Fireside Folklore: Monsters of the Glens

Stories of Scotland

Annie and Jenny

History, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.8 • 728 Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Riding upon their noble steeds, Deirdre and Tickles, Jenny and Annie explore some monster-slaying stories set in medieval Scotland. First, we travel to the glens of Cassley in Sutherland, where a toxic beast has wormed its way into the landscape. Beware, if you are driving the North Coast 500 as you’ll be entering the dangerous territory of the worm! Next, Annie ventures to a wee island on the River Dee in Aberdeenshire, near Braemar, where a strange crocodile creature is causing chaos. Featuring major Kings William the Lion and Malcolm Canmore, we question do monarchs love their monsters?Visit the ‘Sguel / Story: Folktales from the Scottish Highlands' exhibition at the National Library of Scotland at George IV Bridge, Edinburgh now! Find more information here: https://www.nls.uk/exhibitions/sgeul-story/Independently made in the Highlands, Stories of Scotland is gratefully funded through listener support on Patreon. www.patreon.com/storiesofscotland Get bonus content on Patreon

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0:00.0	Picture this. Static cars, idling engines, angry horns.
0:08.6	Now, picture you, zooming past it all.
0:13.8	Light and breezy.
0:16.2	Ah, the sweet feeling of whizzing past traffic.
0:20.8	Book your train journey via avantiwestcoastcoast.coast.com.
0:25.1	Avanti West Coast.
0:27.1	Feel good travel. Hello and welcome to this fireside folklore episode of Stories of Scotland.
0:46.9	I'm Jenny and I have a surprisingly small bannock.
0:50.3	And I'm Annie and I have a surprisingly long spear.
0:55.0	In this wee episode, we're going to be telling some scary stories of smelly monsters.
1:02.0	We have two traditional tales of hideous mythological beasts who reign terror upon their regions,
1:09.2	and the brave heroes who dare to take them on.
1:12.8	So, dear listeners, we recommend that you sharpen your sword and slip into your chain mail
1:19.4	because we are journeying back to an ancient age where massive monsters were making major mayhem. This is going to be a very big adventure indeed.
1:31.9	Well, Annie, I'm glad you came prepared, because we are starting with a story of a shockingly scary
1:38.5	slithering creature. Let us step back into the dark recesses of time to over 800 years ago,
1:47.9	where we find ourselves in the fertile glens of Cassily in Sutherland,
1:53.6	which despite its name is in the far north of Scotland.
1:57.9	This land is rich.
2:00.4	Its rivers are full of salmon leaping up cascading waterfalls.
2:04.6	Bonny wee butterflies flutter on the breeze, and plump merry sheep chew upon the endless
2:11.6	pastures of emerald green grass. However, this picturesque piece would soon be disturbed, never to be the same again.
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