The Well at the World's End: Folk Tales of Scotland

ISBN-10: 0862414628
ISBN-13: 9780862414627
Category: Folklore
Pages: 151
Language: English
Published: 1956
Publisher: Trafalgar Square Publishing
Authors: William Montgomerie, Norah Montgomerie

Description

Over 30 magical folk and fairy tales, legends and poems, from every corner of Scotland. Here is something for all tastes and moods: Celtic legends, animal fables, fairy tales of mermaids, princes and princesses, and even the Creation myth of how the Stoor Worm was slain to form the Orkneys, Shetlands and Iceland.

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