There are, roughly speaking, two distinct types of Scottish Fairy Tales.
These stories, which are also common to the North of Ireland, are wild.
There are what may be called "Celtic Stories," which were handed down for centuries by word of mouth by professional story-tellers, who went about from clachan to clachan in the "High-lands and Islands," earning a night\'s shelter by giving a night\'s entertainment, and which have now been collected and classified for us by Campbell of Isla and others.
There are, roughly speaking, two distinct types of Scottish Fairy Tales