Scottish folklore

Beware the waters of Scotland’s lochs and rivers, for you might encounter the Kelpie! 🐴✨ This legendary shape-shifting water spirit often appears as a majestic horse, luring unsuspecting travelers to climb onto its back. Once mounted, victims are dragged into the watery depths, never to be seen again. Some tales describe Kelpies taking human form, blending into crowds near the water's edge. Mysterious, powerful, and hauntingly beautiful, Kelpies are a warning to respect nature's wild…

Uncover The Legend Of The Bòllachan, A Terrifying Spirit From Scottish Folklore! 🏴‍☠️🌿 Said To Haunt Remote Highlands And Stray Travelers, The Bòllachan Is A Formidable Creature That No One Wishes To Encounter. Dive Into This Dark Scottish Myth!

Scotland’s wealth of captivating myths and legends have been passed down through generations, inspiring both great wonder and deep fear.

Supernatural Creatures in Scottish Folklore …this is a list of them. There are many supernatural creatures to be found in Scottish/Gaelic folklore, Scotland has a rich Culture going back o…

Scottish Folklore - The Cù-sith - Scottish Mythical Creatures. Discover which Scottish legendary monsters and underwater creatures taught children the dangers of the sea, and which mythical creatures acted as a warning to young maidens against meeting with handsome strangers. Grab a copy of the book and hear for yourself the stories of brave adventurers who have come face to face with these fearsome Scottish mythical creatures… and lived to tell their tale.

The Kelpies are one of Scotland's newest but already most iconic sculptures but what inspired them? The malicious kelpies of Scottish folklore, aquatic spirits that most often appeared as horses to lure people into their grasp. Learn all about them here.

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An introduction to some of the most interesting characters and creatures from Scottish folklore and mythology.

In 2013, Document Scotland were approached by Gemma Ovens, at the time a student at the City of Glasgow College, about showing her photographic work on the Skeklers, and skekling tradition from the Shetland Isles, and we felt both that the images Gemma had sent over were so interesting, so strange looking, and also that […]

The Glaistig was portrayed in Scottish mythology as a beautiful woman with the lower body of a goat. She concealed her monstrous appearance beneath a long green dress. The 'Green Maiden' was not a fairy woman like the bean sidhe but an earthly spirit who haunted moors, mountains and glens. Her association with farms and manors suggests she may have been a goddess of fertility, or the guardian spirit of a locality. The offerings of milk, or libations, by farmers were probably remnants of…

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Kelpies have been an important part of Scottish folklore for thousands of years. They were said to lure horse lovers onto the tar like backs and then plunge into nearby streams or ponds to drown their riders. The only way you could control a Kelpie was by taking hold of there bridle

Learn the stories of the mysterious Shellycoat from Scottish Folklore! #Scotland #VisitScotland #ScotlandTravel #ScotlandTrip #ScotlandTour #ScottishHighlands #ScottishFolklore

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A hob is a type of small mythological household spirit found in the north and midlands of England, but especially on the Anglo-Scottish border, according to traditional folklore of those regions. They could live inside the house or outdoors. They are said to work in farmyards and thus could be helpful, however if offended they could become nuisances. A famous hob called the hobthrust lived near Runswick Bay in a hobhole, and was said to be able to cure whooping cough. As well as the brownie…