Black Dogs / Devil / Folklore / Folktales / Legends / Welsh Folktales
by Ian · Published April 30, 2012 · Last modified January 1, 2019
According to British Goblins (1881) by Wirt Sykes; ‘To William Jones, a sabbath-breaker, of Risca village, the devil appeared as an enormous mastiff dog, which transformed itself into a great fire and made a roaring noise like burning gorse’.
Devil / Folklore / Folktales / Legends / Occult / Welsh Folktales
by Ian · Published April 30, 2012 · Last modified January 1, 2019
Before Picton Street in Merthyr Tydfil was replaced by Caedraw Road, you could find the Black Lion Inn (58 Picton Street), and according to the following story which appeared in British Goblins (1881) by Wirt Sykes, two of its drunken customers attempted to summon the Devil which appeared to them in the shape of a gosling. ‘These men were one night drinking together at the Black Lion Inn, when
Apparitions / Devil / Hauntings / Legends
by Ian · Published April 29, 2012 · Last modified January 1, 2019
Wirt Sykes in his British Goblins (1881) tells us of what may have been the ghost of an animal or as those in the North of England may refer to as a hairy ghost. However, this one, according to Sykes may have been something more sinister.
Devil / Folklore / Folktales / Legends / Occult / Welsh Folktales
by Ian · Published April 29, 2012 · Last modified January 1, 2019
The 18th century Glanbran House was dismantled around 1930 and was the ancestral home of the Gwynne family, the descendants of David Goch Gwyn who settled at Glanbran in the 16th century. Wirt Sykes in his British Goblins: Welsh Folk-Lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions (1881) gives the following story in which an unnamed member of the Gwynne family plays a prominent part.
Many years ago a Chinese nobleman was woken each night by the sound of someone walking by his house. One night, he peered out of the door and saw a beautiful and well dressed lady carrying a peony lantern.
In Mian county, in China’s Shaanxi province, rural folk never venture out of doors after dark. The reason for this is that they fear the Jiang Shi: the hopping vampire.
Book Review / Folklore / Hauntings / Legends / Other Mysteries / Review
by Ian · Published April 24, 2012 · Last modified December 16, 2018
Strange Mitcham by James Clark was first published as a booklet in 2002 as part of ASSAP’s (Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena) Project Albion. It was updated and republished in 2011 giving James the opportunity to add a few more articles and further information.
Fairies / Folklore / Folktales / Welsh Fairies / Welsh Folktales
by Ian · Published April 23, 2012 · Last modified January 1, 2019
Wirt Sykes gave the following Glamorganshire folktale in his ‘British Goblins’ (1881). ‘On a certain farm in Glamorganshire lived Rowli Pugh, who was known far and wide for his evil luck.
Fairies / Folklore / Folktales / Welsh Fairies / Welsh Folktales
by Ian · Published April 22, 2012 · Last modified November 23, 2018
In ‘Celtic Folklore Welsh And Manx’ (1901), John Rhys recounted the following folktale originally passed down Siân Dafydd of Helfa Fawr, and Mari Domos Siôn of Tyn Gadlas, Llanberis who would probably have been born around 1770.
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