The writer says the sound of many waters accounted for a good deal of the supernatural belief. The path through Glen Eunach is a long established route. The pair of quarrelling spirits is an unusual feature for brownie lore, which usually gives one brownie to a house.
Folklore & legend
The Two Quarrelling Brownies of the Glen Eunach Pass
Pass of Glen Eunach below Carn Eilrig, Rothiemurchus
Traditional; recorded about 1900
- Evidence
- Long-standing local tradition
- Access
- Public footpath only
- Location
- 57.126, -3.756 (Parish-level only, treat as an area)
Sources: Rothiemurchus (Electric Scotland), Chapter 3, Glen Eunach [other]
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