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Aug 2, 2017

Piety as a Protection from the Seductions of the Tylwyth Teg

British Goblins: Welsh Folk Lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions (1881)

Book 1 Chapter 9 by Wirt Sikes

Piety as a Protection from the Seductions of the Tylwyth Teg All about piety as a Protection from the Seductions of the Tylwyth Teg, various exorcisms, the Name of God, Fencing off the Fairies, the story of Old Betty Griffith and her Eithin Barricade, the legend of the Bwbach of the Hendrefawr Farm and the Pwca'r Trwyn's Flitting in a Jug of Barm.

Running Order:

  • Section 1 0:52
    • Various Exorcisms 1:22
    • Cock-crowing 3:36
    • The Name of God 5:43
  • Section 2 6:48
    • Fencing off the Fairies 7:00
    • Old Betty Griffith and her Eithin Barricade 7:12
  • Section 3 10:10
    • Means of getting Rid of the Tylwyth Teg 10:15
    • The Bwbach of the Hendrefawr Farm 10:24
  • Section 4 12:06
    • The Pwca'r Trwyn's Flitting in a Jug of Barm 12:07

 

Names Used in this Section

All proper names, and words in Welsh or other languages, are recorded here in the show-notes and we've done our best to get the pronounciations right for you.

  • Tylwyth Teg
  • Betty Griffith and her Eithin Barricade
  • Bwbach
  • Hendrefawr Farm
  • Pwca'r Trwyn
  • Prophet Jones
  • Rees John Rosser
  • Hendy, Llanhiddel
  • Blaen y Cwm
  • coblyn, wraith, elf, bwci
  • Rev. Robert Ellis, in 'Manion Hynafiaethol' (Treherbert, 1873.)
  • Prudentius
  • Mr. FitzHugh Ludlow
  • Anglesea
  • Hon. W.O. Stanley
  • Mrs. Stanley
  • Saxifraga tricolor
  • Merionethshire
  • Dolgelly
  • Arenig
  • Cymro
  • Sais
  • Rhyd-y-Fen
  • Eingl-dud
  • Pwca
  • Trwyn Farm
  • Mynyddyslwyn
  • Pontygasseg
  • Hafod-yr-Ynys
  • Pontypool

 

British Goblins can be found on the Internet Archive.

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