Folklore of Scottish Lochs and Springs
James M. Mackinlay published Folklore of Scottish Lochs and Springs in 1893 as the first general account of the reverence for water in Scotland. Starting from ancient nature worship, he shows how wells and lochs once sacred to pagan powers passed under the names of Christian saints, and he gathers the customs and beliefs attached to them: healing wells and water cures, divination, offerings left at springs, water-horses, kelpies and other spirits, weather charms, sacred trees, charm stones, pilgrimages and wishing wells. Packed with local examples from across the country, the book is both a work of folklore scholarship and a guide to the old places where these traditions survived. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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