Voices from the Glen

Voices from the Glen

Aisling Morrigán

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Editorial:
Black Bell Books
Año de edición:
2026
Materia
Folclore, mitos y leyendas
ISBN:
9798235722903
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Beneath the hills of the Scottish Highlands, the old stories are still breathing.Voices from the Glen gathers the fairy tales, folk legends, supernatural beings, and ancient beliefs of the Scottish Highlands into one atmospheric and deeply readable volume.Drawing on the great Highland storytelling tradition, this book explores the hidden world of the daoine sith, the people of the fairy mounds, alongside selkies, kelpies, water horses, witches, wise women, giants, revenants, omens, curses, blessings, and the second sight.Inside you will discover:The fairy hills and the strange rules of the people beneath themSelkies, shape-shifters, hare witches, and skin-changersFingal, Cuchullin, Diarmuid, Grainne, and the heroic Gaelic traditionHighland witches, wise women, and the gift or curse of the second sightKelpies, each-uisge, mermaids, sea spirits, and the deep creatures of the lochsGhosts, fetches, glaistigs, revenants, and the restless deadThe Cailleach Bheur, giants, curses, blessings, omens, and endingsThis is a book for readers who love Scottish folklore, Celtic mythology, fairy lore, ghost stories, old beliefs, and the strange supernatural imagination of the Highlands.The hills still hold their silence. The lochs still keep their secrets. And the old voices have not gone quiet.

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