Scotland’s Giantesses: Storm Hags, Queens and Goddesses
Scottish Giantesses are formidable! In Scottish mythology, whenever you meet a giant, it is...
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The Caledonian Forest: Dwindling Forest, Dwindling Myths
The Caledonian Forest originated in a fit of jealousy, according to the stories. Once, a beautiful...
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The Winter Solstice: The World’s Oldest Festival
The World’s Oldest Festival occurs at the Winter Solstice. The ancient ones were hunters and spent...
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Turning the Wheel of the Year
The turning of the wheel of the year is something which is always with us. At the summer solstice,...
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Grin Iron Wife: Witch, Ghost or Goddess?
Grin Iron Wife lies waiting. Sometimes she waits on the skerries, sometimes she lurks on cliffs...
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Calanais: The Sun, The Moon, The Goddess and The Stones
Many people visit the Calanais Stones, on the Isle of Lewis at sunrise on the Summer solstice....
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