The Cailleach and the Hunter

Those who travel along Glen Nevis, through the rocky Nevis Gorge, are rewarded with tumbling waterfalls, soaring mountains and maybe even a majestic stag or two. Anybody lucky enough to spot wild deer in the glen should also keep their ears open for strange noises. Glen Nevis is known to be a haunt of the Cailleach.

This powerful deity takes the form of an ancient, blue-skinned woman with rusty red teeth and a single piercing eye. She was responsible for creating Scotland as we know it today, carving mountains and sculpting glens with her hammer while dropping peat from her creel to form the islands.