The Scotsman's myths & legends series

Moat haunted myths & legends part 5: castles OUR historic strongholds have become intertwined with stories of ghosts and ghouls, offering a fascinating insight into an often bloody past. In the final part of our series on myths and legends, CLAIRE SMITH tells tales to make you shiver.

Scotland's Dr Evil? myths & legends part 4: origins DID the first King of Scots employ an Austin Powers-style trapdoor to dispose of his Pictish enemies, and was the daughter of an Egyptian pharaoh really the founder of our nation?

The one that got away Myths & legends Part 3: Monsters NESSIE has become one of the most iconic symbols of Scotland, with a history stretching from St Columba to The Simpsons. But is it one big hoax?

Away with the fairies? myths & legends part 2: magic IN THE second day of our myths and legends series, IAN JOHNSTON looks at Thomas the Rhymer, the man known as Scotland's Nostradamus, credited with predicting the Battle of Bannockburn

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