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The Blue Men of the Minch
Welcome to the Foxhole, dear guests, and welcome to the latest installment of Foxxo Esoterica. On tonight’s episode, I’ll be discussing a legend pertaining to quasi-merfolk; specifically, the Scottish Blue Men of the Minch, located in the stretch of water between the Inner and Outer Hebrides. And what might have compelled me to discuss Scottish folklore? As it turns out, Zuma the Puma and I actually took a trip out to the Hebridean Isle of Barra this past August with a dear friend, Zippo the Tiger. Tragically, we saw zero blue men. But it was nonetheless a very enjoyable experience.
You can support Foxxo Esoterica on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/ForsetiFox or at KoFi at https://ko-fi.com/forsetifox. All editing, research, recording, and music is done by myself, and the fox artwork is done by @sunelchikito on Twitter, @shadypixel on Twitter, @MLW on FurAffinity, @InuHein on Twitter, and @moutaindewdrawer on FurAffinity as well.
Tonight’s sources include…
The book “Wonder Tales from Scottish Myth and Legend” written by folklorist Donald A. Mackenzie https://sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/tsm/tsm08.htm
The book “The Encyclopedia of Celtic Mythology and Folklore” written by Patricia Monoghan https://books.google.de/books?id=nd9R6GQBB_0C&pg=PA31&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=2#v=onepage&q&f=false
The book “Superstitions of the Scottish Islands and Highlands,” written by John Gregorson Campbell in https://archive.org/details/superstitionshi00campgoog/page/n224/mode/1up?view=theater
The book The Fabled Coast: Legends & traditions from around the shores of Britain & Ireland” written by Sophia Kingshill and Jennifer Westwood https://books.google.de/books?id=zXa84-TWX0AC&pg=PT116&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=1#v=onepage&q=Blue%20men&f=false
The article Scottish myths: The Blue Men of Minch on the website, The Scotsman https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/scottish-myths-the-blue-men-of-minch-1483877
The book “Folk Tales of Moor and Mountain” written by Winnifred Finley in 1969, that I didn’t actually read because it’s forty bucks plus shipping, but was conveniently summarized on the Writing in Margins blog.https://writinginmargins.weebly.com/home/the-water-horse-of-barra
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_men_of_the_Minch
The book“ A new description of Orkney, Zetland, Pightland-Firth and Caithness” written by John Brand
The article “Mum finds 'proof' of Scottish sailor's myth after spotting 'creepy' face in waves” written by Josie Adnit and Alexander Smail on the website, the Daily Record https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/scotland-now/mum-finds-proof-scottish-sailors-30358593
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By Forseti FoxWelcome to the Foxhole, dear guests, and welcome to the latest installment of Foxxo Esoterica. On tonight’s episode, I’ll be discussing a legend pertaining to quasi-merfolk; specifically, the Scottish Blue Men of the Minch, located in the stretch of water between the Inner and Outer Hebrides. And what might have compelled me to discuss Scottish folklore? As it turns out, Zuma the Puma and I actually took a trip out to the Hebridean Isle of Barra this past August with a dear friend, Zippo the Tiger. Tragically, we saw zero blue men. But it was nonetheless a very enjoyable experience.
You can support Foxxo Esoterica on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/ForsetiFox or at KoFi at https://ko-fi.com/forsetifox. All editing, research, recording, and music is done by myself, and the fox artwork is done by @sunelchikito on Twitter, @shadypixel on Twitter, @MLW on FurAffinity, @InuHein on Twitter, and @moutaindewdrawer on FurAffinity as well.
Tonight’s sources include…
The book “Wonder Tales from Scottish Myth and Legend” written by folklorist Donald A. Mackenzie https://sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/tsm/tsm08.htm
The book “The Encyclopedia of Celtic Mythology and Folklore” written by Patricia Monoghan https://books.google.de/books?id=nd9R6GQBB_0C&pg=PA31&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=2#v=onepage&q&f=false
The book “Superstitions of the Scottish Islands and Highlands,” written by John Gregorson Campbell in https://archive.org/details/superstitionshi00campgoog/page/n224/mode/1up?view=theater
The book The Fabled Coast: Legends & traditions from around the shores of Britain & Ireland” written by Sophia Kingshill and Jennifer Westwood https://books.google.de/books?id=zXa84-TWX0AC&pg=PT116&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=1#v=onepage&q=Blue%20men&f=false
The article Scottish myths: The Blue Men of Minch on the website, The Scotsman https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/scottish-myths-the-blue-men-of-minch-1483877
The book “Folk Tales of Moor and Mountain” written by Winnifred Finley in 1969, that I didn’t actually read because it’s forty bucks plus shipping, but was conveniently summarized on the Writing in Margins blog.https://writinginmargins.weebly.com/home/the-water-horse-of-barra
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_men_of_the_Minch
The book“ A new description of Orkney, Zetland, Pightland-Firth and Caithness” written by John Brand
The article “Mum finds 'proof' of Scottish sailor's myth after spotting 'creepy' face in waves” written by Josie Adnit and Alexander Smail on the website, the Daily Record https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/scotland-now/mum-finds-proof-scottish-sailors-30358593