Scottish Urban Legends: 50 Myths and True Stories

Scottish Urban Legends: 50 Myths and True Stories

Author: Aaron Mullins

Publisher:

Published: 2020-10-19

Total Pages: 131

ISBN-13:

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A HUGE collection of Scottish Urban Legends, Myths and True Stories. From Amazon bestselling author Aaron Mullins comes the definitive guide to the legendary stories that reveal Scotland's mysterious past. Each folktale and short story is dazzlingly retold for a modern audience. Gather around the fireside and hear mystery short stories and crime thrillers from a land filled with magic and mystery. Feel the rich history brought to life through folktales passed down through generations. Hear the true stories that lurk behind these myths, things that the author has witnessed with his own eyes, revealed for the very first time. Most Haunted Places, Unsolved Mysteries, Famous Murders Where is the most haunted road in Scotland? Who got caught cheating while playing cards with the devil? Which military camouflage suit got its name from a forest faerie? What ancient rhyme can be used to summon a violent poltergeist? Find the answers to these questions and many more true facts within these short stories. Discover the locations where you can see and feel these experiences for yourself, if you dare. True Crimes, Urban Legends, Mystery Short Stories Roadside phantoms, cunning spirits and real-world killers, this enchanting collection has them all. From tales of great battles, to pagan rituals that are still performed today, new generations can enjoy the stories and feel connected to the land and its people. Some of the stories have morals to teach us, lessons learnt by our ancestors and told around campfires. Ancient warriors live on, still marching to the echoes of war drums beating with every re-telling of their accomplishments. Huddle closer to the fire, read the book and decide for yourself which of the legends are true. Reviews for books by Aaron Mullins: "Short stories that will pull you in, fast paced with twists and turns. Dialect really brings you into the characters of the Highlands. ...there is more to Highlanders than meets the eye." Mysteries and Misadventures: Tales from the Highlands ★★★★★ "I really enjoyed reading this book, very thought provoking." Mysteries and Misadventures: Tales from the Highlands ★★★★★ "Brilliant stories, really is something for everyone in there, loved going to bed and not knowing what was coming next, what kind of things I was going to read and feel, really added to the excitement!!" Mullins Collection of Best New Fiction ★★★★★


Scottish Urban Legends

Scottish Urban Legends

Author: Aaron Mullins

Publisher:

Published: 2023-10-28

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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A huge collection of Scottish Urban Legends, Myths and True Stories. The definitive guide to the legendary stories that reveal Scotland's mysterious past. Featuring 50 captivating Scottish folklore stories, you'll embark on a journey through the shadowy alleys of Edinburgh, the misty moors of the Highlands, and the forgotten corners of Glasgow, discovering the secret myths and legends of Scotland that have been passed down through generations. Each tale is dazzlingly retold for a modern audience. Gather around the fireside and hear incredible stories from a land filled with magic and mystery. Feel the rich history brought to life through folktales passed down through generations. Hear the true stories that lurk amongst these myths, things that the author has witnessed with his own eyes, revealed for the very first time. Where is the most haunted road in Scotland? Who got caught cheating while playing cards with the devil? Which ancient rhyme can summon a violent poltergeist? Haunted places, ghost stories and Celtic folklore, this enchanting collection has them all. From spooky tales of great battles to pagan rituals that are still performed today. Discover the cursed locations where you can see and feel these experiences for yourself if you dare. Huddle closer to the fire, immerse yourself in the dark history of Scotland, and discover which of these unforgettable legends are true.


Scottish Urban Myths and Ancient Legends

Scottish Urban Myths and Ancient Legends

Author: Grace Banks

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2014-10-06

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 0750957921

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Monsters, lunatics, vampires, werewolves and evil dolls, stones entombing bodies, faces appearing in walls, curses and meetings with the Devil – all this and more are contained within this book of myths and ancient legends. Well-known storytellers Grace Banks and Sheena Blackhall recount a range of intriguing tales from the top to the bottom of Scotland, from ancient times to the present day. Folklore embeds itself in a local community, often to the extent that some people believe all manner of mysteries and take them as fact. Whether they're stories passed around the school playground, through the Internet, or round a flickering campfire, such legends are everywhere. Scottish Urban Myths and Ancient Legends is a quirky and downright spooky ride into the heart of Celtic folklore.


