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THE WATER-nORSE AND KINDRED MONSTERS
violent thunderstorm broke the night before ; and the people
of Glen Elg was convinced that this storm was an
expression of God's wrath at the proposed opening of the
serpent-mound, which the natives regarded as an act of
desecration. So great was the local pressure brought to
bear on the archaeologists that finally the project was
abandoned.
87
violent thunderstorm broke the night before ; and the people
of Glen Elg was convinced that this storm was an
expression of God's wrath at the proposed opening of the
serpent-mound, which the natives regarded as an act of
desecration. So great was the local pressure brought to
bear on the archaeologists that finally the project was
abandoned.
87
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Description | Selected books from the Ossian Collection of 327 volumes, originally assembled by J. Norman Methven of Perth. Different editions and translations of James MacPherson's epic poem 'Ossian', some with a map of the 'Kingdom of Connor'. Also secondary material relating to Ossianic poetry and the Ossian controversy. |
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Description | Selected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history. |
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