Category: Peoples

The Picts: The Mystery, the Myth and the Monuments

Dec 18, 2025 | Burghead, Christianity, Dal Riatan Scots or Gaels, Forteviot, Kenneth MacAlpin, Nigg, Peoples, Picts, Portmahomack, Pre-Christian Belief, Rhynie, Rosemarkie, Saint Columba, Scone, Shandwick, Tap o' Noth, Vikings, Well Worship

My first encounter with the Picts came, as a child, when I went to see Sueno’s Stone on the...

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Kenneth MacAlpin: Heroic Unifier of Scotland or Treacherous Destroyer of The Picts?

Sep 28, 2025 | Dal Riatan Scots or Gaels, Kenneth MacAlpin, Picts, Scone

Kenneth MacAlpin, or Cináed mac Ailpín as he was called in his native tongue, sat watching the...

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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 Caledonian Forest: Dwindling Forest, Dwindling Myths

Jul 2, 2025 | Cailleach, Caledonian forest, Curses, Giants, Highland Clearances, Kelpie, Mythical creatures, Picts, Romans, Sith (fairies), Vikings, Waterhorse, Witches

The Caledonian Forest originated in a fit of jealousy, according to the stories. Once, a beautiful...

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MacBeth: The Man, the Myth, the Legend

Aug 15, 2022 | Anglo-Saxons, Betrayals and Treachery, Britons, Curses, Dal Riatan Scots or Gaels, MacBeth, Picts, Scone, Vikings

MacBeth mac Findlay’s heart pounded as sword clashed against sword. The singing swings of the...

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The Slaying of Saint Magnus

Apr 16, 2022 | Betrayals and Treachery, Dark History, Martyrs, Orkney, Protestant Reformation, Saint Magnus, Vikings

Saint Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall, Orkney, is an old building. By 1919, it was in urgent need of...

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