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The Scots appear to possess a particular flair for the creation, transmission, and mutation of myths, and while modern scholars have attempted to deconstruct such myths it is clear that they have been of substantial importance in the making of local and national identities. This article uses one Scottish emigrant to Nova Scotia as a test case. It unpicks the Galloway background of the Reverend John Sprott’s first four decades and the assembling of his cultural baggage, and it follows him for 50 years in his adopted homeland. A map of his mental journeyings is the result. Résumé Les Écossais semblent particulièrement doués pour la création, la transmission et la transformation de mythes. Bien que des chercheurs modernes aient tenté de déconstruire de tels mythes, ceux-ci ont manifestement été d’une importance considérable dans la construction d’identités locales et nationales. Cet article examine la vie d’un émigrant écossais en Nouvelle-Écosse comme un cas type. Il décortique les quatre premières décennies du révérend John Sprott passées en Galloway et la formation de son bagage culturel, et il le suit pendant 50 ans dans son pays d’adoption. Le résultat est une carte de son parcours mental.Copyright for articles published in this journal is retained by the author(s), with Acadiensis being granted a non-exclusive licence to each and every right in the work throughout the world. After publication of the work, the author(s) shall have the right to self-archive the work and to reprint the work in whole or in part in books authored by or edited by the author(s) without the payment of any fee. In these other formats, however, the author or authors are required to acknowledge the original publication of the work in the pages of the journal. In the case of any requests to reprint the work, Acadiensis will require a standard permission fee -- to be divided equally between the journal and the author. In the event that such requests are received by the author(s), the author(s) shall direct such requests to the journal.