The Welsh Fairy Book

by Thomas, W. Jenkyn

• ISBN13: 9780486417110
• ISBN10: 0486417115
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-03-28
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

Definitive treasury of more than 80 traditional Welsh tales includes such favorites as "Elidyr's Sojourn in Fairy-Land," "Pergrin and the Mermaiden," "The Cave of the Young Men of Snowdonia," "Goronwy Tudor and the Witches of Llanddona," "A Strange Otter," "Nansi Llwyd and the Dog of Darkness," "The Bride from the Red Lake," "Lowri Dafydd Earns a Purse of Gold," and many more, sure to delight fairy tale lovers of all ages.

Table of Contents

The Lady of the Lake	1	(7)
Arthur in the Cave	8	(4)
The Curse of Pantannas	12	(6)
The Drowning of the Bottom Hundred	18	(10)
Elidyr's Sojourn in Fairy-Land	28	(4)
Rhys and Llywelyn	32	(3)
Lowri Dafydd Earns a Purse of Gold	35	(2)
The Llanfabon Changeling	37	(6)
Why the Red Dragon Is the Emblem of Wales	43	(4)
Llyn Cwm Llwch	47	(3)
The Adventures of Three Farmers	50	(2)
Cadwaladr and His Goat	52	(2)
The Fairy Wife	54	(4)
Einion and the Lady of the Greenwood	58	(3)
The Green Isles of the Ocean	61	(2)
March's Ears	63	(2)
The Fairy Harp	65	(3)
Guto Bach and the Fairies	68	(3)
Ianto's Chase	71	(4)
The Stray Cow	75	(2)
Bala Lake	77	(2)
The Forbidden Fountain	79	(3)
Tudur ap Einion	82	(3)
The Fairy Walking Stick	85	(2)
Dick the Fiddler's Money	87	(2)
A Strange Otter	89	(1)
Fairy Ointment	90	(3)
Pergrin and the Mermaiden	93	(2)
The Cave of the Young Men of Snowdonia	95	(1)
Einion and the Fair Family	96	(3)
St. Collen and the King of Faery	99	(2)
Helig's Hollow	101	(2)
Owen Goes A-wooing	103	(2)
The Fairy Reward	105	(2)
Why Deunant Has the Front Door in the Back	107	(2)
Getting Rid of the Fairies	109	(3)
The Mantle of Kings' Beards	112	(2)
Pedws Ffowk and St. Elian's Well	114	(2)
Magic Music	116	(1)
Sili go Dwt	117	(3)
Another Changeling	120	(3)
A Fairy Borrowing	123	(1)
Treasure Seeking	124	(3)
The Richest Man	127	(2)
St. Beuno and the Curlew	129	(1)
The Cat Witches	130	(3)
The Swallowed Court	133	(3)
What Marged Rolant Saw	136	(2)
Ned Puw's Farewell	138	(2)
Pennard Castle	140	(2)
The Man with the Green Weeds	142	(2)
Goronwy Tudor and the Witches of Llanddona	144	(3)
Robin's Return	147	(1)
The Harper's Gratuity	148	(1)
Six and Four Are Ten	149	(3)
Envy Burns Itself	152	(2)
The Bride from the Red Lake	154	(2)
A Fairy Dog	156	(2)
Grace's Well	158	(1)
The Fairy Password	159	(2)
St. Winfred's Well	161	(2)
The Ancients of the World	163	(2)
Nansi Llwyd and the Dog of Darkness	165	(3)
An Adventure in the Big Bog	168	(2)
The Pwca of the Trwyn	170	(4)
John Gethin and the Candle	174	(3)
Fetching a Halter	177	(3)
Dai Sion's Homecoming	180	(3)
Melangell's Lambs	183	(2)
Syfaddon Lake	185	(2)
The Power of St. Tegla's Well	187	(3)
The Men of Ardudwy	190	(2)
The Parti-coloured Cow	192	(1)
Striking a Corpse Candle	193	(1)
Hu Gadarn	194	(2)
The Devil's Bridge	196	(3)
The Martyred Hound	199	(2)
Twm of the Fair Lies	201	(2)
Black Robin	203	(2)
Llyn Llech Owen	205	(1)
A Ghostly Rehearsal	206	(2)
A Phantom Funeral	208	(2)
Why the Robin's Breast Is Red	210