May 24, 2017
Fairy Tales and Ancient Mythology
British Goblins: Welsh Folk Lore, Fairy
Mythology, Legends and Traditions (1881)
Book 1 Chapter
1
by
Wirt
Sikes
A comprehensive exposition of
ghosts, fairies, dragons, superstitions and supernatural folklore
drawn from the Welsh traditions, 'British Goblins' is packed with
information on fairy mythology. All proper names, and words in
Welsh or other languages, will be found recorded in the show-notes
below and we've done our best to get the pronounciations right for
you.
Running Order:
Fairies marketing at
Laugharne
Names Used in this Section
Rev John Logan
St. Collen
Gwyn ap Nudd
"foi scientifique"
Archaeologia Cambrensis
Mr. John Walter Lukis, President of
the Cardiff Naturalists' Society
Glamorganshire
Merthyr
Chaucer's Wyf of Bathes
Tale:
In olde dayes of the Kyng Arthour,
...
Al was this lond fulfilled of fayrie; ...
I speke of many hundrid yer ago;
But now can no man see non elves mo.
Dryden
Gwerddonau Llion
Gwydion
Dyfed (Demetia)
Mabinogion
Lady Charlotte Guest
Pembroke
Carmarthen
Cardigan
Vale of Neath
Craig y Ddinas
Morgana
Mor Gwyn
Morgan
king of Annwn
Avalon of the Arthurian
legends
Parry's 'Welsh Melodies'
British king Gavran
Three Losses by
Disappearance
Merlin
Madog
Pembrokeshire
Carmarthenshire
Milford Haven
Laugharne
Flemings in 1113
British Goblins can be found on Sacred Texts.
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