Highland Folk Tales

The Highlands of Scotland are steeped in traditional stories. Even in today's world of the internet and supermarkets, ancient legends-dating back to the times of the Gaels, Picts, and Vikings-are still told around the fireside.

These are tales of the daoine sìth-the fairy people-and their homes in the green hills; of great and bloody battles; of encounters with the last wolves in Britain; of lonely ghosts; and of supernatural beings such as the selkie, the mermaid, and the Fuath, Scotland's...