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random
actions
rhymes
100
Which creature holds humans as slaves?
Finfolk
100
Which myth/story was depicted in “Through the Looking-Glass”?
The Lion and the Unicorn
100
How can one acquire a (female) selkie spouse?
By stealing their sealskin
100
_____: Man of the black cap what do you say
As your proud ship cleaves the brine?
Skipper: My speedy ship takes the shortest way
And I'll follow you line by line
_____: My men are eager, my men are ready
To drag you below the waves
Skipper: My ship is speedy, my ship is steady
If it sank, it would wreck your caves.
-Donald A. Mackenzie (1873-1936); Wonder tales from Scottish myth and legend (1917)
Blue Men of the Minch
200
Which two (2) creatures could transform into a seal?
Selkie
Finfolk
200
Where does a brownie live?
Near the house it is associated with: cave, stream, rock, or pond.
200
What game do the Blue Men of the Minch play to amuse themselves?
Shinty/hall hockey
200
It's no' weel mow'd! It's no' weel mow'd!—
Then it's ne'er be mow'd by me again;
I'll scatter it owre the Raven Stane
And they'll hae some wark ere it's mow'd again!
-K. M. Briggs The Fairies in Tradition and Literature (1967)
Brownie
300
Name two (2) benevolent creatures.
Wulver
Selkie
Brownie
300
Where is the Wulver most often seen?
The Wulver’s Stane
300
How can one recognise a kelpie while in human form?
It retains its hooves
Weeds and sand in it's hair
300
And when he had beat him out,
He beat him in again;
He beat him three times over,
His power to maintain.
- William King (1663–1712)
The Unicorn and the Lion
400
Which two (2) creatures often speak in riddles?
Blue Men of the Minch
Bein Nighe
400
Why are the Blue Men of the Minch blue?
They took the hue of the sea
400
Name two (2) actions by the Wulver when it intervenes in the lives of people.
Guides lost travellers
Leaves fish on poor families' windowsills
Pays respects outside of sick/dead people's houses
400
-T. Swiney The Between
Bean-Nighe