The Humpherys Family

Sea-Spell and Moor-Magic: Tales of the Western Isles

Record Added: 2/26/2019
Illustrator Vera Bock
Setting Scotland
Topic Collection of Stories
 Fairytales, Myths, Folklo
Publisher Holt Rhinehart Winston
ISBN B0006BU5XK   Year 1968
Age 9-12   Pages 207
Description Printed dustjacket
 
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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