Hello and welcome to Fireside Folklore episode of Stories of Scotland.

I'm Annie and I'm a jolly pig doing a jig waving a wig.

And I'm Jenny. A merry swine drinking wine, having a good time.

This week we're looking at the power of the pig in Scottish folklore.

It's the pig's chance to hog the limelight, and believe me, this animal is anything but

boring in Scottish folklore.

From the great wild boars who tormented the ancient giants

to the humble swine who escapes and causes chaos around the marketplace.

All these pigs have great style.

That's right, Andy, it's going to be one of those episodes. Well, let's hope we don't

make a pig's ear out of it, Jenny. So first, we're going to look at the mythological origins

of Boer and Ancient Scotland. Oh, we're going to Jurassic Pork. Not quite that ancient journey.

Legend tells us that under the raging currents of the Corrievegan whirlpool lies the home of the Great Sea Gods.

These gods lived in a world below the roaring waves.

You may know that everything on the lands has a counterpart in the sea.

These creatures mirrored one another.

On land there were people and so in the ocean there were mere folk.

Under water there was the narwhal, which means, of course, on land there was the

unicorn. Everything was in perfect balance. Our mysterious underwater gods had their own

civilization, and a key part to any west coast Scottish Atlantis is of course the underwater farm. Amongst these

farms the sea gods kept the pride of their livestock. The fattest and jolliest animal that would

always become the centrepiece of any feast. Of course it was the sea pig.

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