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Lake Fairies

British Goblins: Welsh Folk Lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions (1881) Book 1 Chapter 3 by Wirt Sikes

All about Lake Fairies. the Gwragedd Annwn or Women of the lakes, a legend of Crumlyn Lake, the elfin cow of Llyn Barfog, the Legend of the Meddygon Myddfai and much more.

'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:

• Section 1 0:42
  • The Gwragedd Annwn, or Dames of Elfin Land 1:53
• Section 2 5:38
  • St Patrick and the Welshmen; a Legend of Crumlyn Lake 7:41
• Section 3 8:28
  • The Elfin Cow of Lyn Barfog 9:24
  • Y Fuwch Laethwen Lefrith 12:22
  • The Legend of the Meddygon Myddfai 12:22
• Section 4 13:42
  • The Wife of Supernatural Race 13:33
  • The Three Blows; a Carmathenshire Legend 13:44
• Section 5 17:19
  • Cheese and the Didactic Purpose in Welsh Folk-Lore 17:20
• Section 6 21:43
  • The Fairy Maiden's Papa 21:44
• Section 7 22:44
  • The Enchanted Isle in the Mountain Lake 22:46
• Section 8 24:14
  • Legend of the Men of Ardudwy 24:18
• Section 9 28:54
• • Origin of the Water Fairies 29:20
  • Their prevalence in many Lands 30:29

The Gwraig of the Golden Boat

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.

• Gwragedd Annwn
• Llyn Barfog
• Y Fuwch Laethwen Lefrith
• Meddygon Myddfai
• Ardudwy
• Gwyn ap Nudd
• Plant Annwn
• Archaeologia Cambrensis
• Drayton's account of the Battle of Agincourt
• 'Cymru Fu'
• Cardiganshire
• Crumlyn Lake
• Briton Ferry
• St. Patrick
• St. David of Wales
• 'Sut yr y'ch chwi?' (How d'ye do?)
• Cambria
• Erin
• Aberdovey
• Carmarthenshire
• Gwartheg y Llyn
• Dyssyrnant
• Fuwch Gyfeiliorn
  • Dere di felen Emion,
  • Cyrn Cyfeiliorn-braith y Llyn,
  • A'r foci Dodin,
  • Codwch, dewch adre.
• Iolu MSS
• Taliesin Williams
• Merthyr
• Llandovery, published for the Welsh MSS. Society, 1848
• Vale of Towy
  • Cras dy fara,
  • Anhawdd ein dala;
• Dos, dos, dos!
• Gwraig annwn
• Cwm Meddygon
• Cadogan, Gruffydd and Emion
• Rhiwallon
• Rhys Gryg, Lord of Dynevor
• Gray's Inn Lane
• Cambro Briton
• diawl
• Mabinogion
• Falstaff
• Drws Coed
• Turf Lake (Llyn y Dywarchen)
• Cymry
• Undine, Melusina, Nausicaa
• Vale of Clwyd
• Maidens Lake, or Llyn y Morwynion
• Cynwal
• Dracae
• Nymph of the Lurley
• Morgan
  • môr
  • gân
• Faro Islands
• In China, the superstition appears in a Lew-chewan legend mentioned by Dr. Dennys

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Classification of Welsh Fairies

British Goblins: Welsh Folk Lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions (1881) Book 1 Chapter 2

by Wirt Sikes

Examining the different types of Welsh Fairies, from the Pwca (and Shakespeare's Puck) to the Ellylldan, Coblynau, Knockers and household fairies. Sikes also looks at Dwarfs, bogies and hobgoblins as well as telling us a humourous story of the Preacher and the Bwbach.

Rowli Pugh and the Ellyl

Running Order:

