The Scottish Origins of Halloween
Halloween began in the dawn of history as a Celtic harvest festival called Samhain (pronounced...
Read More
Tag: Treacle Scones
Recent Posts
- The Symbols of Scotland
- Haunted Saint Andrews Cathedral: Saint Andrews Cathedral and the Chamber of Corpses: From Friendly Friars to Sinister Spectres
- Saint Andrew: The myth behind the man who became Scotland’s Patron Saint
- The Cailleach Beira (also called Beira, Queen of Winter; Cailleach; Cailleach Bheur; Muilearteach; Mala Liath; Gyre Carlin; the Bone Mother)
- Scotland’s Giantesses: Storm Hags, Queens and Goddesses
Tags
Battle of Culloden
Beither
Brìde
Cailleach
Cairngorms
Carlin
Christmas
Culloden
dragon
Edinburgh Castle
Faeries
Fairies
Ghost
Halloween
Haunted
Isobel Gowdie
Jacobite
James VI
Kelpie
Mary Queen of Scots
medieval
Mythical Creature
Nine Maidens
Orkney
Picts
Reformation
Robert Burns
Robert the Bruce
Samhain
Scottish Highlands
Scottish Mythical Creatures
Scottish Wars of Independence
Scottish witch trials
Selkie
Shetland
Sith
Speyside
The Cailleach
Viking
Vikings
wheel of the Year
Winter Solstice
Witch
Witch Hunt
Witch trial
Archives
- November 2025
- October 2025
- September 2025
- August 2025
- July 2025
- June 2024
- December 2023
- October 2023
- September 2023
- August 2023
- July 2023
- June 2023
- April 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- October 2022
- August 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017