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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
- Frederick W. Holiday, The Great Orm of Loch Ness (London, 1968)
- Roy P. Mackal, The Monster of Loch Ness (Athens, Oh., 1980)
A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. Copyright © James MacKillop 1998, 2004. All rights reserved.
