The Gaelic Otherworld: John Gregorson Campbell's Superstitions of the Highlands & Islands of Scotland and Witchcraft & Second Sight in the Highlands & Islands

John Gregorson Campbell

Birlinn, 2008 - History - 769 pages

John Gregorson Campbell (1836-91) was one of a number of outstanding folklorists who collected and published the traditions of their native Highlands and Islands during the second half of the nineteenth century and the first few years of the twentieth. In addition to a trail-blazing introduction which places these Highland beliefs firmly in their social context, Ronald Black provides substantial explanatory endnotes and a comprehensive new index, all of which allow The Gaelic Otherworld to take its proper place as a classic of world folklore.

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Wonderful compilation of two works of Scottish folklore from the early 20th century. This book makes a wonderful companion to Alexander Carmichael's "Carmina Gadelica" as the "Carmina Gadelica" has ...

Contents

• Editor s Preface: vii
• Introduction: xix
• Preface by John Gregorson Campbell: lxxxiii

About the author

Ronald Black is the Gaelic editor of the Scotsman and a columnist for the West Highland Free Press. He is the editor of Johnson’s Journey to the Western Islands and To the Hebrides.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Gaelic Otherworld: John Gregorson Campbell's Superstitions of the Highlands & Islands of Scotland and Witchcraft & Second Sight in the Highlands & Islands
• Author: John Gregorson Campbell
• Editor: Ronald Black
• Contributor: Ronald Black
• Edition: 2, illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Birlinn, 2008
• Original from: Indiana University
• Digitized: Jun 12, 2009
• ISBN: 1841587338, 9781841587332
• Length: 769 pages
• Subjects: History / Europe / Great Britain