Highland Superstitions
Title | Highland Superstitions PDF eBook |
Author | Alexander Macgregor |
Publisher | |
Pages | 72 |
Release | 1901 |
Genre | Folklore |
ISBN |
Highland Superstitions and Seers (Folklore History Series)
Title | Highland Superstitions and Seers (Folklore History Series) PDF eBook |
Author | James Cromb |
Publisher | Read Books Ltd |
Pages | 29 |
Release | 2024-05-30 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1528799585 |
The Gael were, as a people, pre-eminently superstitious. They were, in the main, a simple minded race, credulous to the last degree, and in almost every form in which superstition has existed it was to be found among them. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Highland superstitions connected with the Druids [&c.].
Title | Highland superstitions connected with the Druids [&c.]. PDF eBook |
Author | Alexander MacGregor |
Publisher | |
Pages | 80 |
Release | 1901 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Superstitions of the Highlands & Islands of Scotland
Title | Superstitions of the Highlands & Islands of Scotland PDF eBook |
Author | John Gregorson Campbell |
Publisher | |
Pages | 348 |
Release | 1900 |
Genre | Folklore |
ISBN |
Folklore of the Scottish Highlands
Title | Folklore of the Scottish Highlands PDF eBook |
Author | Anne Ross |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780752419046 |
The folklore of the Scottish Highlands is unique and very much alive. Dr Anne Ross is a Gaelic-speaking scholar and archaeologist who has lived and worked in crofting communities. This has enabled her to collect information at first hand and to assess the veracity of material already published. In this substantially revised edition of a classic work first published 30 years ago, she portrays the beliefs and customs of Scottish Gaelic society, including: seasonal customs deriving from Celtic festivals; the famous waulking songs; the Highland tradition of seers and second sight; omens and taboos, both good and bad; and, chilling experiences of witchcraft and the Evil Eye Rituals associated with birth and death. Having taken her MA, MA Hons and PhD at the University of Edinburgh, Anne Ross became Research Fellow in the School of Scottish Studies, Edinburgh. She then rapidly established herself as one of Britain's leading Celtic scholars. Her seminal work is "Pagan Celtic Britain" and she has also published "Druids - Preachers of Immortality" with Tempus Publishing.
Essays on the Superstitions of the Highlanders of Scotland
Title | Essays on the Superstitions of the Highlanders of Scotland PDF eBook |
Author | Anne MacVicar Grant |
Publisher | |
Pages | 690 |
Release | 1811 |
Genre | Highlands (Scotland). |
ISBN |
An Epitome of the Superstitions of the Highlanders of Scotland
Title | An Epitome of the Superstitions of the Highlanders of Scotland PDF eBook |
Author | John Patterson MacLean |
Publisher | |
Pages | 56 |
Release | 1917 |
Genre | Folklore |
ISBN |