Tales from Wales

by Jones, Gwynn; Fowler, Rosamund

• ISBN13: 9780192751140
• ISBN10: 019275114X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-03-22
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This collection of Welsh legends and folk-tales which has been read andenjoyed for over forty years is now being reissued for a new generation ofreaders. These spell-binding tales of love, loyalty, greed, and jealousy comefrom the mountains and valleys of Wales. They tell of a world where peasantsand kings live alongside the folk of the faery, and where reality andenchantment intertwine. Things are not always quite what they seem - becausewhen spirit and human worlds meet almost anything is possible...* One of very few books available containing Welsh legends and folk-tales.* Beautifully retold stories by an accomplished author in this field.* The subject of myths and legends ties in with the National Curriculum.* Features a mixture of well-known and less-known myths.* Before his recent death, the author lived in Aberystwyth, Wales.

Table of Contents

The Dream of Macsen Wledig	1	(12)
The Three Plagues of Britain	12	(7)
Collen and the Fair Small Folk	19	(4)
The Lad Who Returned From Faerye	23	(5)
Where Arthur Sleeps	28	(6)
The Aged Infant	34	(7)
The Woman of Llyn-Y-Fan	41	(12)
The Meeting	41	(7)
The Parting	48	(4)
The Sequel	52	(1)
Eight Leaves of Story	53	(16)
The Three Staunch Swineherds of Britain	53	(1)
The Sigh of Gwyddno Long-shank	54	(2)
Baglan the Builder	56	(1)
A Harp on the Water	57	(3)
The Man Who Killed his Greyhound	60	(2)
The Sun of Llanfabon	62	(1)
Red-hat Otter	63	(1)
Cadwalader and All His Goats	64	(5)
The Salt Welsh Sea	69	(7)
High Eden	76	(6)
Pronouncing the Names	82