:Scottish folklore

{{Short description|Folk culture of Scotland}}

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Scottish folklore (Scottish Gaelic: Beul-aithris na h-Alba) encompasses the folklore of the Scottish people from their earliest records until today. Folklorists, both academic and amateur, have published a variety of works focused specifically on the area over the years.Sanderson (1957: 457-466). Some creatures of Scottish folklore are Loch Ness Monster, brownies, bogles, kelpies, selkies, the wulver, the bean-nighe, and the blue men of the Minch.

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  • {{cite journal | last=Sanderson | first=Stewart F |title=The Present State of Folklore Studies in Scotland| journal=Folklore|volume=68| issue=4| date=December 1957| pages= 457–466| doi=10.1080/0015587X.1957.9717620 }}