Welsh Legends and Myths
Welsh Legends and Myths

Author: Graham Watkins

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2014-08-16

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 1291985271

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A mythology collection of eighty Welsh Legends and Myths, gathered from across Wales. The Welsh, like other Celtic races, love a good story. From the time of the Mabinogion and the Black Book of Carmarthen welsh folk have passed dark winter nights in front of roaring fires and entertained with mythical stories. Welsh Legends and Myths is a compendium of traditional myths, Welsh fables, Welsh fairy tales and real stories. Like other Celtic Mythology many of the myths and legends told here are based on factual events. While some have mythical roots, all are entertaining.

British Goblins
British Goblins

Author: Wirt Sikes

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2016-12-18

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13: 1365619664

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British Goblins - Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions. British Goblins does a good job at its stated purpose - collecting and loosely categorizing Welsh Folklore of every category, ranging from the reasons behind certain customs and superstitions of daily life, to descriptions and associated stories of various faeries, goblins, and giants, to descriptions of apparitions and the view of the afterlife, to more fantastic things, like dragons, standing stones, and magic wells and stones. Although a somewhat anecdotal approach is taken, the author has in fact preserved a good deal of information that might have otherwise been lost.

Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales
Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales

Author: Elias Owen

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2019-11-26

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13:

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"Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales" by Elias Owen is a collection of stories, aphorisms, charms and advice gathered by pastors, historians, folklorists, and local residents in Wales. The pagan religions, magic, and mysteries that shroud the country and its culture are on full display in this text and allow people to learn how everything from a cat to a goblin can find its way into Welsh lore.

The Mabinogion
The Mabinogion

Author: Lady Charlotte Guest

Publisher: Xist Publishing

Published: 2015-09-28

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 168195236X

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The Earliest Prose Literature of Britain “So they took the blossoms of the oak, and the blossoms of the broom, and the blossoms of the meadow-sweet, and produced from them a maiden, the fairest and most graceful that man ever saw. And they baptized her, and gave her the name of Blodeuwedd.” - Lady Charlotte, The Mabinogion Published by Lady Charlotte in the 19th century, The Mabinogion is a collection of 12 Welsh legends compiled initially by the Welsh authors in the 12th and 13th century. The legends include King Arthur and other medieval heroes who succeed against all odds every time they face great danger. Xist Publishing is a digital-first publisher. Xist Publishing creates books for the touchscreen generation and is dedicated to helping everyone develop a lifetime love of reading, no matter what form it takes

Welsh Mythology and Folklore in Popular Culture
Welsh Mythology and Folklore in Popular Culture

Author: Audrey L. Becker

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2011-09-07

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 0786487259

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Examining how we interpret Welshness today, this volume brings together fourteen essays covering a full range of representations of Welsh mythology, folklore, and ritual in popular culture. Topics covered include the twentieth-century fantasy fiction of Evangeline Walton, the Welsh presence in the films of Walt Disney, Welshness in folk music, video games, and postmodern literature. Together, these interdisciplinary essays explore the ways that Welsh motifs have proliferated in this age of cultural cross-pollination, spreading worldwide the myths of one small British nation.

Welsh Folk Tales
Welsh Folk Tales

Author: Peter Stevenson

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2017-02-02

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 0750981903

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This book, a selection of folk tales, true tales, tall tales, myths, gossip, legends and memories, celebrates and honours unique Welsh stories. Some are well known, others from forgotten manuscripts or out-of-print volumes, and some are contemporary oral tales. They reflect the diverse tradition of storytelling, and the many meanings of 'chwedlau'. If someone says, 'Chwedl Cymraeg?' they are asking, 'Do you speak Welsh?' and 'Do you tell a tale in Welsh?' Here is the root of storytelling, or 'chwedleua', in Wales. It is part of conversation. This book, one to linger over and to treasure, keeps these ancient tales alive by retelling them for a new audience.

The Welsh Fairy Book
The Welsh Fairy Book

Author: W. Jenkyn Thomas

Publisher: BEYOND BOOKS HUB

Published: 2021-01-01

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13:

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A collection of 83 short fairy tales, including; The Lady of the Lake; Arthur in the Cave; The Curse of Pantannas; The Drowning of the Bottom Hundred; Elidyr's Sojurn in Fairy-Land; Rhys and Llywelyn; Lowri Dafydd Earns a Purse of Gold; The Llanfabon Changeling; Why the Red Dragon is the Emblem of Wales; Llyn Cwm Llwch; The Adventures of Three Farmers; Cadwaladr and His Goat; The Fairy Wife; Einion and the Lady of the Greenwood; The Green Isles of the Ocean; March's Ears; The Fairy Harp; Guto Bach and the Fairies; Ianto's Chase; The Stray Cow, and many more.

The Mabinogi and Other Medieval Welsh Tales
The Mabinogi and Other Medieval Welsh Tales

Author: Patrick K. Ford

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2019-09-24

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 0520974662

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The four stories that make up the Mabinogi, along with three additional tales from the same tradition, form this collection and compose the core of the ancient Welsh mythological cycle. Included are only those stories that have remained unadulterated by the influence of the French Arthurian romances, providing a rare, authentic selection of the finest works in medieval Celtic literature. This landmark edition translated by Patrick K. Ford is a literary achievement of the highest order.

Welsh Fairy Tales, Myths and Legends
Welsh Fairy Tales, Myths and Legends

Author: Claire Fayers

Publisher:

Published: 2021-01-04

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9780702305511

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Enjoy Wales's rich heritage of myth and fairy tales, re-told for young readers. From magical Welsh dragons that destroy a castle night after night, to a princess made out of flowers and a fairy changeling bother, this book includes traditional favourites and classic myths and legends from Welsh folklore.