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Clan custodians carefully unfurling an ancient silk banner in the storm-lit hall of Dunvegan Castle
Fae & Spirits Dunvegan Castle, Isle of Skye

Fairy Flag of Dunvegan

The MacLeods of Dunvegan preserve a silk banner known as the Fairy Flag. Clan tradition says it can be unfurled in times of peril to bring victory, but that its protective magic can only be used three times.

A visual interpretation of the Fairy Flag being unfurled in a time of peril

The MacLeods of Dunvegan preserve a silk banner known as the Fairy Flag. Clan tradition says it can be unfurled in times of peril to bring victory, but that its protective magic can only be used three times.

Clan tradition says it can be unfurled in times of peril to bring victory.
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