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WEREWOLVES, WITCHES & WANDERING SPIRITS : Traditional Belief & Folklore in Early Modern Europe
WEREWOLVES, WITCHES & WANDERING SPIRITS : Traditional Belief & Folklore in Early Modern Europe [Kathryn A Edwards (ed)] Bringing together scholars from Europe, America, and Australia, this volume explores the more fantastic elements of popular religious belief: ghosts, werewolves, spiritualism, animism, and of course, witchcraft. Read More »
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Balnuaran of Clava
The Clava Cairns - or more correctly Balnuaran of Clava - is one of the best preserved Bronze Age burial sites in Scotland. There are three cairns here, two with passage ways aligned to the Midwinter sunset, and all with more subtle features, incorporated to reflect the importance of the South-west horizon. Read More »
I think Peak Cavern may be associated as there is a legend attached to it where someone passed through the cave and emerged in the fairy lands.
http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/england/derbyshire/folklore/peak-cavern.html
yes you can access "The fairy-faith in Celtic Countries" by Evans Wentz (and a whole lot more!),on this wonderful site:
http://www.sacred-texts.com/
just click on celtic then scroll down to celtic fairies. it's given me hours of fascinating reading
indiagold
Always keep an open mind about things; But make sure your brain doesn't fall out.
Maybe Doon Hill Aberfoyle for it's association with Robert Kirk. Kirk is essentially to faerie folklore what Lovecraft is to... well... horror! Highly influential yet not actually all that well known by the general public... but those in the know, know just how influential they are!