The Moon-Eyed People Folk Tales from Welsh America

by Stevenson, Peter

• ISBN13: 9780750991421
• ISBN10: 0750991429
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2019-11-01
• Publisher: The History Press

Summary

A lone man wanders from swamp to swamp searching for himself, a wolf-girl visits Wales and eats the sheep, a Welsh criminal marries an 'Indian Princess', Lakota men re-enact the Wounded Knee Massacre in Cardiff and, all the while, mountain women practise Appalachian hoodoo, native healing and Welsh witchcraft.These stories are a mixture of true tales, tall tales and folk tales, that tell of the lives of migrants who left Wales and settled in America, of the native and enslaved people who had long been living there, and those curious travellers who returned to find their roots in the old country. They were explorers, miners, dreamers, hobos, tourists, farmers, radicals, showmen, sailors, soldiers, witches, warriors, poets, preachers, prospectors, political dissidents, social reformers, and wayfaring strangers. The Cherokee called them:'the Moon-Eyed People.'

Author Biography

Peter Stevenson is a professional storyteller and illustrator, and is the organizer of Aberystwyth Storytelling Festival. He regularly does storytelling tours of North America and has told stories of Welsh America in Greenwich Village.