Weather Spirits and Rain Lore

Live Storytelling · National Library of Scotland

National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 1EW

Dates

• Wed 21 Oct 2026 · 14:00 · 1h · Free

Join storytellers Sandra Codd-MacDonald, Mio Shudo and Donald Smith for an afternoon of traditional tales and folklore exploring landscape, weather and nature spirits from Scotland, Japan and South America. There will also be an opportunity to visit the current exhibition Rain which looks at how rain has shaped Scottish culture, landscape and national identity.

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Also on nearby, Wed 21 Oct 2026

• Catherine Opie: To Be Seen — National Galleries Scotland: National · 300 m · 10:00
• Jillian Edelstein: Among People — Stills Centre for Photography · 300 m · 11:00
• Elizabeth Blackadder: A Life in Colour — Dovecot Studios · 400 m · 12:00
• A Play, A Pie & A Pint - Bottom's Dream — Traverse Theatre · 800 m · 13:00
• Tristan & Yseult — Royal Lyceum Theatre · 800 m · 14:30, 19:30
• Emma Rice Company – Educators CPD Workshop — Royal Lyceum Theatre · 800 m · 17:00

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More at National Library of Scotland

• Exhibition: Rain
• Meet the Gods, Creatures, and Heroes of Celtic Legend
• Slighe nan Eun/The Way of the Birds (Workshop)

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