld. In Celtic mythology Arduina is the goddess of woodlands , wild life, the hunt and the moon ; Guardian and Eponym of the Ardennes Forest See " Nuada In Welsh Celtic mythology, Arianrhod or Arianrod (Silver-Wheel or Silver- Circle) was the virgin white goddess of birth, initiation, death and rebirth. She Who turns the circle of heaven. She was a sister and wife of Gwydion See " Arianrhod Avalon is the place where King Arthur is said to have gone after

74. Web Rings
    Ring Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, mythology Next Site This Fairy Tales, Folk Tales and mythology site is owned by scottish Heritage in Scotland and in New  
    http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Heritage/FSCNS/Scots_NS/Mission/Web_Rings.html

75. Book Shops In Wigtown, Scotland's National Book Town.
    uk. Specialising in second hand books on folklore and mythology, scottish books, theatre, film and TV. Also a small general stock.  
    http://www.wigtown-booktown.co.uk/bookshop_info.asp?businessID=10

76. Classical Music - Andante - Braving The Labyrinth: Scottish Opera, Despite Its P
    scottish Opera for All aims to break down those preconceptions by demystifying the every aspect of the story, from the geography, history and mythology to its  
    http://www.andante.com/article/article.cfm?id=23743

77. Shape-Shifters: Art Inspired By Animal-Human Transformation Myths — Autumn
    Cernunnos, the lord of animals in Celtic mythology, wore the shape of a stag A similar tale is told in the scottish ballad Twa Magicians one magician (female  
    http://www.endicott-studio.com/jMA03Autumn/gshifters.html
    
    Extractions: TEXT BY Terri Windling The Shaman of Peace, by Bill Worrell These stories compare with countless tales to be found in cultures around the globe, and give us a glimpse into actual shamanistic practices of old (recorded by such scholars as Frazer, Campbell, and Eliades). Shamanism, according to Mircea Eliades (in his classic study Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy ...is a religious phenomenon characteristic of Siberian and Ural-Altaic peoples; the word shaman itself is of Tungus origin. But shamanism must not be considered as limited to those countries. It is encountered, for example, in southeast Asia, Oceania, and among many South and North American aboriginal tribes. ...A shaman [Eliades continues in Man, Myth and Magic, #91] is recognized as such only after having received two kinds of instruction. The first is ecstatic (for example, dreams, visions, trances); the second is traditional (shamanic techniques, names and functions of spirits, mythology and genealogy of the clan, secret language). The role of shaman varies from culture to culture, but generally he or she is a sacred figure, a healer, prophet, and/or magician, whose powers awaken after an arduous process of initiation. Like Merlin or Suibhne, initiates may endure a long period of madness and deprivation, journeying into wilderness and living an elemental existence; or they might undergo a mystic death and resurrection, returning to the world with new flesh, blood, and bones as well as new knowledge.

78. Trees For Life - Mythology And Folklore Of The Elder
    and rowan, the elder had strong associations with Faery and Goddess-centred mythology. The elder is not a common tree across the scottish Highlands, being  
    http://www.treesforlife.org.uk/tfl.mythelder.html
    
    Extractions: As everyone knows (or ought to know), the Faery Folk love music and merrymaking, and best of all they like the music from instruments made of elder wood. Wood from the elder tree lends itself well to the making of whistles, pipes, chanters and other musical instruments, as the branches contain a soft pithy core which is easily removed to create hollow pipes of a pale, hard, easily-polished wood. (Some of elder's many vernacular names include bour- or boretree). The most auspicious time to encounter faeries was under an elder bush on Midsummer's Eve, when the Faery King and Queen and their train could be seen passing. There are many references in folklore advising against sleeping under an elder and it has been suspected that the strong smell of elder leaves may have mildly narcotic influences. The name elder may have been derived from Hylde-Moer the Scandinavian matriarchal tree spirit and deity associated with the elder, whose indwelling spirit was said to be the basis of the protective qualities of 'Mother Elder'. It has also been suggested that the name may derive from the Anglo-Saxon Aeld, meaning fire, possibly referring to the pithy core of the wood which was used as tinder, or the hollowed out branches used in bellows. Certainly the wood itself makes a poor fuel, and the structure of the wood and its sap makes it scream and spit whilst burning. The belief that it was the Devil spitting from the heat of the fire further reinforced the taboo against burning the wood.

79. Bluestone Design - Scottish Celtic Design Company- Links Page 5
    We ve done our best to touch on all areas of scottish culture with a Druid, my loves are nature, stone circles and other sacred sites, mythology, herbs, poetry  
    http://www.joeporter.saltire.org/bluestone/links5.htm
    
    Extractions: If you have a similar site and would like to exchange links please contact webmaster. If you would like to use one of our link banners, please click here. More Sites of Interest Irelandlink.to IRELANDLINK.TO YOUR GUIDE TO IRELAND YOUR LINK TO THE IRISH WEB Mann Cybrarian's Home Page Mann Cybrarian was established on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada in mid-1996. Company's title is a combination of the Executive Designer's grandfather's Scottish surname, and the 21st Century acronym for 'librarian'. Business specializes in ad design (brochures, flyers, newsletters, tent-fold cards) for discerning realtors. As a 'specialty side-line', Mann Cybrarian also offers both local Vancouver Island, B.C., and pre-20th Century Scottish ancestry research. Ayrshire, Angus/Forfarshire, and Perthshire Counties given preference. Cynscribe Calligraphy Compilation of over 800 Links,by Category. The Mad Stencilist Stencils offer detailed and easily reproduced designs to hobbyists or professionals, or anyone with a need to paint. They are an inexpensive way to liven up home or office, and even the beginner can achieve beautiful results. Strathclyde Scottish Imports We're a small business dedicated to offering a unique, high-quality assortment of traditional and contemporary Scottish gifts over the Internet.

80. SCONE: Scottish Collections Network
    Return to SCONE homepage, Subject strengths Subjects in Religion Religions. mythology. Celtic religion and mythology. Classical religion and mythology.  
    http://scone.strath.ac.uk/service/SCONEService/ConsSubjSel.cfm?uCtgyID=191&uDivn

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