Cross-Cultural Folklore
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The Seventh Son of a Seventh Son: Born Into a Healing Role
Cover art by Annibale Carracci There are those who choose medicine, and there are those medicine…
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The Black Phantom Dogs of the Isles
“She had ridden a little ahead of her husband … her horse became skittish and frightened.…
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Mermaids: The Sailor’s Doom
“The belief in the mermaid is common. There are many mermaid stories throughout the Isles. I…
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The Jack-o’-Lantern, Will-o’-the-Wisp and Ghosts
“They saw a divine virtue in the healing properties of springs and herbs, they felt the…
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A Few Tales Relating to the Kelpie or Each-Uisce
The water kelpie was a creature that lived in the deep pools of rivers and streams.…