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Tectonics and Structural Geology

Finn McCool

Geomythology. Giant’s Causeway – the mythical stone way

Geomythology. Giant’s Causeway – the mythical stone way

Ireland is famous for retaining a rich heritage of folk tales, which are thousands of years old. They tell stories about great heroes, wars and loves, fantastic creatures such as leprechauns, fairies, banshees, giants and so on. Among them, there is a Middle Earth time myth, concerning a “small” giant, named Finn McCool, who built a great stone way connecting Northern Ireland with the western Scot ...[Read More]