Jack Shian and the King's Chalice
Jack Shian and the King's Chalice

Author: Andrew Symon

Publisher: Black & White Publishing

Published: 2013-04-12

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 1845026128

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Jack's family are Shian, 'otherworld' creatures who have crept in and out of human affairs throughout history. And Jack's family are special: working for the Shian Congress, they have been watching over the Stone of Destiny - one of the great Shian treasures - for seven hundred years. Its homecoming has energised the dormant Shian folk, giving renewed strength to their ancient powers and gifts. However, the prospect of the Stone's power causes different factions to quarrel as they did centuries ago, and when Jack's parents disappear separately, under mysterious circumstances, the trouble is just beginning.

Scottish Fairy Belief
Scottish Fairy Belief

Author: Lizanne Henderson

Publisher: Dundurn

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 9781862321908

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The authorities told folk what they ought to believe, but what did they really believe? Throughout Scottish history, people have believed in fairies. They were a part of everyday life, as real as the sunrise, and as incontrovertible as the existence of God. While fairy belief was only a fragment of a much larger complex, the implications of studying this belief tradition are potentially vast, revealing some understanding of the worldview of the people of past centuries. This book, the first modern study of the subject, examines the history and nature of fairy belief, the major themes and motifs, the demonising attack upon the tradition, and the attempted reinstatement of the reality of fairies at the end of the seventeenth century, as well as their place in ballads and in Scottish literature.