Name pronunciation: LORR-egg General Information: The Loireag is a Highland spirit who oversees every stage of cloth-making. She watches spinning, weaving, washing, and waulking/fulling from start to finish. She is exacting. If people do not follow the proper rituals...
Name pronunciation: “Ghillie Dhu” (GILL-ee DOO). General Information: The Ghillie Dhu is a mythical being from Scottish folklore, a solitary and elusive forest spirit or faerie. He is said to inhabit the dense forests and wild landscapes of the Scottish Highlands,...
General Information: Finfolk are an amphibious people from the folklore of Orkney and Shetland. They move easily between sea and land and live comfortably in both. In stories, Finfolk are powerful sorcerers. They can calm seas for favours or send storms in anger. They...
Name pronunciation: “Earth Hound” (urrth hound). “Yird” rhymes with “heard.” General Information: The Earth Hound is a cryptid from north-east Scotland. It is best known as a burrowing animal said to live in graveyards and eat corpses. While the idea sounds ancient,...
Name pronunciation: BOH-dakh LAV GHER-ig (approximate) General Information: Bodach Lamh Dheirg, the Spectre of the Bloody Hand, is a Highland guardian spirit said to haunt the eastern sands of Loch Morlich in Glenmore, with ties to Rothiemurchus and the Cairngorms....
General Information: The Blue Men of the Minch are water-dwelling spirits said to inhabit the strait between the Isle of Lewis and the Shiant Isles, in the Minch. They are human-sized, strong, and fearsome during storms. They are known for challenging ship captains to...