Editing Schiehallion (section)

=== In the folklore of Perthshire ===
On the southwestern side of the mountain lies the well-concealed ''Uamh Tom a’ Mhòr-fhir'' (= cave (''uamh'') of the mound (''tom'') of the big man (''mhòr-fhir'')), featuring in the folklore of [[Rannoch]] as an entrance to the [[Celtic Otherworld|underworld]].<ref name= "Cunningham Rannoch">
A.D. Cunningham, Tales of Rannoch, Published by A.D.Cunningham and Perth & Kinross District Libraries, 1989. {{ISBN|9780905452050}}</ref> The [[Scottish Gaelic]] word ''tom'' can mean not only a natural [[hillock]] or knoll of round or conical form (or, indeed a natural thicket/mound of vegetation) but also a grave mound or [[tumulus]].<ref>Wiktionary https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tom#Scottish_Gaelic Retrieved at 19.40 on Friday 16/2/24.</ref> Accounts of a [[Black dog (folklore)|ghostly dog]] haunting the lower slopes of Schiehallion serve to reinforce such an association, since such portals to the supernatural realms are traditionally guarded, in [[Scottish folklore]] and [[Scottish mythology|mythology]], by the ''[[Cù-sìth]]'', (= fairy dog).<ref name= "Cunningham Rannoch"/> The mountain is also one of the haunts of the ancient winter goddess of Scotland known as the [[Cailleach|''Cailleach Bheur'']].<ref name= "Cunningham Rannoch"/>