From The Best of Skye, a Hidden Scotland guide
The Dream Makers of Skye
A Skye legend of the Cuillin, retold by Graeme Johncock.
Words by Graeme Johncock
Printed in The Best of Skye, a Hidden Scotland guidebook.
Hidden high in the Cuillin Hills, where fog rolls through the rocks and stories have their own way of lingering, a young girl loses her way—and finds something stranger than fear. In this Skye legend retold by Graeme Johncock, we meet the makers of dreams themselves, and learn what happens when you follow deer into the mist.
The Isle of Skye is a mystical place, full of stories, magic and danger. People often went missing amongst the jagged peaks of the Cuillins, but the girl picking berries there was so engrossed in her work that she hadn’t realised how high she had wandered.
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When she looked up, she found herself completely lost and surrounded by a thick fog. Turning around, the girl almost screamed when she noticed dozens of eyes peering at her, before realising it was just a herd of deer.
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