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Scottish Folk-Lore and Folk Life - Studies in Race, Culture and Tradition
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Scottish Folk-Lore and Folk Life - Studies in Race, Culture and Tradition
Donald Mackenzie
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An intensive study of Scotland's folklore and a detailed evaluation of the characteristic features that brought Celtic lore into prominence.
This volume includes comparative notes and historical summaries of stories of alien intrusions, settlements, and expulsions. First published in 1935, the data presented in this text was gathered from Scottish schools during the recruiting period of the Great War.
Featuring the following chapters:
- The People, Their Origins and History - The Celtic Theory - Intrusions of Aliens - Language and Customs - Swine Cults: Sanctity and Abhorrence of Pig - Giant Lore of Scotland - Ancient Goddess Forms - Fairies and Fairyland - Demons of Land and Water - Festivals and Ceremonies
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Aberdeenshire, pig bones in prehistoric grave, 66.
Aberfeldy, Peallaidh of, 234.
AchƦans, Celts and, 5.
Africa, whirlwind lore of, and the Scottish, 202, 203.
Agamemnon, daughter of, sacrificed to Artemis, 136.
Ainu whirlwind lore, 203.
Alba, Scotland, 39. See Scotland.
Alexander the Great, Celts and Iberians visited, 67.
Alpine (Armenoid) race, 17.
Amber beads, inherited by wife of MacLaren chief, 259.
Anatolia, origin of pork taboo among Galatians, 66.
ā pigs sacred or abominated in, 68 et seq.
Anderson, Dr. A. O., Blue Men, 92 et seq.
Anfred, Anglian prince, father of Pictish king, 33.
Angels, fallen, Aurora Borealis as, 92, 98.
ā ā Blue Men as, 87, 92, 98.
ā ā fairies as, 92, 98, 224.
Angles, Aidan fights against, 12, 13.
ā Battle of Necktansmere, 13.
ā Edwin supplants Ethelfrid, 12, 13.
ā first invasion of Lowlands, 12, 13.
ā mingled with Britons, 19.
ā Oswald and Oswy refugees in Scotland, 13.
ā Prince of, father of Pictish king, 33.
ā second occupation of Lowlands, 13.
Animals, sacred, on Scots sculptured stones, 62.
Annandale, rise of pork trade in, 55.
Annat, early religious settlement, 86.
Annie, Gentle, Cailleach as, 159 et seq.
Annis, Black, English Cailleach, 171.
Anwyl, Prof., grouped Celtic goddesses, 199, 200.
ā ā pig and Celtic Diana, 65.
Aphrodite, Bride and, 193.
Apollo, Egyptian mouse lore and, 78.
ā Lord of Mice, Scottish mouse feast, 75 et seq.
Apollo, mouse feast and, 77.
Apple tree, mouse and, 80.
Arbroath fishersā aversion to swine, 50.
ā hare superstitions, 81.
Argentocoxus, Caledonian leader, wife of, and Roman Empress, 34.
Argyll, Arthurian place-names in, 106.
ā Blue Men and fallen angels, 92.
ā Cailleach story in, 130, 131.
ā Cailleachās bens in, 165.
ā giant lore link with Lancashire, 114.
ā Morvern giant, 109, 110.
ā Scots settle in, 11, 12.
Argyll. See Dal...