

The Dragon-Slaying Bishop of Caithness
Image: Dornoch Cathedral. Credit: undiscoveredscotland.co.uk Dragons in Scottish tradition are overwhelmingly associated with water, not with fire. They live in lochs or wells or the sea; their breath may be poisonous but is not described as hot; they cannot fly; and indeed in a number of cases it is fire that proves fatal to them. There is, however, one significant exception. The destruction of much of the northernmost part of the ancient Caledonian Forest is blamed in folkl