• Section 1 0:42
  • General Designation 1:53
  • Habits of the Tylwyth Teg 3:43
• Section 2 5:38
  • Ellyllon, or Elves 5:42
  • Shakespeare's Use of Welsh Folk-Lore 7:41
• Section 3 8:28
  • Rowli Pugh and the Ellyll 9:24
  • Household Story Roots 12:22
• Section 4 13:42
  • The Ellylldan 13:44
• Section 5 17:19
  • The Pooka 17:20
  • Puck Valley, Breconshire 18:11
  • Where Shakespeare got his Puck 21:07
• Section 6 21:43
  • Pwca'r Trwyn 21:44
  • Usual Form of the Pooka Story 21:57
• Section 7 22:44
  • Coblynau or Mine Fairies 22:46
  • The Knockers 23:01
• Section 8 24:14
  • Miner's Superstitions 24:18
  • Basilisks and Fire Fiends 27:50
• Section 9 28:54
• • A Fairy Coalmine 29:20
  • The Dwarfs of Cae Caled 30:29
• Section 10 32:18
  • Counterparts of the Coblynau 32:18
• Section 11 34:36
  • The Bwbach, or Household Fairy 34:40
  • Legend of the Bwbach and the Preacher 35:33
• Section 12 37:20
  • Bogies and Hobgoblins 37:23
  • Carrying Mortals through the Air 37:47
  • Counterparts and Originals 38:04

Charcoal drawn figure of the Pwca

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.

Keightley The Elves The Dwarfs or Trolls The Nisses The Necks, Mermen & Mermaids The Ellyllon (Elves) The Coblynau (Mine fairies) The Bwbachod (House fairies) The Gwragedd Annwn (Lake Fairies) The Gwyllion (Mountain Fairies) Y Tylwyth Teg (yn y Coed), Tylwth Teg y Mwn Bendith y Mamau Eumenides Sir Walter Scott Dayak Laplander Ammam El - 'spirit' Elf - 'element' Elihim (Hebrew) Davydd ab Gwilym Yr doedd ym mhob gobant Ellyllon mingeimion gant Ymenyn tylwyth teg bwyd ellyllon menyg ellyllon Gwyn ap Nudd Shakespeare Mercutio Mab Cymric mabgar mabgath mabiaith mabinogi Mabiogion Peterston-super-Ely Cardiff Glamorganshire Rowli Pugh Ellyll Catti Jones Bwbach Mr. Baring-Gould Grimm's Witchelma(umlaut)nner Hausma(um.)nner Milton's L'Allegro Ellylldan Will-o'-wisp Scandinavian Lyktgubhe Breton Sand Yan y Tad (Saint John the Father) Dan (fire) ignis fatuus Jack-muh-lantern Iolo the Bard Pwca, or Pooka, Puck

The Pwca

Cambrian fairies Richard Price, son of Sir John Price Brecon Cym Pwca, Puck Valley Clydach in Breconshire Frere and Powell Trwyn Farm, near Abergwyddon (Abercarne) Pwca'r Trwyn Campbell Mrs. Fletcher Mrs. Siddons The Oswestry Advertiser Cefn Penrhyn Priestley Knockers Newport, Monmouthshire William Evans of Hafodafel Beacon Mountain Egbert Williams Denbighshire Cae Caled Parish of Bodfari Lanelwyd House Barbara Jones Wichtlein (little Wights) Haus-schmiedlein (little House-smiths) Heldenbuch Catskill Mountains Hendrik Hudson Cardiganshire Cwrw da Bogie Hobgoblin Gobelin 'Le gobelin vous mangera, le gobelin vous emportera.' hob, hopp, coblyn, goblin Slavonic 'bog' Baga of the Cuneiform Inscriptions Professor Fiske Aryan Bhaga, Sanskrit of the Vedas Phrygian Zeus "Bagaios" Xerxxes Southey

Coblynau

British Goblins can be found on Sacred Texts.

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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:

• Book 1: The Realm of Faerie 0:46
• Section 1 1:24
  • Fairy Tales and the Ancient Mythology 1:46
  • The Compensations of Science 3:00
• Section 2 3:58
  • Existing Belief in Fairies in Wales 4:02
  • The Faith of Culture 5:33
  • The Credulity of Ignorance 7:13
• Section 3 8:48
  • The Old Time Welsh Fairyland 8:52
• Section 4 11:26
  • The Fairy King 11:30
  • The Legend of St. Collen and Gwyn ap Nudd 12:32
• Section 5 15:32
  • The Green Meadows of the Sea 15:35
  • Fairies at Market 17:34
  • The Land of Mystery 18:30

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

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

The Faerie Realms The Preface

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.

The Old Woman of the Mountain

Names Used in this Section

Caerleon

Camarthen

Mr. Sikes doesn't really use any other strange names in this Preface, but he does quote from Chaucer - which may need noting here.

He quotes from the Wife of Bath's Tale, and he says:

In olde dayes of the Kyng Arthour, ... Al was this lond fulfilled of fayrie; ...

British Goblins can be found on Sacred Texts.

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