Myths & magic (120 pages found in this category)


Stoor worm

Gigantic evil sea serpent of Orcadian folklore

Swarth

Redirected to Fetch.

Sympathetic magic

Basis of all magic according to the anthropologist and folklorist Sir James George Frazer, founded on the idea that things act on each other because they are linked by invisible and secret bonds.

Taghairm

Scottish Celtic practice similar to necromancy, in which spirits or demons are conjured up to help achieve some end, or to foretell the future.

The Bottle Conjuror

18th-century hoax featuring an acrobat inserting his body into an empty wine bottle.

The College of Psychic Studies

Educational charity founded in 1884, offering training in mediumship and various divinatory tools.

The Hooper

Mysterious cloud of mist that often hovered over the Cowloe Rock, near Sennen Cove in Cornwall, warning of approaching bad weather.

Thomas Lyon-Bowes, Master of Glamis (born 1821)

The official record states that Thomas Lyon-Bowes died shortly after his birth, but rumours have circulated that he was born horribly deformed and raised in a secret room in Glamis Castle, the so-called Monster of Glamis.

Toadstone

Jewel believed to be embedded in the head of toads, with the power to detect and counteract poisons.

Tom Tildrum

Redirected to King o' the cats.