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Sacred geography – Picts – Brochs 02
Identifier
026440
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
A description of the experience
The Fairy Mythology - Illustrative of the Romance and Superstition of Various Countries. by Thomas Keightley [1870]
The Gael call the Fairies Daoine Shi', [b] (Dheenè Shee) and their habitations Shians, or Tomhans. These are a sort of turrets, resembling masses of rock or hillocks. By day they are indistinguishable, but at night they are frequently lit up with great splendour.
Clickhimin Broch (conjectured reconstruction) occupies what is today a promontory in the freshwater Clickimin Loch, on the outskirts of Lerwick
The source of the experience
PictsConcepts, symbols and science items
Concepts
EggSymbols
Science Items
Sacred geographySacred geography - altars
Sacred geography - beacons
Sacred geography - ley lines
Sacred geography - lighthouses
Sacred geography - mapping the spiritual onto the physical
Sacred geography - mark stones
Sacred geography - rivers and streams
Sacred geography - volcanoes
Sacred geography - water sites