Living with the Tylwyth Teg

British Goblins: Welsh Folk Lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions (1881) Book 1 Chapter 6

by Wirt Sikes

All about the wondrous music and dancing of the Welsh fairies, and the dangers of joining in with their dance. Sikes tells us the legend of Rhys and Llewellyn, the Bush from Heaven and the story of Twm and Iago in the Forrest of the Magic Yew.

Running Order:

• Section 1 00:50
  • The Tale of Elidurus 2:05
• Section 2 5:32
  • Shui Rhys and the Fairies 5:42
• Section 3 8:15
  • St. Dogmell's Parish, Pembrokeshire 8:20
• Section 4 10:06
  • Dancing with the Ellyllon 10:10
  • The Legend of Rhys and Llewellyn 10:50
• Section 5 13:13
  • Death from joining in the Fairy Reel 13:18
  • Legend of the Bush of Heaven 14:45
• Section 6 16:07
  • The Forest of the Magic Yew 16:13
  • The Tale of Twm and Iago 16:41
• Section 7 19:12
  • Taffy ap Sion, a Legend of Pencader 19:16
  • The Traditions of Pant Shon Shenkin 24:40
• Section 8 25:38
  • Tudur of Llangollen; the Legend of Nant yr Ellyllon 25:41
• Section 9 30:45
• • Polly Williams and the Trefethin Elves 30:50
• Section 10 32:25
  • The Fairies of Frennifawr 32:31
• Section 11 36:47
  • Curiousity Tales 37:14
  • The Fiend Master 37:57
• Section 12 41:35
  • Iago ap Dewi 41:40
• Section 13 42:35
  • The Original of Rip van Winkle 42:46

Shui Rhys and the Tylwyth Teg

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.

Elidurus Shui Rhys St. Dogmell's Parish, Pembrokeshire Ellyllon Rhys and llewellyn Twm and Iago Taffy ap Sion Pencader Pant Shon Shenkin Tudur of Llangollen Nant yr Ellyllon Polly Williams Trefethin Frennifawr Iago ap Dewi Rip van Winkle Giraldus Cambrensis Pembroke Castle Vale of Neath Udor udorum Halgein udorum Sir R. C. Hoare's Translation of Giraldus Cardiganshire Tylwyth Teg Cardigan Teir-nos Ysprydion fou Moelgrove Sir John Franklin Edmund William Rees, of Aberystruth Rhys and Llewellyn Carmarthenshire corelw Duw catto ni! Hai, holo! O dyn! Carnarvon Clynog Carnarvonshire Llwyn y Nef Cymru Fu Caio Craig-y-Ddinas Mathavarn Llanwrin Cantref of Cyfeillioc Ffridd yr Ywen Twm and lago gwr cyfarwydd - conjuror Duw! Duw! Pencader, Carmarthenshire Wbwb

Plucked from the Fairy Circle

Careg Hir Sion Evan y Crydd o Glanrhyd Catti Shon Pencader Sion Glanrhyd Evan Shenkin, Penferdir Dir anwyl fi! Pencarreg Dinas Bran Castle Nant yr Ellyllon Tudur ap Einion Gloff Nos da'ch' Ac i chwithau Fron Rev. T. R. Lloyd (Estyn), in 'The Principality.' Trefethin Ship Inn, at Pontypool, Monmouthshire ffollachau Pembrokeshire Frennifach tatws-a-llaeth Tipton W. Howells, Archdeacon Beynon Bluebeard, Psyche, Eros Taliesin, Gwion Bach Cerridwen Bunyan Llanllawddog, Carmarthenshire Llangwyly Grimm Catskills Hartz Mountains Washington Irving Joseph Jefferson Epimenides Dennys

The Fatal Draught

British Goblins can be found on Sacred Texts.

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