Manchester/Scotland 2025 - Edinburgh National Museum of Scotland (4/7)

Coming along now to some of my favourite topics I found at the museum. To be frank, I did not do much researched on what to see in the National Museum of Scotland. I just new I wanted to see the Lewis Chessmen, and probably anything on witches if they have such things in the museum, lol. I am happy to report, that I got more than what I expected! I got pagan religion, and even viking burials in the museum! I am slowly learning about vikings and Celtic religion and their connections with Scotland. Above photo shows one of those ancient burial site example. 

I like the ending of this info sign, "We are silent, all taking done.". 

Above more info signs for you to read. I will be headed to Orkney in my next trip to Scotland 2026. Why Orkney? Well, actually it was the only local tour I could select for the start of summer as other places are still considered too cold to have tours. I've already been to the Isle of Skye (more of that coming up real soon), and for some reason, I thought about the backpack brand Osprey and mistook it for Orkney, lol. It was just a wild decision to go. I mean, I didn't know why I wanted to visit Skye either, it was just something inside that says I need to go. And so I will! And I hope to see a lot of standing stones and viking remains there!

Next, old religion. Yeah, at first I thought this was also a grave, but after reading the info sign below, it is actually of a Goddess! So go ahead, take another look. And now you can see the resemblance? Scotland is such a mysterious countries and I just can't get enough of it!

 

Next to follow? One of my favourite topic, witches and witchcraft. Unfortunately, it's more on the reality of what took placed during the witch hunt more than anything else. 

Info page for your reading pleasure. Do zoom in if it's too small to read.

Seen here above are tortured devices used on witches, probably to get a confession from them? Or perhaps to detain them. It's amazing how much evil power women used to posses in the past!

More reading for you on the witch hunt. 

And more torture devices....  All the above are but a glimpse of witch history in Scotland. More witches were killed in Scotland than in Salem in America, yet we don't really hear much of the witches of Scotland. So one of the souvenir I got myself for my trip, was a huge book on the Occult, Witches and Magic  :)  Not just on Scotland, but on the topic as a whole :)