The Dancers of Merlin's Craig: A Scottish Fairytail (Scottish Folklore)

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The Daoine sith or people of the mound, are powerful regal beings from the other world, the appear to us in a wide spectrum of shapes and attitudes, from the malevolent water kelpies to the powerful elven masters of nature. They can bring power and knowledge, but also terror and spite. These sith were feared in Scotland almost as much as they were respected, our old gods cannot be bound to simple trats or qualities, each spiritual being had it own complex personality and place in the hierarchy of the faerie court. It has long been said that the way to this court, a place known as elfhame lay under the great burial mounds that blanket the ground in Scotland. At one time in this country, there was an incredible strong belief that the mounds not only link the sith to our world, but our dead to theirs, they are sacred grounds, paths on which our ancestors may travel and ultimately find peace. To disrupt the mound was not only to attack the vengeful sith, but also dishonour and desecrate the path of those who came before. The fairies of merlin’s craig
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References:
Anon (1889) Folk-lore and Legends of Scotland. W.W. Gibbinings, London.
Grierson, E.W. (1910) The Scottish Fairy Book, J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, New York.
Galbraith, A. (2021) Lanarkshire Folktales. The History Press, Cheltenham.
Goldberg, C. (1993) Trundot’s Sisters, A Study of Folklore AT 851. Garland Publishing. Oxfordshire.
Briggs, K. (1976) An Encyclopedia of fairies, Pantheon Books, New York
Douglas, G. (1901) Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales. A. L. Burt Company, Publishers. New York

[@lorifromtemeculaca426]

Thank you for keeping old stories alive & breathing!!!

[@edamamame4U]

Thank you for keeping these stories alive! I cannot wait to visit my old friends and the gorgeous country of Scotland this summer.

[@noname-bk7bc]

will you, won't you, will you won't you, will you join the dance?

[@userunknownx]

Thank you for this wonderful yarn and for keeping our spirits filled with wide eyed wonder.

[@connorricketts1323]

thank you for a great tale love the stories you find us and the channel

[@fernbedek6302]

Getting an ad for gardening equipment during the video seems ironic.

[@pentegarn1]

You found the most terrifying Kelpie pic for this intro just to keep me up at night didn't ye? lol

[@LiathWolf]

Possibly 🤣

[@michaelmacewen]

Your stories must have taken years to assemble. Thank you for sharing them with us.

[@annamaria-ly6hx]

thank you, love all the great pictures and old footage you have put together with your videos.

[@speurtighearnamacterik8230]

Good stuff! If I recall from my own studies into Arthurian legends, the root of it is in Welsh Gaelic legends. So, it does not surprise me to hear a name like Merlin pop up in these tales.
Thanks, as ever and always for sharing your time with we lucky enough to find you. I know YT has had a high burn out and turnover of creative souls the last few years, and I for one am truly glad you and all the others that put their effort and energy into their art, are the artistic souls you are.
Civilization would cease to have much of value that merited its existence without the art and culture and stories from our wide world handed down generation to generation.

[@LiathWolf]

Thank you so much, that really means a lot. I still have 100s of tales to tell and stories to investigate, glad to have you along for the adventure

[@connorricketts1323]

Couldn't agree more

[@arch3ddraftsman]

Love this1

[@poponachtschnecke]

I had a dream not long ago, that there was such a door in the bank of a creek that runs by my house, but that it was disappearing and would never open again. I wonder if you can imagine the pain I felt about losing that doorway....even after waking up!

[@AScottishOdyssey]

Another really interesting video. I love these old stories.

[@connorricketts1323]

Same love them to

[@AScottishOdyssey]

@@connorricketts1323 There's just something about them. A kind of darkness that just draws me in.

[@connorricketts1323]

I agreed I love mythology and folklore and folklore stories find them so interesting and I love listening to them

[@Davlavi]

Great video I love fairy lore!

[@classicambo9781]

I've tried 3 nights in a row to get to the end of this video 😴 tonights the night lol

[@mackdmara]

People should beware the return. For no harm, has harm been done. You will find yourself lost. Returning what was taken is not so easy, as the taking.
Nothing is nothing.

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Greats from Russland