The Gaelic Otherworld: John Gregorson Campbell's Superstitions of the Highlands & Islands of Scotland and Witchcraft & Second Sight in the Highlands & IslandsJohn Gregorson Campbell (1834-91) was one of the most outstanding folklorists working in Scotland during the nineteenth century. Based on materials which he had gathered in the 1850s and 1860s, his Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland and Witchcraft and Second Sight in the Highlands and Islands were published posthumously in 1900 and 1902. Engagingly written in an anecdotal style, they introduce us to a galaxy of fairies, witches, ghosts and supernatural creatures, as well as general superstitions and the beliefs and rituals of the traditional calendar. Having been written as a single work, they are now reunited as one volume.In a lively introduction, Ronald Black illuminates Campbell's work with extensive explanatory notes and a radically revised biography of the collector, supported by bibliography, maps and index. |
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... hill on its northern side , facing the Skerryvore lighthouse twelve miles off , consists of precipices descending sheer down for upwards of a hundred feet , with frightful chasms where countless sea - birds make their nests , and at the ...
... hill on its northern side , facing the Skerryvore lighthouse twelve miles off , consists of precipices descending sheer down for upwards of a hundred feet , with frightful chasms where countless sea - birds make their nests , and at the ...
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... hill beloved of the Celtic muse , on the confines of Argyllshire and Perthshire ) stayed in summer - time near the top of the hill , and in winter came down to the straths . A waterfall near the village of Clifton at Tyndrum , where it ...
... hill beloved of the Celtic muse , on the confines of Argyllshire and Perthshire ) stayed in summer - time near the top of the hill , and in winter came down to the straths . A waterfall near the village of Clifton at Tyndrum , where it ...
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... Hill of Howth on a hillock , behind the wind and in front of the sun , where they could see every person , and nobody could see them . " He points out in a footnote that ' the name of this hill is uniformly known in Tales of the West ...
... Hill of Howth on a hillock , behind the wind and in front of the sun , where they could see every person , and nobody could see them . " He points out in a footnote that ' the name of this hill is uniformly known in Tales of the West ...
Contents
Editors Preface | vii |
Introduction | xix |
Preface by John Gregorson Campbell | lxxxiii |
Copyright | |
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