Dec 27, 2017
Legendary Welsh Stones
British Goblins: Welsh Folk Lore, Fairy
Mythology, Legends and Traditions (1881)
Book 4 Chapter
3
by
Wirt
Sikes
Ancient Welsh stones that could move about by themselves and how the Saxon King Edgar the Peaceable passed a law forbidding Stone Worship. How stones could be linked to water, such as the healing powers of Canna's Chair which only worked after drinking from St. Canna's Well. Sikes also tells us about Talking Stones, Expanding Stones and the Stone of Invisibility which is one of the Thirteen Treasures of Britain.
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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.
Canna
Eitheinn
Mol Walbec
Trichrug
Rhitta Gawr
Edgar the Peacable
Canute
Carmarthenshire
Canna's Stone
Saint Canna's Chair
Llangan
Ffynon Canna
Parc y Fontwent
'Llangan, dyma'r fan'
(Llangan, here is the spot'
Nennius
Anglesea
Cerevus
Menai
Builth
King Arthur
Cabal
Troynt
Carn Cabal
Giraldus
Maen Morddwyd
Hugh, Earl of Chester
King Henry I
Llechlafar
River Alyn
St. David's Church, Pembrokeshire
St. Gowan's Chapel
Caerleon, Monmouthshire
Ring of Luned
Owen, son of Urien
Ring of Gyges
Rhonabwy
Iddawc
Peredur
Etlym
St. David's, Llanfaes
Mowddwy
St. Tydecho
Maelgwyn Gwynedd
Maenhir
Dysgwylfa
Crumlyn, Monmouthshire
Llanberis
Canrig Bwt
Adrian
Denbighshire
Llanfihangel
Dolwillim
River Tawe
Merlin
River Sawdde
Llangadock
Mynydd Du
Pen Arthur
Cader Idris
Dolgelly
Machynlleth
Castle of Hay
Llowes Churchyard
Hu Gadarn
Cadwaladr
Rhitta Gawr
Brutus
Idris Gawr
Cymry
Côr Gawr
Killara
Cardiganshire
Gwydion
Gwyn, son of Nudd
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