Category: Legends

Among the many wonderful Celtic legends is that of the selkie, a creature that can become human by removing its seal skin, and return to its life in the sea by once again donning that skin. A selkie who cannot find its seal skin is doomed to stay on land in human form. A common […]

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Great is the secret yet easy to master, giving to thee the mastery of time. When upon thee death fast approaches, fear not but know ye are master of Death.” The Emerald Tablets of Thoth, the Atlantean   The debate about the Knights Templar holding the secrets of the Holy Grail, the Ark of the […]

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Today, I am guest blogging on crossing genres at The Book Boost.  Please stop by and say hello!  Leave a question or comment for a chance to win a free, signed copy of Blue Bells of Scotland. Literature in Medieval Scotland Medieval literature, the kind Niall and Allene, in Blue Bells of Scotland, would have known, would […]

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A rose by any other name….  Even the briefest study of the bluebell, after which the folk song, Arthur Pryor’s showcase trombone solo, and my own novel, are named, reveals many monikers: campanula rotundifolia, Endymionin Latin, harebell, lady’s thimble, fairy thimbles, aul man’s  bells, witches’ bells, the wild hyacinth, Dead Man’s bells, milk-ort (milk herb), or its common […]

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While King Herla is an interesting story in and of himself, I found it even more interesting reading about the many variations on the story, tie-ins to it, extensions on it, and suggestions of who King Herla really was. The basic story of King Herla, told in last week’s post, is of a king who […]

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