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Skye: The Island and Its Legends

The Island and Its Legends

Otta Swire

With deep roots in Skye, Otta Swire (1898–1973) published this classic account of the island’s myths and legends in 1952. Arranged as a tour of the island, complete with directions, it tells of shape-shifting spirits, St Columba, the Ulster warrior Cuchullin who gave his name to the island’s hills, the feuding Macdonalds and Macleods, and the flight of Bonnie Prince Charlie.

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Product information:
  • Publisher: Origin
  • Year: 2018
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 272pp
  • Illustrated: Yes
  • Dimensions: 198x129mm
  • ISBN: 9781912476336
  • Condition: New
  • Weight: 0.3kg
Product code:
534320
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This is 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.
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