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Welsh Folk Lore

Satan Frightening A Man For Gathering Nuts On Sunday
The following tale was related to me by the Rev. W. E...

The Fairy Shilling
The Rev. Owen Jones, Pentrevoelas, whom I have alread...

Cwn Annwn Or Dogs Of The Abyss
The words Cwn Annwn are variously translated as Dogs ...

Conjurors
1. It was formerly believed that men could sell them...

The Swallow
The joy with which the first swallow is welcomed is a...

Spirit Laying
It must have been a consolation to those who believed...

Names Given To The Fairies
The Fairies have, in Wales, at least three common and d...

The Llandrillo Version
I am indebted for the following tale to Mr. E. S. Rob...

Buying A Hive Of Bees
In the central parts of Denbighshire people suppose t...

Rhaffau'r Tylwyth Teg Or The Ropes Of The Fairies
Professor Rhys, in his Welsh Fairy Tales--Y Cymmrodor...





Category: WELSH LEGENDS OF FAIRY LADIES MARRYING MEN.





The Llanfrothen Legend
I am indebted to the Rev. R. Jones, Rector of Llanycil, Bala, for the following legend. I may state that Mr. Jones is a native of Llanfrothen, Merionethshire, a parish in close proximity to the scene of the story. Mr. Jones's infor...

The Ystrad Legend
In a meadow belonging to Ystrad, bounded by the river which falls from Cwellyn Lake, they say the Fairies used to assemble, and dance on fair moon-light-nights. One evening a young man, who was the heir and occupier of this farm, h...

Fairy Ladies Marrying Mortals
In the mythology of the Greeks, and other nations, gods and goddesses are spoken of as falling in love with human beings, and many an ancient genealogy began with a celestial ancestor. Much the same thing is said of the Fairies. T...

The Pentrevoelas Legend
I am indebted to the Rev. Owen Jones, Vicar of Pentrevoelas, a mountain parish in West Denbighshire, for the following tale, which was written in Welsh by a native of those parts, and appeared in competition for a prize on the Folk-...

The Myddvai Legend
A widow, who had an only son, was obliged, in consequence of the large flocks she possessed, to send, under the care of her son, a portion of her cattle to graze on the Black Mountain near a small lake called Llyn-y-Van-Bach. One...