Scottish Folklore

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Scotland has one of the richest traditions of folklore in the world, and the nation’s greatest writers have been influencedby the country’s abundance of customs, superstitions, gho st stories and folktales. Robert Burns, Walter Scott, JamesHogg 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 ofmaterial from gypsy-lore and Arthurian legend to tales of magical beasts, demons and witches and lore associated withthe natural world. Show more