Fourth in the Scottish Folklore Cache Trail. You can read more about the trail at the first cache in the series: GC9T7JA
Scottish folklore is a mash up of pictish myths, irish folklore, imported stories from Scanadinanvia and early continental myths. It is very nature orientated, and it's very scary. Complete the trail and in the process look for 3 words to make up a spell to reveal the bonus cache and the location of The Grail Of The Green Man - GC9TCWM
Red Cap
The red cap is a murderous goblin who lurks in ruined fortresses and castles along the borders region, particularly those that were once the scenes of wicked deeds. When travellers take refuge in his lair, he pelts them with huge stones, then soaks his cap in his victim’s blood in order to retain its colour.
He is described as ‘a short, thickset old man with long prominent teeth, skinny fingers armed with talons like eagles, large eyes of a fiery red colour, grisly hair streaming down his shoulders, iron boots, a pikestaff in his left hand, and a red cap on his head’
Red caps get a mention in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, where they are referred to as ‘nasty little goblin-like creatures that lurked wherever there had been bloodshed.’
