Autorentext

Daniel Allison is a USA Today bestselling author and oral storyteller from Scotland. He has spent many years apprenticing to elder storytellers from across the Celtic world, and is dedicated to making Celtic Mythology accessible to new audiences.Myth Singers, Daniel's online Celtic Storytelling Apprenticeship, provides a unique training platform for emerging storytellers. He leads mythic immersion retreats in the Scottish Highlands.Daniel has performed throughout the world, from the jungles of Peru to Thai villages, Hebridean hilltops, Indian theatres, Arabian markets and global festivals. He divides his time between Scotland and Thailand.

Klappentext

The long-awaited follow-up to Scottish Myths & Legends, a USA Today bestseller by a renowned Scottish storyteller. Selkies, trowies and fairy wolves. Witches, clan chiefs and the King of the Cats. Within these pages are the little-known stories of Scotland, collected and retold by an oral storyteller who performs them throughout the world. From folk tales and local legends to ancient epics, these stories will astonish and delight readers everywhere. Discover a host of famous and lesser-known characters and creatures including: selkies (silkies, seal-folk) the blue men fairies (sidhe, fae) trowies hedgehursts the baobhan sidh Contains classic tales and rare gems such as: The King of the Cats The Black Dinner The Man with No Story Herding Hares The Smith & The Fairies