Too Good to Be True: The Colossal Book of Urban Legends

Too Good to Be True: The Colossal Book of Urban Legends

Author: Jan Harold Brunvand

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2001-10-17

Total Pages: 484

ISBN-13: 9780393320886

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A collection of oft-repeated urban legends brings together the best of modern myths, from the stoned baby sitter who mistook a baby for a turkey to the fabulously expensive recipe for chocolate chip cookies.


Myth, Symbol and Colonial Encounter

Myth, Symbol and Colonial Encounter

Author: Jennifer Reid

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 0776604163

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From the time of the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713, people of British origin have shared the area of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island (traditionally called Acadia) with Eastern Canada's Algonkian-speaking peoples, the Mi'kmaq. Despite nearly three centuries of interaction, these communities have largely remained alienated from one another. What were the differences between Mi'kmaq and British structures of valuation? What were the consequences of Acadia's colonization for both Mi'kmaq and British people? By examining the symbolic and mythic lives of these peoples, Reid considers the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century roots of this alienation and suggests that interaction between British and Mi'kmaq during the period was substantially determined by each group's fundamental religious need to feel rooted - to feel at home in Acadia.


The Persons in Relation Perspective

The Persons in Relation Perspective

Author: Colin Kirkwood

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-10-17

Total Pages: 191

ISBN-13: 946091909X

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• People are constituted by their relationships, past and present, inner and outer, conscious and unconscious. • People are agents who experience, know and act on the world. At the heart of your agency is your self: positive, puzzling, and problematic. Colin Kirkwood explores these and other ideas of John Macmurray, Ian Suttie, Ronald Fairbairn, John D Sutherland and Paulo Freire, and shows how they apply in counselling and psychotherapy, adult education, community and society. In today’s world, a set of ideas, attitudes and practices has taken hold, which emphasise the individual, self-centredness, pleasure-seeking, consumption, success and the accumulation of wealth and power. They are deeply harmful and need to be tackled. Colin demonstrates how these ideas affect us, and how they can be taken on and defeated, in a dialogical narrative of psychotherapy with a girl suffering from severe anorexia, written by the girl herself, her psychotherapist and one of her doctors. John Shemilt, Psychoanalyst and Consultant Psychiatrist, writes: Through his lucid, personalist account of the development of the Scottish tradition in psychoanalytic thinking, Colin Kirkwood provides an important 21st century commentary on the meaning of social context, the personal relationship and the experience of self in the process of counselling and psychotherapy. John McLeod, Emeritus Professor of Counselling, University of Abertay Dundee, writes: I highly recommend this book to all counsellors and psychotherapists who are interested in deepening their understanding of their work. Colin Kirkwood writes accessibly, with humour and grace, and draws on philosophical and cultural perspectives to offer a fresh appreciation of the meaning of adopting a relational approach to therapy. His work is grounded in everyday life experience, but at the same time views that experience as a microcosm of wider social and political currents. This book will be of interest to those involved in counselling, psychotherapy and psychoanalysis; psychiatry, psychology, nursing and general medical practice; social work and pastoral care; schooling, adult, community and higher education; ecology, theology and social geography; literature and philosophy; and politics, international and intercultural relations.


Statistical Inference and Probability

Statistical Inference and Probability

Author: John MacInnes

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2022-03-01

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 1529711029

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An experienced author in the field of data analytics and statistics, John Macinnes has produced a straight-forward text that breaks down the complex topic of inferential statistics with accessible language and detailed examples. It covers a range of topics, including: · Probability and Sampling distributions · Inference and regression · Power, effect size and inverse probability Part of The SAGE Quantitative Research Kit, this book will give you the know-how and confidence needed to succeed on your quantitative research journey.