The Folklore Of The Scottish Highlands
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: First Edition Thus
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Hidden deep within the mist-shrouded glens and ancient peaks of Scotland's Highlands lies a world of extraordinary enchantment — one that Anne Ross masterfully resurrects in The Folklore of the Scottish Highlands. This authoritative study chronicles the rich tapestry of oral traditions, supernatural beliefs, and mythological figures that have shaped Highland culture for centuries, from the fearsome water-horses of the lochs to the prophetic visions of the seer, presenting a vivid portrait of a people whose daily lives were profoundly intertwined with the otherworldly. Ross, a renowned Celtic scholar, brings rigorous academic precision and genuine cultural empathy to her subject, drawing on a vast wealth of primary sources, Gaelic oral traditions, and fieldwork to illuminate the animistic worldview that underpins Highland society. Her work situates this folklore within the broader context of Celtic mythology and pre-Christian belief, arguing that these traditions are not mere superstition but a sophisticated and enduring cultural inheritance. Readers who open these pages will find themselves irresistibly drawn into a landscape where the boundary between the natural and the supernatural has never quite been drawn — and may wonder if it ever will be.
Author: Anne Ross
Format: Hardback
Published: 1976, Batsford
Genre: British & Irish history
Edition: First Edition Thus
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Hidden deep within the mist-shrouded glens and ancient peaks of Scotland's Highlands lies a world of extraordinary enchantment — one that Anne Ross masterfully resurrects in The Folklore of the Scottish Highlands. This authoritative study chronicles the rich tapestry of oral traditions, supernatural beliefs, and mythological figures that have shaped Highland culture for centuries, from the fearsome water-horses of the lochs to the prophetic visions of the seer, presenting a vivid portrait of a people whose daily lives were profoundly intertwined with the otherworldly. Ross, a renowned Celtic scholar, brings rigorous academic precision and genuine cultural empathy to her subject, drawing on a vast wealth of primary sources, Gaelic oral traditions, and fieldwork to illuminate the animistic worldview that underpins Highland society. Her work situates this folklore within the broader context of Celtic mythology and pre-Christian belief, arguing that these traditions are not mere superstition but a sophisticated and enduring cultural inheritance. Readers who open these pages will find themselves irresistibly drawn into a landscape where the boundary between the natural and the supernatural has never quite been drawn — and may wonder if it ever will be.