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''Scottish Folk Tales'' is a 1976 anthology of 18
fairy tales A fairy tale (alternative names include fairytale, fairy story, magic tale, or wonder tale) is a short story that belongs to the folklore genre. Such stories typically feature magic, enchantments, and mythical or fanciful beings. In most cult ...
from Scotland that have been collected and retold by
Ruth Manning-Sanders Ruth Manning-Sanders (21 August 1886 – 12 October 1988) was an English poet and author born in Wales, known for a series of children's books for which she collected and related fairy tales worldwide. She published over 90 books in her lifetime ...
. It is one in a long series of such anthologies by Manning-Sanders.


Table of contents

*Foreword *1. My own self *2. The Laird of Co *3. The shadow *4. The wee bit mousikie *5. Green caps *6. The Well at the World's End *7. The seal-wife *8. The little wee man *9. The Black Bull of Norroway *10. ''Whirra whirra bump!'' *11. Mester Stoorworm *12. Flitting *13. The Loch Ness Kelpie *14. Short Hoggers *15. Seven Inches *16. In a sack *17. The seal-hunter and the mermen *18. The Strange Visitor ''Note: Inconsistencies in the capitalization of various title words are correct, per the book's contents page.''


See also

* Brownie *
Fairy A fairy (also fay, fae, fey, fair folk, or faerie) is a type of mythical being or legendary creature found in the folklore of multiple European cultures (including Celtic, Slavic, Germanic, English, and French folklore), a form of spirit, ...
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Kelpie A kelpie, or water kelpie (Scottish Gaelic: ''Each-Uisge''), is a shape-shifting spirit inhabiting lochs in Scottish folklore. It is usually described as a black horse-like creature, able to adopt human form. Some accounts state that the kelpie ...
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Loch Ness Loch Ness (; gd, Loch Nis ) is a large freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands extending for approximately southwest of Inverness. It takes its name from the River Ness, which flows from the northern end. Loch Ness is best known for clai ...
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Merman Mermen, the male counterparts of the mythical female mermaids, are legendary creatures, which are male human from the waist up and fish-like from the waist down, but may assume normal human shape. Sometimes they are described as hideous and other ...
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Sea serpent A sea serpent or sea dragon is a type of dragon sea monster described in various mythologies, most notably Mesopotamian (Tiamat), Judaeo-Christian (Leviathan), Greek (Cetus, Echidna, Hydra, Scylla), and Norse (Jörmungandr). Mythology and folk ...
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Selkie In Celtic and Norse mythology, selkies (also spelled ', ', ') or selkie folk ( sco, selkie fowk) meaning 'seal folk' are mythological beings capable of therianthropy, changing from seal to human form by shedding their skin. They are found ...


References

1976 short story collections Collections of fairy tales Children's short story collections British children's books Methuen Publishing books Scottish fairy tales 1976 children's books 1976 anthologies {{1970s-child-story-collection-stub