Category: Dragons

Scotland’s Dragons: Sea Serpents and Wyrms

Aug 8, 2025 | Angus, Bride, Cailleach, Dragons, Fionn mac Cumhaill, Henge, Michael Scott, Myths and Legends, Neolithic, Picts

When people think of dragons, wyrms aren’t the first thing that generally comes to mind. Rebecca...

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The Dragon’s Hole: Beltane Revelries and Saintly Slayings

Apr 30, 2022 | Beltane, Bride, Cailleach, Dragons, Feasts, Quarter-days, Celebrations and the Celtic Calendar, Myths and Legends, Protestant Reformation

The Dragon’s Hole was said to be the den of a deadly dragon during the 6th Century. The beast...

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The Feast of the Nine Maidens: A Christian Feast or a Pagan Memory

Jun 18, 2020 | Anglo-Saxons, Beltane, Britons, Dal Riatan Scots or Gaels, Dragons, Feasts, Quarter-days, Celebrations and the Celtic Calendar, Imbolc, Myths and Legends, Nine Maidens, Picts

The 18th of June is the Feast Day of the Nine Maidens in Scotland. But who were these women? Did...

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Spooky Scotland’s Guide to the Scotland’s Haunted Highlands and Islands

Mar 29, 2020 | Cailleach, Cryptozoology, Culloden, Curses, Dragons, Ghost and Spirits, Haunted, Haunted Castle, Highland Clearances, Kelpie, Myths and Legends, Scottish Highlands, Seer, Sith (fairies), Skye, The Second Sight, Waterhorse, Witch Hunts and Trials

Perhaps nowhere in the world has as many tales of hauntings as Scotland’s Haunted Highlands....

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Stoor Worm: Orkney’s Dragon

Dec 27, 2018 | Dragons, Myths and Legends, Orkney, Vikings

Does Orkney’s Tale of the Stoorworm have its origins in Viking Folklore? You may never have heard...

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Scottish Myths and Legends

Feb 17, 2018 | Angus, Bodach, Bride, Cailleach, Cryptozoology, Dragons, Fionn mac Cumhaill, Ghost and Spirits, Giants, Gods and Goddesses, Grin Iron Wife, Haunted, Kelpie, Loch Ness Monster, Mythical creatures, Myths and Legends, Nine Maidens, Saint Columba, Sea witch, Selkie, Sith (fairies), Trows, Unicorn, Vampires, Waterhorse

Myths and legends are woven into the very fabric of Scotland’s wild landscapes. I imagine...

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