Class: Sources of Fantasy
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The Celtic Feast
Celtic Society In the Iron Age, the greatest distinction in Celtic society was between the free and the unfree. Freemen owned the best farms and had access to good pastures;…
St Michael’s Day in the Scottish Highlands
St Michael Vanquishing Satan Since St Michael’s Day is coming soon, 29 September, I thought it might be appropriate to write something about his feast day. Saint Michael the Archangel…
Bloodfeud in Scotland
Blood Blood had a strong visual impact in ‘a society where symbol and ritual were important means of communication’. In 1593 some poor women from Nithsdale travelled up to Edinburgh…
Altram: Fosterage Kept the Clans Strong
Fosterage in Scotland and Ireland was the most important form of artificial kinship meant to keep a lineage alive. The child of a greater man was fostered by a lesser man…
