A fabulous treasury of legend and wonder; tales of monsters who dwell in lakes, of small people who trap humans in earthen mounds where time stands still; of dark, shape- shifting spirits whose cloak of human form is betrayed by the sand and shells which fall from their hair. In the absence of a written tradition, for generations of Skianachs, these tales, handed down orally, contained the very warp and weft of Hebridean history. They take us far beyond Christian times, to the edge of the Iron Age, and interweave with threads from the wider Atlantic tradition of Gaelic heroic myth and legend.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Birlinn General
ISBN-13
9781841584799
eBay Product ID (ePID)
87052688
Product Key Features
Book Title
Skye: the Island and Its Legends
Author
Otta F. Swire
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Local History, Mythology, History
Publication Year
2006
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
195mm
Item Width
130mm
Item Weight
264g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Otta F. Swire
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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