Growing political self-determination and a decline in newspaper circulation are two of the curiosities of a devolved Scotland. Recent years have impacted not only the economic circumstances and political role of the Scottish press but its function for political culture and national identity. In fact, the press has traditionally been understood as a guardian of Scottish national identity and distinctivenessdistinctiveness and has claimed to politically represent the public (cf. Smith in Paper Lions: The Scottish Press and National Identity. Polygon, Edinburgh, 1994). To sustain its own position, the press has drawn on popular folk beliefs and myths of national difference—namely an intellectual distinction premise and an egalitarian tradition. In doing so, it has maintained the idea of a participatory political culture in Scotland, which crucially shaped the referendum discourse. On these grounds, the chapter analyses the press’s changing role in a context of increasing Scottish self-determination. It introduces the idea of reading popular participation in the referendum through its mythologisation and establishes the historical, cultural, and institutional context for these. Specifically, it turns to narratives of identity and socio-political difference and discusses how debates and attempts at institutionalising participatory politics in post-devolution Scotland have contributed to the creation, circulation, and appeal of a myth of popular participation in the 2014 referendum.