nick Creighton

Across the moors and misty highlands of Scotland stalks the Cu Sith (pronounced “coo-shee”), a supernatural hound of enormous size whose appearance presages death. Unlike black spectral dogs found elsewhere in Britain, the Cu Sith is dark green—the color of the fairy realm from which it comes. Appearance The Cu Sith is immediately recognizable by […]

At the edge of desolate streams and lonely fords throughout the Scottish Highlands, a solitary figure hunches over bloody garments, washing them in the cold water. This is the Bean Nighe (pronounced “ben-nee-yeh”), the “washerwoman” who launders the death shrouds of those about to die. To encounter her is to face one’s own mortality. Origins […]

In the dark lochs and coastal waters of the Scottish Highlands lurks a creature far more dangerous than its freshwater cousin the Kelpie. The Each-Uisge (pronounced “ech-ooshkya”), meaning “water horse” in Scottish Gaelic, is perhaps the most deadly shapeshifter in Celtic mythology—a being that seduces its victims before dragging them to a watery death. Origins […]