9. Banshees

Rhianna Pratchett explores the tale of a mysterious wolf-like creature in Shetland. This mythical beast is not all it might, at first, seem to be. Rhianna digs into the story and finds out what it co...

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Rhianna Pratchett heads to the Scottish coast to meet a shape-shifting sea creature called the Selkie. Selkies are seals in the water, but can remove their seal skins and become humans on the land.Rhi...

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As a child, Rhianna Pratchett was told of sleeping giants on the hilltops near her grandparents' house in Wales. Now she returns to the Welsh mountains and to Cader Idris – a striking mountain in the...

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Rhianna Pratchett hears tales of folkloric hobgoblin-like creatures nicknamed 'hobs' from the North York Moors. These small, hairy creatures might do your chores while you’re asleep. Like many other ...

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Rhianna Pratchett is on the trail of one of her favourite mythical creatures - the mermaid. She visits Conwy in North Wales, the scene of a mermaid’s curse, and dives into a myriad of salty tales. Rh...

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Rhianna Pratchett tentatively heads to Scotland, in search of a small but vicious castle-dweller, that soaks its cap in its victims’ blood – The Redcap.She explores why stories of such violent creatur...

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Rhianna Pratchett explores the dark world of water demons, from Jenny Greenteeth in the North of England to kelpies – shapeshifting water horses – in Scotland. She hears chilling details of their act...

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