101. Myth, Migration And The Making Of Memory: Scotia And Nova Scotia C.1700-1990, Go by expanding the examination of scottish influences from the customary focus The Myth of Scotch Canada Edward J. Cowan; Surveying the Remains of a http://www.stmarys.ca/administration/gorsebrook/publications/harpervance.htm

Myth, Migration and the Making of Memory: Scotia and Nova Scotia c.1700-1990 Published for the Gorsebrook Research Institute for Atlantic Canada Studies by Fernwood Publishing and John Donald Publishers Limited 1999. Edited by Marjory Harper and Michael E. Vance The essays in this volume, which are drawn from a wide range of disciplines, challenge us to consider critically the commonly held assumption that Nova Scotia is essentially Scottish in character. They do so by exploring the origin of the mythic understanding of the link between Scotland and Nova Scotia, by expanding the examination of Scottish influences from the customary focus on Highland migrants to also include mercantile, philanthropic and professional transatlantic connections, and by studying how the memory of the links between the sending and receiving societies has been maintained in the oral and literary traditions. Rather than denying the legitimacy of popular perceptions, this collection points to the varied and complex transatlantic relationship that has existed between Scotland and Nova Scotia and provides the foundation for a broader, more sophisticated, approach to this rich subject. Contents Introduction Myth, Migration and the Making of Memory: An Introduction - Marjory Harper and Michael E. Vance

102. Matt Ewart's Wallace Essay Cultural myths grow larger than life. Surely this is the case with William Wallace The story of Wallace poured a scottish prejudice into my veins which http://www.braveheart.co.uk/macbrave/history/wallace/ewart.htm

MacBRAVEHEART Matt Ewart's Wallace Essay Under the headline: Cultural myths grow larger than life. Surely this is the case with William Wallace the following essay by Matt Ewart was printed in the Herald newspaper in Scotland on Saturday November 15th, 1997. The story of Wallace poured a Scottish prejudice into my veins which will boil along till the floodgates of time shut in eternal rest. Robert Burns For William Wallace, Scottish patriot, the floodgates of life closed on that terrible day in 1305 when, after a cynical mock trial at Westminster Hall in London, he was dragged through the streets as a treacherous outlaw to barbarous execution at Smithfield. Edward I of England wanted the destruction of Wallace's name and reputation as well as physical presence, but inadvertently created a hero and martyr. The name of William Wallace as freedom fighter takes on immense fascination and significance at certain times, not only for Scots, but for many abroad. This is one of those times, certainly helped on by a recent hugely successful film and a best-selling biography. This year marks 700 years since Wallace, at Lanark, "first drew sword to free his native land", and instigated the Scottish War of Independence. Over 80 places throughout Scotland claim a direct association with Wallace, reflecting his national campaign and the myths that have grown in his name.

103. Beasts In Myth And Legend: Mostly Medieval Exploring The Middle Ages Fabulous beasts in medieval myth and legend. Banshee A spirit of Irish andScottish legend, sometimes known in Scotland as the Little Washer of Sorrow. http://www.skell.org/explore/text/mythadT.html

Jump to content Mostly Medieval - Exploring the Middle Ages you are here : home beasties beasts in myth and legend A - D Beasts in Myth and Legend A - D A B C D E - G ... N - Z B Banshee A spirit of Irish and Scottish legend, sometimes known in Scotland as the Little Washer of Sorrow. She has only one nostril, a large projecting front tooth, long flowing hair, webbed feet and red eyes. She spends her life by the river where she can be heard constantly wailing, while washing the clothes of a man doomed to die. If she is captured while washing in the river she must reveal the name of the man destined to die, and then grant three wishes. In Scotland the banshee/banshi had a tendency to marry mortals. Baobhan Sith: An evil spirit found in isolated parts of Scotland. There was a tribe of these spirits which sometimes appeared as hooded crows, but more commonly they were seen as beautiful girls with long trailing green dresses which hid their deer's hooves. They lured young men into their presence and then sucked their blood. One example of their evil ways is related in a Ross-shire tale: four men out hunting were entertained by four baobhan siths; only one realized the danger in time and escaped to tell the tale. Bargvest: Spirit of Celtic mythology usually appearing in the form of an animal, but occasionally in human form. It had eyes like burning coals, claws, horns, a tail, and wore a clanking chain. This spirit appeared most often in fishing villages. If it died and there was a bargvest funeral, this was seen by the fishing community as a portent of impending tragedy. In Yorkshire they were said to haunt the neighborhood of churchyards.

104. Highlands Of Scotland - Ghosts, Myths, Legends And Other Paranormal Places ghosts and hauntings of Scotland reports from the paranormal database, alsoincluding legends, myths, cryptozoology and other strange stories. http://www.paranormaldatabase.com/highlands/highlands.htm

Highlands Aberdeenshire records Argyll and Bute records Highland records Inverclyde records ... legal stuff

105. Lang, Andrew (1844-1912). Poet And Novelist. Introduction to his life and list of his works. http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~crumey/andrew_lang.html

Andrew Lang Lang's vast output included five books of poetry (eg "Helen of Troy") and two novels ("The Mark of Cain" and "The Disentanglers"), as well as several children's books (eg "My Own Fairy Book"), but he is remembered as a scholar (eg translations of Homer), historian (eg "History of Scotland"), anthropologist (eg "Myth, Ritual and Religion"), biographer (eg of Lockhart ), editor (eg of Scott ), essayist and belletrist (eg "Adventures Among Books"). He was the son of the Sheriff-Clerk of Selkirkshire, and was born in Selkirk on 31 March 1844. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy and the Univerisites of St Andrews and Glasgow, and won a Snell Exhibition to Balliol College, Oxford. He graduated with a first in Greats in 1868 and became a Fellow of Merton College, researching in anthropology there until 1874. At Oxford he was associated with the Rondelier group of poets. He went to London in 1875 and lived there for most of his life, spending his winters in St Andrews in later years. He married Leonore Blanche Alleyne on 17 April 1875. He became one of the best-known journalists of his day, writing leaders for the Daily News and a column called "At the Sign of the Ship" for Longman's Magazine. His friends included Robert Louis Stevenson (whom he first met while they were both invalids on the Riviera) and W. E. Henley

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