Aiken Drum
The name *Aiken Drum’ is best known in the Scottish nursery rhyme: There cam’ a man to oor toun, To oor toun, to oor toun.…
Category: Scottish Mythology
Bogle
The bogle is a mischievous spirit who likes to perplex, bewilder, and frighten people rather than to hurt them. One bogle is Shellycoat, a spirit…
Cait Sìth
Cait Sìth : Fairy Cat of Scotland. Etymology: Gaelic, “fairy cat .” Variant names: Big ears, Cat sìth, Cath paluc. Physical description: Size of a…
Big Grey Man
Big Grey Man : Paranormal Entity of Scotland, similar to a True Giant hominid. Variant names: Fear liath mór, Ferla mór, Ferlas mhór, Ferlie more,…
Cù Sìth
Cù Sìth : Black Dog of Scotland. Etymology: Gaelic, “fairy dog.” Physical description: Size of a yearling bullock. Usually dark green, sometimes white. Shaggy. Paws…
Seelie court and Unseelie court
In Scottish folklore, the seelie court and unseelie court are the two groups of the fairy folk. The seelie is good and the unseelie is…
Caointeach
Caointeach – The Keener The Caointeach of the Western Highlands is a Scottish equivalent of Ireland’s Banshee. She is attached to a clan who comes…
Glaistig
Glaistig – The Green Lady The Glaistig may be a Highland Fairy or a once-mortal woman who has joined them. Her name literally means “water…
Nicnevin
NICNEVIN – THE BONE MOTHER Nicnevin, Scottish witch goddess, can transform water into rocks and sea into dry land. Her name is believed to derive…
Washers at the Ford
Washers at the Ford ORIGIN: British Isles The Washers at the Ford are death spirits, harbingers of doom, now often classified among the Sidhe. Their…