SCOTTOBER DAY 31: The Cailleach
The second half of Scotlands creator goddess. The Cailleach is the embodiment of winter, cold and the harshness of the world.

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SCOTTOBER DAY 30: Bride
One half of Scotlands creation goddess, Bride is summer and warmth incarnate.

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SCOTTOBER DAY 28: Fachan
One of Scotlands strangest monsters both in name and appearance, the Fachan bounces It’s way across Scotland looking wallop anyone it sees with its club

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SCOTTOBER DAY 28: The Gorbals vampire
In 1954 a vampire with iron teeth roamed the necropolis. Children went out to hunt it, most of them not knowing what a vampire was or how to kill one.

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SCOTTOBER DAY 27: The Cat-Sith
The Cat-Sith was a feared type of fairy in the highlands. It could steal souls from corpses by walking over them before burial.

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SCOTTOBER DAY 26: Muc-Seilche
The turtle pig of Scotland, it hangs around the banks of Lochs eating algae, weeds and the occasional child. It’s an ugly beast.

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SCOTTOBER DAY 25: Bogart
The wretched thing which Brownies turn into. The Bogart is said to be the ugliest of all creatures, a monster impossible to kill.

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SCOTTOBER DAY 24: The green lady
The green lady is one of the strangest ghosts in the world. There is not one green lady seen in one place, but multiple ghosts.

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SCOTTOBER DAY 21: The Pictish beast
A strange creature seen only on Pictish stones. The Pictish beast defies the appearance of any animal.

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SCOTTOBER DAY 20: The Greenock Cat Man
Crawling on his hands since the 1970s, the cat man feeds on mice and rats and sleeps in the bushes and tunnels of Greenock.

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SCOTTOBER DAY 19: Selkie
The seal people of Scotland, selkies are creatures that can turn from human to seal by taking off their skin, getting stolen or lost.

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SCOTOMTOBER DAY 18: The Stoor Worm
Great enemy of Assipattle, the stoor worms teeth became the farroe islands, and it’s petrified body becoming Iceland.

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SCOTTOBER DAY 17: The hoodie crow
A moody, dark creature, the hoody crow is a man by night and crow by day, dwelling in a castle made entirely out of feathers.

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SCOTTOBER DAY 16: Tam Lim
A deeply misunderstood story that when read incorrectly makes you jump to the worst conclusions. Tam Lin is a man-turned fairy.

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SCOTTOBER DAY 16: Lord Odivere
A monster of a different kind. Lord Odivere is entirely human, a terrible husband, making an oath to Odin to hypnotise a woman into loving him

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SCOTTOBER DAY 14: The hag of darkness
Going across battlefields and graveyards, she sinks her long tooth into corpses, transforming them into zombies.

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SCOTTOBER DAY 13: Redcap
Redcaps are mine dwellers. Their hats and clothes are dyed in their preys blood so that the smell of copper can help them blend into their surroundings

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SCOTTOBER DAY 12: Pech
Pech’s are hench little dudes that helped built and carry the monuments and even mountains of Scotland in the ancient past. Even a pinch from a Pech can shatter steel.

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SCOTTOBER DAY 11: Finmen
The Finmen disguise their fins with magic and trade amongst regular humans. They have a nasty side to them, blinding anyone who manages to see their fins with powder.

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