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The story of how Scotland got it's name is an interesting one. Tradition has it that the legend starts back in ancient Egypt, where a pharaoh's daughter, called Scota, and two Greek princes formed...

Topics: Myth, Picts, Scota

Thomas the Rhymer

by Donald

Thomas Learmonth from Ercildoune (now Earlston), better known as Thomas the Rhymer was a 13th century Laird, poet and a supposed prophet. Legend tells us how Thomas the Rhymer went out walking one ...

Topics: Fairy, Learmonth, Myth, Thomas the Rymer

Merlin in Drumelzier

by Donald

It is said, according Scottish myth, that Merlin, the wizard from Arthurian legend, is buried in the Borders town of Drumelzier. However, there are many different versions of what actually happened...

Topics: Battle of Arderyth, Drumelzier, Merlin, Myth, Peebles, St Mungo, Thomas the Rymer

Johnnie Armstrong and the Border Reivers

by Donald

Johnnie Armstrong of Gilnockie was once one of the most popular, powerful, and feared clan chiefs in the Scottish borders. However, after his execution in 1530 by order of James V, Clan Armstrong ha...

Topics: Armstrong, Border Reivers, Carlinrigg, Clan Armstrong, Gilnokie, Johnnie Armstrong, Langholm, Mosspaul, Myth, Scottish Borders

The Beaton Doctors of Mull

by Donald

The Beatons of Mull, the famous 'Ollamnh Muileach', were a family of doctors, whose origins can be traced back to Béthune in France, and are said to have been very talented with a rather unique medi...

Topics: Beaton, Lochbuie, MacLean, MacLean of Duart, Mull, Myth

Topic: Myth