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False Dance
Baobhan-Sìth
In the deep woods, as the sun sets, the Baobhan-Sìth stir from disturbed cairns and forgotten graves. Horns and dog barks travel on the air with the smell of blood. A hunting party approaches and is invited to dance by a fireside. Accepting, the hunters are brought to the brink of collapse by the mother of all jigs, stumbling in the tread of deer hooves beneath green dresses as fingernails and teeth lengthen. By then, it is too late. The Baobhan-Sìth drain them, and the hunters are fed to the soil.
Kelpie (2026)
Beware lochs, pools, and river sides, where sodden horses, men, and women have been known to wander seeking assistance or companionship. These can be the guises of the shapeshifting Kelpie attempting to trick the unsuspecting into riding on its back, linking arms, or wiping away tears. To do so will bind the hapless soul to its body as it drags them to a watery grave.
The Boobrie Den
Shapeshifts feed in a hidden cove, shedding the skins of seabirds, bulls, farm hands, and horses. They gather after centuries of luring the unsuspecting to a watery grave for sustenance and amusement. From loch and coast way, they have tread water, calling to each other with the voices of their victims, all the while their forms changing with the seasons to better sate an endless appetite.
The Red People Ride out
Gruagach
'Gruagach, i.e. long haired one from, gruag, a wig, is a common Gaelic name for a maiden, a young woman, [...] In parts of Skye, however, the fold-frequenting gruagach is a tall young man with long yellow hair in the attire of a gentleman of a bygone period, having a little switch (slatag) in his hand, and with a white breast as if he wore a frilled shirt [...] This gruagach was attentive to the herds and kept them from the rocks. He frequented certain places in the fields where the cattle were. A gruagach was to be found in every gentleman's fold (buaile), and, like the glaistig, milk had to be set apart for him every evening in a hollow in a particular stone called clach na gruagaich ('the gruagach stone')...'
- This illustration of a Long Haired One protecting a calf from abuse is inspired by the above writing of folklorist John Gregorson Campbell in 1900 (from 'Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland') quoted in Atlas Arts Making Publics Press deeply inspiring publication ùir-sgeul by Eilidh Mackenzie as part of her incredible recent exhibition of the same name at the Skye and Lochalsh Archive Centre.
- This illustration of a Long Haired One protecting a calf from abuse is inspired by the above writing of folklorist John Gregorson Campbell in 1900 (from 'Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland') quoted in Atlas Arts Making Publics Press deeply inspiring publication ùir-sgeul by Eilidh Mackenzie as part of her incredible recent exhibition of the same name at the Skye and Lochalsh Archive Centre.
Kitty
Freedom Dance
Countless atrocities are broadcast by the minute and are met with indifference and banknotes. Our government and media are complicit in genocide and must be held to account. We see them now, and so will history. End the starvation. End the murder. End the occupation.
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It is a privilege to create, for my loved ones and I to live and do so in safety. I hope this image can help those who need our support, our ears, and voices the most right now. It is available to purchase on my store. Every penny raised will go to MAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians) who are saving lives in unimaginable conditions designed by the Israeli occupation. This is about action and collective responsibility. I urge you to donate if you can.
Love and well wishes, Free Palestine.
Free Palestine. Free speech. Free the arts.
Palestine's Dabke, music, textiles, stories and agriculture stand, move, and soar in defiance of systemic erasure.
It is a privilege to create, for my loved ones and I to live and do so in safety. I hope this image can help those who need our support, our ears, and voices the most right now. It is available to purchase on my store. Every penny raised will go to MAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians) who are saving lives in unimaginable conditions designed by the Israeli occupation. This is about action and collective responsibility. I urge you to donate if you can.
Love and well wishes, Free Palestine.
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