Sea-Spell and Moor-Magic
Tales of the Western Isles
Published on 19. August 2014
209 pages
978-1-4976-4015-3 (ISBN)
Description
Ten legends of heroes from the Scottish Western Isles
To natives from the Western Isles-the Outer Hebrides-there is little more beautiful than the raw power of the ocean. From these islands have come myths of the raging, lonely sea, the misty moors, and the fabled people who have lived there.
In Sea-Spell and Moor-Magic, Sorche Nic Leodhas recounts ten stories from different islands in the Hebrides, including one from the mythical land of Eilean-h-oige. From the baker who won the heart of a princess, to the lord who sailed to avenge an insult to his king, to the lass who saved the life of a water bull, these lovely tales show the beauty and mystery of the Scottish Western Isles.
To natives from the Western Isles-the Outer Hebrides-there is little more beautiful than the raw power of the ocean. From these islands have come myths of the raging, lonely sea, the misty moors, and the fabled people who have lived there.
In Sea-Spell and Moor-Magic, Sorche Nic Leodhas recounts ten stories from different islands in the Hebrides, including one from the mythical land of Eilean-h-oige. From the baker who won the heart of a princess, to the lord who sailed to avenge an insult to his king, to the lass who saved the life of a water bull, these lovely tales show the beauty and mystery of the Scottish Western Isles.
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Person
Sorche Nic Leodhas (1898-1969) was bornLeClaire Louise Gowans in Youngstown, Ohio. After the death of her first husband, she moved to New York and attended classes at Columbia University. Several years later, she met her second husband and became LeClaire Gowans Alger. She was a longtime librarian at the Carnegie Library in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she also wrote children's books. Shortly before she retired in 1966, she began publishing Scottish folktales and other stories under the pseudonym Sorche Nic Leodhas, Gaelic for
Claire, daughter of Louis. In 1963, she received a Newbery Honor for
Thistle and Thyme: Tales and Legends from Scotland.Alger continued to write and publish books until her death 1969.
Content
- Intro
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- The Son of the Baker of Barra FROM THE ISLE OF BARRA
- The Clever Lad from Skye FROM THE ISLE OF SKYE
- The Lass That Lost the Laird's Daughter FROM THE ISLE OF ARRAN
- Three Fat Ewes for Three Fine Hounds FROM THE ISLE OF MULL
- The Ceabharnach FROM THE ISLE OF ISLAY
- The White Sword of Light FROM THE ISLE OF JURA
- The Water-Bull of Benbecula FROM THE ISLE OF BENBECULA
- The Three Teeth of the King FROM THE ISLE OF LEWIS
- The Sea Captain FROM THE MYTHICAL ISLE OF EILEAN-H-OIGE
- A Bauchan in the Family FROM THE ISLE OF MUCK
- Glossary
- About the Author
- Copyright Page
