General Information: Selkies are mythological creatures from Scottish folklore, especially connected with Orkney and Shetland. The word comes from Scots, meaning “seal”, but over time it has come to describe shapeshifting seal-people who can step between the sea and...
General Information: The Sea Mither is a benevolent spirit of Orcadian folklore. She is associated with the summer months when she calms the sea, warms the waters and protects seafarers from demonic forces. Every year, she is locked in a seasonal struggle with her...
Cardhu Distillery is just one of over fifty found in Moray. Many of Moray’s distilleries have their origins in illicit stills. Cardhu is no exception, but could it be a faerie-blessed whisky? The tale begins on Moray’s old Manoch road. The Mannoch (Monk’s) Road, an...
General Information: A hill giant of Aberdeenshire tradition, associated with Bennachie, a landmark hill rising over 1,700 feet. He is remembered as both a guardian and a rival, sometimes kindly, sometimes destructive, deeply tied to the shaping of the landscape....
Name pronunciation: Voo-a (Scottish Gaelic: [fuə]) Plural: Fuathan General Information: The Fuath is a class of malevolent spirits in Highland folklore, known to haunt rivers, lochs, and the sea. They are most feared as the embodiment of hatred (their name means hate...
Name pronunciation: DOHN-ull Mohr Bat an TEE-en General Information: Domhnull Mor is known as the King of the Faeries in Rothiemurchus. His realm centres on Loch Morlich in Glen More. Stories describe him as a powerful faerie ruler and a fierce guardian of the land....