Gaun Tait caught a bear for the King of Norway and his life w...
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
September 1978
Track ID
81178
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1978.63
Original Tape ID
Summary
Gaun Tait caught a bear for the King of Norway and his life was spared.
Gaun Tait killed the the Norwegian king's tax collector. Tait was taken before the king, who was impressed by his strength and offered to spare him if he could catch a dangerous bear.
Tait overpowered the bear and tied it up before presenting it to the king. He took the bear back to Shetland, where it starved to death on Linga off Yell. A circle supposedly made by the bear marching around could still be seen in Tom Tulloch's time.
Item Subject/Person
Tait, Gaun
Item Location
County - Shetland
Parish - Fetlar
Island - Fetlar
Non Scottish Item Location
Norway
Non Scottish Item Location
Nirribhidh
Language
English, Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good