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  1. 1 day ago · Nestled in the Scottish Highlands is Loch Ness, a large body of water that takes its name from the River Ness which flows down from Inverness to the northern end of the loch. It’s here where you’ll find the legend of the Loch Ness Monster, affectionately known as Nessie. The earliest reported sighting of Nessie took place in 565 AD by Saint ...

  2. 2 days ago · Scotland - Culture, Traditions, Music: Scotlands culture and customs remain remarkably vigorous and distinctive despite the country’s union with the United Kingdom since the early 18th century and the threat of dominance by its more powerful partner to the south.

  3. 2 days ago · Ancient times. Evidence of human settlement in the area later known as Scotland dates from the 3rd millennium bce. The earliest people, Mesolithic ( Middle Stone Age) hunters and fishermen who probably reached Scotland via an ancient land bridge from the Continent, were to be found on the west coast, near Oban, and as far south as Kirkcudbright ...

  4. 4 days ago · James Macpherson (1736–96), the nephew of Ewen MacPherson of Cluny, was the first Scottish poet to gain an international reputation.Claiming to have collected poetry by the demigod Ossian from the Fenian Cycle of Celtic mythology, Macpherson published translations from Scottish Gaelic that he proclaimed were an equivalent to the Classical epics of Homer and Virgil and which immediately ...

  5. 5 days ago · Tales Of Dartmoor. As you can imagine with a land as ancient and mysterious as Dartmoor many legends have been attached to the myriad of places and features on the moor. These include lurid tales of ghosts, witches, piskies and a whole range of other unearthly happenings.

  6. 4 days ago · List of jötnar in Norse mythology. The extant sources for Norse mythology, particularly the Prose and Poetic Eddas, contain many names of jötnar and gýgjar (often glossed as giants and giantesses respectively).

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