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![Scottish Sea Monsters | Dark Mythologies
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References:
Borch, Karl. “The Monster in Loch Ness.” The Journal of Risk and Insurance, vol. 43, no. 3, 1976, pp. 521–25. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/251918. Accessed 28 Nov. 2022.
Dennison, W. Traill. “Orkney Folklore. Sea Myths.” The Scottish Antiquary, or, Northern Notes and Queries 5, no. 20 (1891): 167–71. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25516381.
GOWLER, D. G. “THE LOCH NESS MONSTER.” The Commonwealth Forestry Review, vol. 50, no. 1 (143), 1971, pp. 64–68. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/42604962. Accessed 28 Nov. 2022.
Harris, Jason Marc. “Perilous Shores: The Unfathomable Supernaturalism of Water in 19th-Century Scottish Folklore.” Mythlore 28, no. 1/2 (107/108) (2009): 5–25. http://www.jstor.org/stable/26815460.
McGregor, Ian. Scottish Legends & Folklore. St Ives: James Pike, 1975. Print. Viewing Scotland Ser.
McKee, Christian M. Scottish Folklore, Legend, and Superstition. Baltimore, Md: Gateway, 1983. Print.
Ross, Anne. Folklore of the Scottish Highlands. Expanded New Ed.]. ed. Stroud: Tempus, 2000. Print.
Williams, Isobel E. Scottish Folklore. Edinburgh: Chambers, 1991. Print. Chambers Miniguides.
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Chapters:
0:00 Kelpies
3:21 Loch Ness Monster
10:08 Folklore in Scotland
12:01 Water in Scottish Folklore
13:23 Scottish Struggles & the Highland Clearances
16:40 Rant about Established Titles & Souvenir Land Plots
17:52 The Selkie
23:39 Conclusion & mini catch-up Scottish Sea Monsters | Dark Mythologies](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wjBx7k_8drc/mqdefault.jpg)




