Scottish Folklore

A Mortal Champion, The Prince of Death, Entangled in a Deadly Game. Gaining the Power She Craves May Cost Her Everything Magic is a myth in Adamore, but when Caelen Elliston captures an ancient flag she unknowingly makes a deal to enter a dangerous game. Dragged into the treacherous land of the...

Embrace the changing seasons with this beautifully illustrated collection of folkore and myths of The North. From joyous tales of renewal and transformation for Spring, to hushed stories for long Winter nights, each season has a particular spirit which is celebrated in folktales from across the...

Brought to you by Penguin. BEHIND EVERY HERO, THERE'S A HISTORIAN An ambitious young scholar is sent to research the mysteries of an adventurer's inn – only to uncover a centuries-old secret in this heart-warming and poignant fantasy. Mount Vengeance is legendary, a monumental climb with a...

Take a journey through the magickal folk traditions of Scotland. Barbara Meiklejohn-Free, a Scottish hereditary witch, shares her own spiritual awakening into the craft and shows you how to integrate these practices into your own life. Discover the secrets of divination, scrying, faery magick, and communication with ancestors. Explore herb and plant lore and specific rituals to address what you most desire. Filled with inspiring anecdotes, craft history, and step-by-step instructions, this book will help you begin a new chapter of spiritual discovery.

From the bestselling author of Waterstones Scottish Book of the Month The Specimens comes a new historic novel set during the Scottish witch trials filled with confessions and betrayal. Rural Scotland, 1629. Amidst the bogs and oat fields, children are going missing, and others seem to have...

'An immersive and lyrically personal journey through deep-time and modern tides' RAYNOR WINN 'Wondrous, elegant and haunting, Lost to the Sea is a fascinating alternative history of the fractured, flooded and eroded edges of Britain and Ireland' PHILIP HOARE 'Beautiful . . . Woollett paints...

You're never too old to believe . . . After losing her job, boyfriend and flat just a few weeks before Christmas, Ellie Lancaster makes some resolutions: 1. Exact revenge on ex. 2. Be unboring. 3. Find a job. With #1 complete, Ellie manages to tick off #2 and #3 simultaneously by accepting a...

Ashes and Stones is a moving and personal journey, along rugged coasts and through remote villages and modern cities, in search of the traces of those accused of witchcraft in seventeenth-century Scotland. We visit modern memorials, roadside shrines and standing stones, and roam among forests and hedge mazes, folk lore and political fantasies. From fairy hills to forgotten caves, we explore a spellbound landscape.

This is a selection of the myths and legends of Scotland, filled with local color, from Scottish journalist, folklorist, and writer Donald Alexander Mackenzie. These stories offer 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.