WONDER TALES FROM SCOTTISH MYTH AND LEGEND - 16 Wonder tales from Scottish Lore and LegendAbela Publishing Ltd, 2018 M08 31 - 241 páginas The myths and legends of Scotland are full of what is called "local colour". They afford us not only glimpses of ancient times and of old habits of thought and life, but also of the country itself at different times of the year. Stories like that of Beira and the Bride of Spring. Because so many old stories were passed on orally by storytellers, with the advent of the industrial revolution printed books became more common and these stories became “lost” as less attended the once popular storytelling sessions. Then in 1870 the UK Education Act undertook to teach all children how to read and the art of storytelling all but died out altogether. However in this volume, Donald Mackenzie has saved 16 of these precious remnants of old Scotland and put them into print for us. The stories in this volume are: The old people believed that somewhere to the West of Scotland, the spirit of Spring had its hiding-place, and they imagined this hiding-place to be a green floating island on which the sun always shone and flowers were always blooming. During the reign of Beira, Queen of Winter, the spirit of Spring, they thought, was always trying to visit Scotland, and they imagined that Beira raised the storms of January and February to prolong her reign by keeping the grass from growing. This volume is sure to keep you enchanted for hours, if only not because of the content, but because of their quality, and will have you and your young wards coming back for more. |
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... never named; they were not even given human attributes. When we study the customs and search through the stories for traces of religious beliefs and practices, we find that there were many ceremonies, some of which still survive. The ...
... never be seen. In Wales one of the names of the fairies is Y Mamau, which means "The Mothers". It may be the fairies represent the ancient group of "Earth Mothers" who caused the grass to grow, the corn seeds to sprout in the earth, the ...
... never depicted by sculptors like the gods and goddesses of ancient Greece. They are not therefore so well known. They would have been entirely forgotten long ago had not the old bards sung songs about them, and the old story-tellers ...
... never know it was near at hand, for oft-times it lay hidden in a twinkling mist. Men have caught glimpses of it from the shore, but while they gazed on its beauties with eyes of wonder, it vanished suddenly from sight by sinking beneath ...
... never seen without her great dun-coloured shawl, which was drawn closely round her shoulders. 3. o BEIRA It is told that in the days. 1 The old Scottish name for a woman's cap. 1Pronounced Foo'ar. The Anglo-Irish rendering is "Fomorian ...
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COMBATS THAT NEVEREND IV THE PRINCESS OF LANDUNDERWAVES | |
NIMBLE MEN BLUE MEN AND GREEN LADIES VI CONALL AND THE THUNDER | |
STORY OF FINLAY AND THE GIANTS | |
HEROES ON THE GREEN ISLE IX A VISION OF THE DEAD X THE STORY OF MICHAEL SCOTT XI IN THE KINGDOM OF SEALS XII STO... | |
THE MAIDOFTHEWAVE | |
EXILES FROM FAIRYLAND | |
FRIENDS AND FOES OF | |
THE LAND OF GREEN MOUNTAINS | |