The hero of this West Highland's tale gets scared to the point of wanting to give up, is headstrong and gets into trouble with fairy folk, he also listens to advice and values friendship. Like many of the heroes in folklore, he's imperfect and some aspects of his character are very relatable.

His wife is probably the real superhero here.

Oh, and I was really excited to read about the waterfalls. Alas.

If you listen at least the first half of the episode you will learn how to mispronounce Gruagach about two dozen times. I dislike violence, but I was relieved when I found out I wouldn't have to say that creature's name again after what happened to it.

👣️Footnotes🎶️

Read along: “The Lilac Fairy Book, by Andrew Lang.” 2016. Gutenberg.org. 2016. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3454/3454-h/3454-h.htm#link2H_4_0009. 

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