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Blue Men of the Minch

Also called Fir Ghorm, Fir Gorm, Na Fir Ghorma.

The Blue Men of the Minch are blue-skinned, grey-bearded mermen of Scottish Hebridean folklore said to raise storms and wreck ships in the strait between Lewis and the Shiant Isles.

At a glance

Tradition
Scottish folklore
Region
Rivers, Lochs and Water Sources (Scotland) (habitat)
Trait family
The Tempest-Bringers

Near this figure

and 2 more
  • Labbu Storm summoning · Causes storms or tsunamis
  • Ashuaps Ship capsizing

Traits

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Form

Behaviour

  • Causes storms or tsunamis
    why

    The Blue Men of the Minch are blue-skinned, grey-bearded mermen of Scottish Hebridean folklore said to raise storms and wreck ships in the strait between Lewis and the Shiant Isles.

Sight and sound

Offensive powers

  • Storm summoning
    why

    The central pattern of Blue Men stories concerns the weather and safety of the Minch itself: accounts describe the strait as calm so long as the Blue Men and their chieftain remain quiet in their underwater homes, but liable to sudden storms when they emerge, at which point they were said to swim out to threaten any vessel whose captain was bold enough to attempt the crossing, aiming to capsize or wreck the ship and drown its crew.

  • Ship capsizing
    why

    at which point they were said to swim out to threaten any vessel whose captain was bold enough to attempt the crossing, aiming to capsize or wreck the ship and drown its crew.

Roles

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