The Name Douglas

[Jill]

The Scottish name Douglas is a derivative of the Celtic word Dubhglas which has several meanings: Dark Blue, Blood River, and Black Hill. The Gaelic element Dubh means dark, black (sounding familiar?) and glas, which means blue, green, gray; stream).

Dubhglas is a common Celtic river name, and might have been derived as a place name, one who dwell by a river.

Traditionally there are two branches of the Douglas clan, the Red Douglas and the Black Douglas. What a colorful story!

[DoberDawn]

In Spell of the Highlander, Cian was trapped in the Dark Glass . In the Fever books, we are dealing with myriad dark glasses or silvers by which they travel between places . Hmmmm....

[aprilssix]

Originally Posted by Jill

Traditionally there are two branches of the Douglas clan, the Red Douglas and the Black Douglas. What a colorful story!

Doesn't those colors sound like the colors of some of the tattoos some of the players sport?