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Odd Names, Myths and Legends Of The Scottish Hills

Started by Wildfisher, December 24, 2012, 01:10:52 PM

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Wildfisher

There are loads, some of them are great, with many of them the story behind  them is lost along with  the culture. 

Do you now any and what are your favourites?  In the best tradition of story telling,  your own words rather than links if possible.  :D


Wildfisher

At the ruined settlement  of Tigh nam Bodach in Gleann Cailliche there is said to live an  ageless woman with her eternal family.  Now this glen is not easy to get to, it's a bugger in fact,  moated by Loch Lyon to the south and barred by  high hills to the north and west. The Alt  Cailliche might be worth a cast for anyone who fancies the long trek along the north shore of  Loch Lyon and, in fact,  I hear  Loch Lyon is also worth a cast. Anyone been there and met the  Cailleach or know the origins  of this story?

Inchlaggan

Sort of.
Cailleach is a Celtic Godess, Bodach (Old Man) her partner, Nighean is the daughter.
They took up residence in Glen Lyon because Lyon (Lugh) is the sun god.
They live in the stones which are covered with thatch at the end of summer and uncovered again at Beltane- start of summer.
'til a voice as bad as conscience,
rang interminable changes,
on an everlasting whisper,
day and night repeated so-
"Something hidden, go and find it,
Go and look beyond the ranges,
Something lost beyond the ranges,
Lost and waiting for you,
Go."

Wildfisher

Good stuff Ken!  :D  This is what I love most about our forum, the breadth of knowledge beyond just fishing.

Fishtales

I don't know if there are any stories but I wrote this after a trip with Bob(now borderbob).

'I finally arrived at White Cairn farm and walked up the path, past the Duck Loch to the end of the Sandy Loch, in the area between the two Big Faeries, to where Bob (bordertroot) was camped beneath the Bare Hill of the Roaring Stags.'

The Celts certainly had some descriptive names for the hills.
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Fishtales

The hill track that goes past where we were runs from a ruined church and across to Loch Fyne. When the church was built the story is that the stone was quarried at Loch Fyne and handed from man to man across the hill, a distance of some twelve miles, and the last man placed it in its place as the church was built.
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Wildfisher

That's a great story Sandy. There are just so many that have to be be written down, passed on or they will be lost. The background to many highland place names are already lost sadly.

Fishtales

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Wildfisher

I just got the Celtic Mythology one on ebay for £2.60 inc post. They have 4 left.  :D

Just think I could have had a down payment on one issue of FF+FT for that.  Come to think of it, that's full of mythology too  :lol:

Fishtales

Another book I have a copy of is this one.

http://archive.org/stream/bywaysofscottish00eyreiala#page/n0/mode/2up

Download it and read it offline. I do that as it saves using the book too much although I have read it about three times. Do you think I should be wearing cotton gloves to preserve it? :)
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