Category: Pre-Christian Belief

Scotland’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them

Mar 4, 2026 | Cailleach, Christianity, Cryptozoology, Faery Rade, Faery Tithe, Giantesses, Giants, Gods and Goddesses, Grin Iron Wife, Kelpie, Loch Ness Monster, Mythical creatures, Myths and Legends, Pre-Christian Belief, Selkie, Trows, Waterhorse

Mythical creatures and spirits were used to explain Scotland’s landscape. Scottish folklore...

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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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