When I was told this story just outside Ordos City, the guides certainly didn’t believe the tale. They seemed to take a kind of smug satisfaction that the western explorers who took this legend back to Europe came to such a ridiculous conclusion. I think it could possibly been a medieval Chinese/Mongol equivalent to the Scottish "Wild Haggis" story often told to mislead tourists!
Fairies / Folklore / Folktales / Welsh Fairies / Welsh Folktales
by Ian · Published July 20, 2012 · Last modified November 23, 2018
The Church of St Llechid is a Grade II listed building. Built to replace a much earlier 15th century church, the building dates from 1844. There is a siting legend relating the building of original St.
Folklore / Folktales / Hauntings / Welsh Folktales
by Ian · Published July 20, 2012 · Last modified December 9, 2018
The Gothic St Tysilio’s in Llandysilo dates from 1867 but is built on the foundations of a much earlier church. Thought to be founded by St Tysilio early in the 7th century there are records of a chapel here dating back as early as 1254 and 1291. It was probably this earlier building that was reputedly haunted by a spirit which was according to folklore exorcised.
Stories of La Llorona, the weeping woman are told all over the Hispanic world, with versions coming from Venezuela to Spain and from California to Puerto Rico, but the legend is perhaps most associated with Mexico. The tales differ slightly from place to place but the basic elements are always the same.
Devil / Folklore / Folktales / Legends / Welsh Folktales
by Ian · Published July 1, 2012 · Last modified December 20, 2018
The following tale is in its main features still current in Cynwyd, a village about two miles from Corwen. The first reference to the story that I am acquainted with appeared in an essay sent in to a local Eisteddfod in 1863. The story is thus related in this essay:—
Devil / Folklore / Folktales / Legends / Welsh Folktales
by Ian · Published July 1, 2012 · Last modified December 20, 2018
It was formerly a general custom in Wales for young lads and lasses to meet and spend a pleasant evening together in various farmhouses. Many kinds of amusements, such as dancing, singing, and card playing, were resorted to, while away the time. The Rev.
Devil / Folklore / Folktales / Welsh Folktales
by Ian · Published June 26, 2012 · Last modified December 20, 2018
In his ‘Welsh-folklore’ (1887) Elias Owen tells the following tale related to him by Rev. W. E. Jones, rector of Bylchau, near Denbigh:—
Devil / Folklore / Folktales / Welsh Folktales
by Ian · Published June 22, 2012 · Last modified December 20, 2018
“The Rev. Mr. Thomas Baddy, who lived in Denbigh Town, and was a Dissenting Minister in that place, went into his study one night, and while he was reading or writing, he heard some one behind him laughing and grinning at him, which made him stop a little—as well indeed it might.
Devil / Folklore / Folktales / Hauntings / Legends / Welsh Folktales
by Ian · Published June 8, 2012 · Last modified November 23, 2018
The following account entitled ‘The Devil’s Tree by Eglwys Rhos’ appeared in Elias Owen’s ‘Welsh Folk-lore’ (1887). ‘At the corner of the first turning after passing the village of Llanrhos*, on the left hand side, is a withered oak tree, called by the natives of those parts the Devil’s Tree, and it was thought to be haunted, and therefore the young and timid were afraid to pass it
Devil / Folklore / Folktales / Welsh Folktales
by Ian · Published May 31, 2012 · Last modified January 1, 2019
Elias Owen gives the following account of a series of disturbing experiences that befell a Sabbath breaker in his 1887 book ‘ Welsh folk-lore: a collection of the folk-tales and legends of North Wales’. The account relates to the experiences of one William Davies and was given to Owen by the late Rev. J. L.
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