Category: Saint Columba

The River Spey: In Pursuit of a Goddess

Jul 20, 2025 | Cailleach, Gods and Goddesses, Kelpie, Loch Ness Monster, Mythical creatures, Myths and Legends, River Spey, Saint Columba

Annually, the River Spey hosts an opening ceremony at the start of the Salmon Fishing season. The...

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Was Saint Kessog Scotland’s Original Patron Saint?

Mar 10, 2021 | Dal Riatan Scots or Gaels, Feasts, Quarter-days, Celebrations and the Celtic Calendar, Martyrs, Picts, Saint Andrew, Saint Columba

Saint Kessog (also known as MacKessog) is an obscure figure in Scottish history who appears out of...

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St Andrews Cathedral: Skeletons, Skulls and Sarcophagi

Nov 30, 2020 | Cardinal David Beaton, Dal Riatan Scots or Gaels, Ghost and Spirits, Graveyards, Cemeteries and Kirkyards, John Knox, Picts, Protestant Reformation, Robert the Bruce, Saint Andrew, Saint Columba, Scottish Wars of Independence, St Andrews

St Andrews Cathedral is the place to visit if you are interested in stones, bones, and ghostly...

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Saint Columba: The Man, the Myth, the Legend

Jun 9, 2020 | Brechbennach (Relics of Saint Columba), Druids, Iona, Picts, Saint Columba

The Feast Day of Saint Columba is celebrated on the 9th of June, on the anniversary of his death....

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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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