Mysterious Britain & Ireland

Specific Location: Isle of Unst

Fairies / Folklore / Folktales / Mermaids / Scottish Fairies / Scottish Folktales

The Mermaid Wife

A STORY is told of an inhabitant of Unst, who, in walking on the sandy margin of a voe, saw a number of mermen and mermaids dancing by moonlight, and several seal-skins strewed beside them on the ground. At his approach they immediately fled to secure their garbs, and, taking upon themselves the form of seals, plunged immediately into the sea.

Fairies / Folklore / Giants / Legends / Mermaids

Burrafirth

Two Norse giants lived on the Isle of Unst, which is the most northerly of the Shetland Islands. One giant was called Herman and his rival was Saxi (Saxa).