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Scottish Folklore

Scottish Folklore

Scottish Folklore

by Raymond Lamont-Brown

Imprint: Birlinn

160 Pages, 4.35 x 7 in

Paperback
9781780278476
June 2024
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Scotland has one of the richest traditions of folklore in the world, and the nation’s greatest writers have been influenced by the country’s abundance of customs, superstitions, ghost stories and folktales. Robert Burns, Walter Scott, James Hogg and Robert Louis Stevenson all used Scottish folklore in their work.

This book traces the roots and traditions of Scottish folklore and introduces all its key parts, combining a huge range of material from gypsy-lore and Arthurian legend to tales of magical beasts, demons and witches and lore associated with the natural world.

Raymond Lamont-Brown Has Been A Professional Author And Broadcaster Since 1965. He Has Written Widely On A Huge Range Of Subjects, Including Biographies Of John Brown And Andrew Carnegie As Well As Books On Scottish And Japanese History. He Lives In Broughty Ferry.

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