Tag: Viking

The Yules, Trows and a big helping of Superstition- The Old Festive Season in Scotland’s Northern Isles

Dec 23, 2025 | Christmas and Yule, Feasts, Quarter-days, Celebrations and the Celtic Calendar, Orkney, Shetland, Trows, Vikings, Winter Solstice

The Yules was the old festive celebration in Orkney and Shetland. It is derived from the old Norse...

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Winter Solstice: Scottish Megaliths and the World’s Oldest Calendar

Dec 21, 2025 | Calanais, Chambered cairn, Maeshowe, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Orkney, Prehistory, Wheel of the Year, Winter Solstice

The Winter Solstice in Scotland can be a tough time of the year, with barely any daylight hours....

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Stoor Worm: Orkney’s Dragon

Dec 27, 2018 | Dragons, Myths and Legends, Orkney, Vikings

Does Orkney’s Tale of the Stoorworm have its origins in Viking Folklore? You may never have heard...

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The Tale of Maelbrigte the Tooth

Dec 9, 2018 | Anglo-Saxons, Betrayals and Treachery, Britons, Dal Riatan Scots or Gaels, Dark History, Picts, Scottish Highlands, Vikings

In 874 AD Maelbrigte the Tooth appeared from the shadows of Scottish history. Little is recorded...

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