The Silver Bough (Canongate Classic, 24)

A marvellous and indispensible treasury of Scottish folklore and folk belief from the world of Celtic magic gods and fairies to the prophesies of the Brahan seer second sight witchcraft earth magic selkies changelings and a host of traditional spells and cures. The Silver Bough involved many years of research into both living and recorded folklore and remains a classic of literature.