Myths & magic (120 pages found in this category)


Overtoun Bridge

Bridge over the Overtoun Burn on the western approach road to Overtoun House, near Dumbarton in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland that has attracted international media attention because of the number of dogs that have reportedly leapt from it, often to their deaths after landing on the rocks below.

Peg o’ Nell

Malevolent water spirit of the River Ribble in Lancashire, England.

Peg Powler

Evil spirit of the River Tees in northeastern England, said to drag children who ventured too close the water's edge to their deaths.

Phantasmagoria

18th-century ghost show developed by the impresario Paul de Philipsthal, also known as Philidor.

Powrie

Redirected to Dunter.

Redcap

Evil fairies said to live in the peel towers and castles of the Scottish border with England.

Revenant

Spirit of a dead person returned to visit the living, the common conception of a ghost.

Robert Kirk

Church of Scotland minister, Gaelic scholar and folklorist.

Samuel Hibbert-Ware

English geologist and antiquarian.

Sawney Bean

Legendary 16th-century Scottish cannibal.