- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: NPI Media Group; 2nd New edition of Revised edition edition (1 Nov 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0752419048
- ISBN-13: 978-0752419046
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.6 x 1.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 103,048 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The folklore of the Scottish Highlands is unique and very much alive. Dr Anne Ross is a Gaelic-speaking scholar and archaeologist who has lived and worked in crofting communities. This has enabled her to collect information at first hand and to assess the veracity of material already published. In this substantially revised edition of a classic work first published 30 years ago, she portrays the beliefs and customs of Scottish Gaelic society, including: seasonal customs deriving from Celtic festivals; the famous waulking songs; the Highland tradition of seers and second sight; omens and taboos, both good and bad; and, chilling experiences of witchcraft and the Evil Eye Rituals associated with birth and death. Having taken her MA, MA Hons and PhD at the University of Edinburgh, Anne Ross became Research Fellow in the School of Scottish Studies, Edinburgh. She then rapidly established herself as one of Britain's leading Celtic scholars. Her seminal work is "Pagan Celtic Britain" and she has also published "Druids - Preachers of Immortality" with Tempus Publishing.
About the Author
Having taken her MA, MA Hons and PhD at the University of Edinburgh, Anne Ross became a Research Fellow in the School of Scottish Studies, Edinburgh. She then rapidly established herself as one of Britain's leading Celtic scholars. Her seminal work is Pagan Celtic Britain and her most recent publication is Druids (Tempus 1999).
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Anne Ross gives a wonderful introduction to the lore of the Scottish Highlands and the Isles. She covers Clan lore, Second Sight and the Seer, Witchcraft both black and white, Folk cures, meaning of omens and social customs. The covers the festivals dates through the year and gives you a nifty list of Folk Museums, with drawings and maps to aid the readers unfamiliar with Scotland. Gaelic speaking, Celtic scholar and archaeologists, she brings her knowledge to bear on looking at death rights, and try to remove the veneer of Christianity and look at the origins in Pagan customs that date back to the dawn of time.
Its a small book only 170 pages, but she does a wonderful job bringing this part of All Things Scottish into the spotlight.
Highly Recommended.
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
An excellent introduction on Highland lore
22 Mar 2003
Format:Hardcover
Anne Ross gives a wonderful introduction to the lore of the Scottish Highlands and the Isles. She covers Clan lore, Second Sight and the Seer, Witchcraft both black and white, Folk cures, meaning of omens and social customs. The covers the festivals dates through the year and gives you a nifty list of Folk Museums, with drawings and maps to aid the readers unfamiliar with Scotland. Gaelic speaking, Celtic scholar and archaeologists, she brings her knowledge to bear on looking at death rights, and try to remove the veneer of Christianity and look at the origins in Pagan customs that date back to the dawn of time.
Its a small book only 170 pages, but she does a wonderful job bringing this part of All Things Scottish into the spotlight.
Highly Recommended.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Sympathetic Insights and Scholarly Objectivity
29 Mar 2000
Format:Paperback
Dr. Anne Ross is a distinguished archaeologist in the field of ancient Celtic remains. She also appreciates the important role of folklore in preserving and transmitting a culture's traditions. Drawing on her knowledge of ancient Celtic civilization and her researches into the more modern ways of Highland Scots, she presents customs that were part of Highland life for centuries. Ross handles her material with both love for her subject and a scholar's objectivity. Her unique insights make this book well worth searching for.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Beautiful, Mystical & Very Revealing!
7 Feb 2003
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Like a beautiful fruit, what lies beneath the peel is most revealing and rewarding. And, no one has done a better job of revealing old Scottish customs and traditions than the native Gaelic speaking Celtic Scholar and Archeologist, Anne Ross.
Dr. Ross takes an in-depth look at the beliefs and customs of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, stemming from pre-Christian customs and surviving for centuries through oral tradition, Christianized hymns and incantations, and folklore.
This text covers the mysticism of Scottish clan lore and it's importance in Scottish society, the Seers and second sight, witchcraft and magic, cures, omens, taboos, social customs, reverence toward life/death, calendar festivals and other daily practices and rites, all stemming from the Scottish Highlands and Islands.
One thing to remember about this book is that many of the sources are Christian in nature and that influence is readily seen in Scottish tradition and folklore, but the author peels away many of the Christian customs to reveal a system of beliefs and practices most commonly associated with the pre-Christian (Pagan) era.
The depths which she reveals in Scottish traditions are quite amazing, and her analysis makes this a thoroughly interesting book, from cover to cover.
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