From earliest times, men and women have told stories.
Sometimes they have been to entertain; sometimes, in
an era before universal literacy, to preserve history and
tradition orally; sometimes to scare visitors or the
unsuspecting; sometimes, to encourage religious fervour.
But quite often they were sold simply because people
have vivid imaginations and like telling or hearing a
good story.
The South Rhins has been inhabited from as early as
8000 BC when nomadic European tribes followed the
retreating glaciers of the last Ice Age and with such a
long continuous history of settlement, is is hardly
surprising that it enjoys a rich tapestry of Myths and
Legends. Since good stories travel well, some of these, with
local variations and embellishments, are replicated
in other parts of the country — and beyond. Some
however, are particular to the South Rhins, even if little
physical evidence remains today of those sites where
the various tales are supposed to have happened.
So, here in this quiet and tranquil part of Scotland,
enjoy a range of Myths and Legends to the full -
by simply letting your imagination take control as
you feel yourself being transported, back in time, to a
bygone age when every good story began
with 'once upon a time'.
Tales of passion and power, fear
and folly,
deeds and decisions, supernatural, or simply
superstitious - each mirrors and preserves the lifestyles, pastimes and
beliefs of the men and women who have inhabited the South Rhins for
thousands of years and whose descendants are creating today's Myths and
Legends...
