What Was Halloween / Samhain Like In Ancient Scotland?
Want to find out what an ancient Halloween / Samhain festival might have looked like? I wrote about it in…
Category: On Scotland
A Pictish Ballad
I had to write a ballad in Pictish for my current work in progress, Merlin’s Shadow. The problem is that…
Keep Your Writing Scraps
The other day I had the pleasure of pulling from my “drawer” an old scrap of writing and inserted it…
Was Merlin Scottish?
Apparently the people of Glasgow think he is. Despite the fact that a Merlin (Myrddin Wyllt) has been associated with…
Who Was Merlin? — Part 2
This post is Part 2 of a series. Click here to read “Who Was Merlin? — Part 1“. So the…
More On King Arthur and Werewolves
I found some of the text about King Arthur fighting werewolves in his tenth battle. Here it is, from the…
King Arthur and Werewolves?
Yes, it appears that King Arthur fought werewolves in a little-known legend. Although not exactly werewolves, but rather “dog-heads“, which…
King Arthur Wasn’t English
Y Gododdin Those French Academics! What gall to point out that King Arthur wasn’t English! I can just see the…
White Stag Spotted In Scotland
This just in: After the only previously known living white stag was killed and beheaded by poachers near the Cornwall…
New Excalibur Design!
I have finally finished my design for Excalibur! Up to this point, I have been using for Excalibur a modified…