Find more facts and information on our topic page about
Loch Ness
Loch Ness Monster
A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
|
2004
|
|
© A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology 2004, originally published by Oxford University Press 2004. (Hide copyright information)
Copyright
Loch Ness Monster. One of Scotland's best-known tourist attractions, the monster, Orm, or Nessy, has a surprisingly ancient history.
Adamnán's life of
Colum Cille, written
c.690, reports that the saint caused an open-jawed monster in River Ness to submerge and cease threatening a man swimming. See also
AFANC;
SEA MONSTER.
Bibliography
See Frederick W. Holiday , The Great Orm of Loch Ness (London, 1968);
Roy P. Mackal , The Monster of Loch Ness (Athens, Oh., 1980).
Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.
|
Monster feud makes waves in Loch Ness
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 9/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...films and advertisements. Now the Loch Ness monster is the object of a bitter...Nessie attractions, The Original Loch Ness Visitor Centre - motto, "we believe...route from Inverness to Urquhart via Loch Ness 2000. "Every pound spent there...
|
|
Tourists Pay to Look for Nonexistent Loch Ness Monster
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 4/1/1994; 700+ words
; ...Drumnadrocket [sp] on the banks of Loch Ness. For the first time the paying public...interest. [sound of submarine in Loch Ness] BOWERS: The 30-foot-long bright...starting the descent to the bottom of Loch Ness. [radar blips] OK, we're sub...
|
 "Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK)")
|
Loch Ness exhibition centre wins five-star tourism award
Newspaper article from: Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK); 7/11/2007; 596 words
; ...Scottish tourism's top awards. The Loch Ness Exhibition Centre at Drumnadrochit...bids for World Heritage status for Loch Ness and the Great Glen and Robbie Bremner...attractions Jacobite - Experience Loch Ness and Urquhart Castle to offer a single...
|
 "Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)")
|
WIN monster fun on banks of Loch Ness; TWO NIGHT HOTEL BREAK FOR FAMILY OF FOUR.(Competition/Offers)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland); 12/30/2007; 700+ words
; Loch Ness is one of Scotland's most outstanding...family of four with Jacobite-Experience Loch Ness, to Loch Ness Exhibition Centre and entry...For more info on what to see and do in Loch Ness, visit www.visitlochness.com CAPTION...
|
|
Loch Roswell?(Loch Ness monster)
Magazine article from: National Review; 9/15/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...archaeologists. Well, to the folks over by Loch Ness that is nothing. They have got a...never easy. And the nature of the loch does not help. More than 800 feet...24 miles long, and a mile wide, Loch Ness contains the greatest volume of fresh...
|
|
|
Five-star lodge retreat opens on the shores of Loch Ness
Newspaper article from: Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK); 12/18/2007; 613 words
; ...which has opened on the shores of Loch Ness will bring a "significant boost...snug, so occupants seeking out the Loch Ness monster can do so in some comfort...Waterhorse film - a movie, based on the Loch Ness monster, which is being released...
|
 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
|
A monster attraction; At this time of year monster seekers descend on Loch Ness. Oliver Bennett took his daughter to join the hunt - and avoid the people carriers.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 6/12/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...A82 that snakes along the side of Loch Ness is a road to be travelled carefully...eerie sense you get on the banks of Loch Ness that you are the only people in the...place. A boat trip is a necessity in Loch Ness. There are a handful of operators...
|
|
High-tech fleet hunts Loch Ness monster
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 10/7/1987; ; 700+ words
; ...biggest fling yet for fans of the Loch Ness Monster. It happens Friday through...the existence of a large animal in Loch Ness was improbable, it was equally unlikely...professor Roy P. Mackal, who headed the Loch Ness Investigation Bureau from 1965 to...
|
|
|
Look! There is something in Loch Ness
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 6/27/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...of water. "Do I believe in the Loch Ness monster?" he asks, rhetorically...I might need it." The 24-ton Loch Ness One, built in Canada 15 years ago...insured for a capacity of six in the loch), and designed to come to the aid...
|
|
|
Loch Ness group bids for world heritage status Securing World Heritage Site status for Loch Ness could net an pounds80million boost for the local economy.
Newspaper article from: Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK); 6/1/2007; 659 words
; Securing World Heritage Site status for Loch Ness could net an pounds80million boost for the...official campaign was launched on a boat on the loch by a group of local businesses. If successful, the loch and Great Glen would be ranked alongside...
|
|
Loch Ness Monster
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
Loch Ness Monster A persistently reported monster...Scott and Robert Rines (see "Naming the Loch Ness Monster," Nature, December 11, 1976...with the priestess who led the group. The Loch Ness Phenomena Investigation Bureau was founded...
|
|
|
Loch Ness & Morar Project
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
Loch Ness & Morar Project Project that grew out of the Loch Morar Expedition to investigate reports of a monster named "Mhorag," similar to the Loch Ness Monster. Originating in 1970-72, the Loch Morar...
|
|
|
Loch Ness Investigation Bureau
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
Loch Ness Investigation Bureau Founded in 1962 to obtain scientific evidence of the existence of the Loch Ness Monster, a marine animal or animals believed by some to inhabit Loch Ness and other lakes in Scotland, Ireland...
|
|
Loch Ness
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Loch Ness , lake, 22 mi (35 km) long, Highland...part of the Caledonian Canal . By volume, Loch Ness is the largest freshwater lake in Great...15 m) long, said to have been seen in the loch, there have been several alleged sightings...
|
|
Ness, Loch
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Ness, Loch Freshwater lake in n Scotland, running sw to ne along the geological fault...230m (754ft) deep and forms part of the Caledonian Canal. Accounts of a Loch Ness monster date back to the 15th century, but the veracity of the legend has...
|
