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...
Dec 20, 2017
Mystic Wells
British Goblins: Welsh Folk Lore, Fairy
Mythology, Legends and Traditions (1881)
Book 4 Chapter
2
by
Wirt
Sikes
All about the beheading of St. Winnifred and the mystic well that sprang up where her head fell. How the waters of mystic wells can be either beneficent or malicious - they can cure diseases,...
Dec 13, 2017
The Powers of Bells
British Goblins: Welsh Folk Lore, Fairy
Mythology, Legends and Traditions (1881)
Book 3 Chapter
6
by
Wirt
Sikes
In this chapter, we learn that the sound of Brass bells can break enchantments, how they could exorcise spirits and even foretell storms. Sikes also tells us the story of how a...
Dec 6, 2017
Death and Burial
British Goblins: Welsh Folk Lore, Fairy
Mythology, Legends and Traditions (1881)
Book 3 Chapter
7
by
Wirt
Sikes
Find out all the customs about food and drinking, especially Beer, by a coffin, how important Salt is, the Sin-Eater (and whether the stories are true or not), the Scapegoat and...