Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore
This book was published in 1893 and is a careful reproduction of a book printed in 1815 from a manuscript of 1691 by Rev. Robert Kirk. An Introduction and Notes have been added by Andrew Lang for the 1893 publication.
This book was published in 1893 and is a careful reproduction of a book printed in 1815 from a manuscript of 1691 by Rev. Robert Kirk. An Introduction and Notes have been added...
2. Part 2Thence Mr. Kirk glides into that singular theory of savage metaphysics which somewhat resembles the Platonic doctrine of Ideas. All things, in Red Indian belief, have somewhere...
3. Part 3In the majority of instances, ancient or modern, children are the agents. Thus we have “Physical Phenomena obtained in a Family Circle,” that of Mr. and Mrs. Davis, with their c...
4. Part 4These _Siths_, or FAIRIES, they call _Sleagh Maith_, or the Good People, it would seem, to prevent the Dint of their ill Attempts, (for the Irish use to bless all they fear Harm...
5. Part 5THERE be odd Solemnities at investing a Man with the Priviledges of the whole Mistery of this Second Sight. He must run a Tedder of Hair (which bound a Corps to the Bier) in a H...
6. Part 6THESE are Matters of Fact, which I assure yow they are truely related. But these, and all others that occurred to me, by Information or otherwise, could never lead me into a rem...
7. Part 7ANSWER. The Seers tell us that these wandering Aereal People have not such an Impetus and fatall Tendency to any Vice as Men, as not being drenched into so gross and dregy Bodie...
8. Part 8Dr. Hickes calls the first Lord Stair “John,” Scott calls him “James.” There can be no doubt that Dr. Hickes refers to the woful tale of the bride of Lammermoor, who died on Sep...