It takes the Legend of Sawney Beane and examines it through the lens of a young girl, Elspeth Cumming, abducted by Sawney and his family.

Sawney Rath, the leader of Juska, a vermin clan, believes Deyna, an otter born of the community at Redwall, is their Taggerung, a warrior destined to lead them to power and greatness.

In Mossflower Woods, Rillflag an otter from Redwall is completing a birth ritual with his newborn son, Deyna, when Sawney Rath and his tribe of vermin ambush him.

When a seer from one tribe predicted his birth at Redwall Abbey, Sawney Rath, leader of the Juskarath, sets out to capture the Taggerung.

Antigra hates Sawney Rath because she wishes her son, Gruven to be named as the Taggerung, and because of that, Sawney Rath had murdered her husband.

When Sawney orders him to skin a runaway fox named Felch, Tagg refuses, enraging Sawney.

The coastline south of Girvan is famous for its geology, and also for Sawney Bean's Cave, where the legendary murderer and cannibal Sawney Bean supposedly lived until his arrest and execution in Edinburgh.

Alexander " Sawney " Bean ( e ) was the legendary head of a 48-member clan in 15th-or 16th-century Scotland, reportedly executed for the mass murder and cannibalisation of over 1, 000 people.

* JB Nelson recorded Sawney Bean and Hairy Tree for his Weeping Willows album

* The Sawney Beane clan were speculated to be the inspiration for the fictional Reavers in Joss Whedon's cult sci-fi series Firefly by author Lawrence Watt-Evans in the book of essays " Finding Serenity: Anti-Hereos, Lost Shepards and Space Hookers in Joss Whedon's Firefly.

* Sanders, a variation of Sawney, an obsolete English nickname for a Scotsman

* 2005 saw the release of an award-winning UK ./ Canada co-produced animated short, The True Story of Sawney Beane.

* There is a boat ride set in the caves inhabited by the Sawney Bean family in the Edinburgh Dungeon as well as a short show presenting the legend.

* Some authors suggest that the short story The Lurking Fear by H. P. Lovecraft could have been inspired by the figure of Sawney Bean through Historical and Traditional Tales Connected with the South of Scotland.

Originally a monthly bulletin of executions, produced by the Keeper of Newgate Prison in London, the Calendar's title was appropriated by other publishers, who put out biographical chapbooks about notorious criminals such as Sawney Bean, Dick Turpin, John Wilkes and Moll Cutpurse.

According to legend, the Hairy Tree was planted by Sawney Bean's eldest daughter in the town's Dalrymple Street.

While historians tend to believe that Sawney Bean never existed, his story has passed into legend and is part of the Edinburgh tourism industry.

Sawney Bean is often considered a mythic figure.

A 2005 article by Sean Thomas notes that historical documents, such as newspapers and diaries during the era when Sawney Bean was supposedly active, make no mention of ongoing disappearances of hundreds of persons.

The Sawney Beane legend closely resembles the story of Christie-Cleek, which is attested much earlier — in the early 15th century.

The legend of Sawney Bean first appeared in the British chapbooks ( rumour magazines of the day ), which today leads many to argue that the story was a political propaganda tool to denigrate the Scots after the Jacobite Rebellions.

* The legend of Alexander " Sawney " Bean has been chronicled in various media, including such print sources as Historical and Traditional Tales Connected with the South of Scotland by John Nicholson, 1843 ; The Legend of Sawney Bean, by Ronald Holmes, London, 1975 ; The Flesh Eaters, by L. A. Morse, Warner Books, 1979 ; and Cannibalism: The Last Taboo, by Brian Marriner London ; Arrow, 1992

* Mick Lewis's novel The Bloody Man also deals with the myth of Sawney Bean, which is also mentioned in the novel Paying the Piper by Sharyn McCrumb.

* Jack Ketchum's novel Off Season is an update of the Sawney Bean legend, with the cannibalistic clan headquartered in a sea cave on the Maine coast.

* Sawney Beane: The Abduction of Elspeth Cumming is a work of historical fiction by author Frieda Gates.

* Musician Snakefinger's " Sawney Bean / Sawney's Death Dance " ( from his album, Night of Desirable Objects ) tells the tale of the clan and its eventual comeuppance, as does the concept album, Inbreeding the Anthropophagi by American death metal band Deeds of Flesh.

* The book Madhouse by Rob Thurman features Sawney Beane as the main villain.

* In 2003 Christian Viel directed Evil Breed: The Legend of Samhain ( aka Samhain ), a soft-core version of the Sawney legend set in modern-day Ireland.

* 1965 – Joseph Désiré Mobutu seizes power in the Congo and becomes President ; he rules the country ( which he renames Zaire in 1971 ) for over 30 years, until being overthrown by rebels in 1997.

A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, which renames it New York, in exchange for the British colonies of Berbice and Essequibo.

David's aunt renames him ' Trotwood Copperfield ', shortened to " Trot ", and for the rest of the novel David is called by either name, depending on whether he is communicating with someone he has known for a long time or someone he has only recently met.

Amy proclaiming that she will, in turn, " make a major decision that affects the entire family without consulting with him first " purchases a sporting goods and outdoor supply store that is up for sale, which Alan takes over, and renames Matthews & Sons.

* 1995: Sybase renames the main product SQL Server to its current name Adaptive Server Enterprise ( ASE ) for version 11. 5.

* 2004 – WorldCom renames itself to MCI, still using the UUNET brand for wholesale business.

Renaming multiple files is quicker as pressing Tab automatically renames the existing file or folder and opens the file name text field for the next file for renaming.

When opening a file " LINK B. TXT " for editing, emacs first renames " LINK B. TXT " to " LINK B. TXT ~", loads " LINK B. TXT ~" into the editor, and saves the modified contents to a newly created " LINK B. TXT ".

Shattered by her mother's recent suicide and unhappy with the side-effects of her own treatment for depression, Sara renames herself " Prozak ," rages through her songwriting, and rebels.

Number 5 ( who renames himself " Johnny Five " after hearing the song " Who's Johnny " throughout the movie ) leaves for Montana with Stephanie and Newton.

Thus, for example, the founder of a religion or great religious leader becomes a Grand Tutor ( in German Grosslehrer ), and Barth renames specific leaders as well: Jesus Christ becomes Enos Enoch, Moses becomes Moishe, Buddha becomes the original Sakhyan.

* 1981: The Movement for Change and Initiative renames itself Shinui, and in 1988 becomes Shinui-Center Party

Inspired by Motes ' fledgling street ministry, local con-artist Hoover Shoats renames himself Onnie Jay Holy and forms his own ministry, the " Holy Church of Christ Without Christ ," which he encourages the disenfranchised to join for a donation of $ 1.

However, in the course of his plans, Freyr runs into Mayura, falls in love at first sight, and renames her Yamato Nadeshiko ( 大和撫子 Yamato Nadeshiko, a name for the prototypical ideal woman ; a sort of Japanese Dulcinea ), and in the English anime, his " Classic Japanese Beauty.

* November 3 — Billboard renames its Hot C & W Sides chart " Hot Country Singles ," a name it will keep for the next 27 years.

The poem elaborates on the original story and renames Selene " Cynthia " ( an alternative name for Artemis ).

Gaston immediately befriends a stray dog ( who he initially calls 犬さん-Mr. Dog, but later renames Napoleon ), who is to follow him for most of the story but they is eventually captured by the dog catcher and killed.

During the time-out, Orion renames Charlie captain and tells him to go for the win if the opportunity presents itself.