Geraint The Son Of Erbin
Geraint The Son Of Erbin is a tale from the Mabinogion. The following translation by Lady Charlotte Guest was published in 1877.
Category: Folktales
Here Is The Story Of Llud And Llevelys
The Story of Llud and Llevelys appears in the The Mabinogion and here is the translation published by Lady Charlotte Guest (1877).
Peredur The Son Of Evrawc
Peredur The Son Of Evrawc is one the tales in the Mabinogion. This English translation by Lady Charlotte Guest was published in 1877.
The Lady Of The Fountain
The Lady Of The Fountain is one the tales in the Mabinogion. This English translation by Lady Charlotte Guest was published in 1877.
Math The Son Of Mathonwy
The following is how the the tale of ‘Math The Son Of Mathonwy’ appeared in the ‘The Mabinogion’ by Lady Charlotte Guest, (1877).
The Tale of Nant Gwrtheyrn
When Thomas Pennant was touring Wales, he noted that the three farms on the Nant were Tŷ Hen, Tŷ Canol and Tŷ Ychaf respectively.
Fairy Midwife Of Beddgelert
In 1891 the following folk tale appeared in ‘The Science of Fairy Tales; An Enquiry Into Fairy Mythology’ by Edwin Sidney Hartland. It is one of a number of stories in which human midwives are needed at fairy births.
Llyn Barfog (The Bearded Lake)
Llyn Barfog is situated in high countryside above the northern banks of the River Dyfi. The lake is isolated, small, and covered with yellow water lilies in the summer. Sir John Rhys in Celtic Folklore suggests that it was originally called Llyn-y-Barfog (The Bearded One’s Lake) referring to some ancient mythical being who would have lived there.
The Altar Cup in Aagerup (Ågerup)
The following folk-tale appeared in Thomas Keightley’s ‘The Fairy Mythology: Illustrative of the Romance and Superstition of Various Countries’ (1850). ‘Between the villages of Marup and Aagerup in Zealand, there is said to have lain a great castle, the ruins of which are still to be seen near the strand.
The Øyestad (Öiestad) Horn
The following tale from Norway was published in Benjamin Thorpe’s ‘Northern Mythology: Comprising the Principal Popular Traditions and Superstitions of Scandinavia, North Germany, and the Netherlands’ (1851) ‘Near the river Nid in Nedenæs there is a mansion called Neersteen, in which there once dwelt a man named Siur, who was both powerful and rich; for besides Neersteen he owned six oth
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