The Welsh Fairy Book

by Thomas, W. Jenkyn

• ISBN13: 9781419187636
• ISBN10: 1419187635
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-06-30
• Publisher: Kessinger Pub

Summary

Definitive treasury of more than 80 traditional Welsh tales includes such favorites as "Elidyr's Sojourn in Fairy-Land," "Pergrin and the Mermaiden," "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.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Preface to the first edition
The Lady of the Lake	p. 1
Arthur in the Cave	p. 12
The Curse of Pantannas	p. 18
The Drowning of the Bottom Hundred	p. 27
Elidyr's Sojourn in Fairy Land	p. 42
Rhys and Llywelyn	p. 50
Lowri Dafydd Earns a Purse of Gold	p. 54
The Llanfabon Changeling	p. 57
Why the Red Dragon is the Emblem of Wales	p. 66
Llyn Cwm Llwch	p. 71
The Adventures of Three Farmers	p. 76
Cadwaladr and his Goat	p. 78
The Fairy Wife	p. 80
Einion and the Lady of the Greenwood	p. 86
The Green Isles of the Ocean	p. 91
March's Ears	p. 93
The Fairy Harp	p. 96
Guto Bach and the Fairies	p. 101
Ianto's Chase	p. 105
The Stray Cow	p. 110
Bala Lake	p. 114
The Forbidden Fountain	p. 117
Tudur ap Einion	p. 121
The Fairy Walking Stick	p. 126
Dick the Fiddler's Money	p. 128
A Strange Otter	p. 131
Fairy Ointment	p. 133
Pergrin and the Mermaiden	p. 137
The Cave of the Young Men of Snowdonia	p. 140
Einion and the Fair Family	p. 142
St Collen and the King of Faery	p. 147
Helig's Hollow	p. 150
Owen Goes A-wooing	p. 153
The Fairy Reward	p. 156
Why Deunant has the Front Door in the Back	p. 159
Getting Rid of the Fairies	p. 163
The Mantle of Kings' Beards	p. 167
Pedws Ffowk and St Elian's Well	p. 170
Magic Music	p. 172
Sili Go Dwt	p. 174
Another Changeling	p. 178
A Fairy Borrowing	p. 182
Treasure Seeking	p. 184
The Richest Man	p. 188
St Beuno and the Curlew	p. 190
The Cat Witches	p. 191
The Swallowed Court	p. 195
What Marged Rolant Saw	p. 201
Ned Puw's Farewell	p. 204
Pennard Castle	p. 208
The Man with the Green Weeds	p. 210
Goronwy Tudor and the Witches of Llanddona	p. 212
Robin's Return	p. 217
The Harper's Gratuity	p. 219
Six and Four are Ten	p. 221
Envy Burns Itself	p. 224
The Bride from the Red Lake	p. 227
A Fairy Dog	p. 231
Grace's Well	p. 233
The Fairy Password	p. 235
St Winifred's Well	p. 237
The Ancients of the World	p. 239
Nansi Llwyd and the Dog of Darkness	p. 242
An Adventure in the Big Bog	p. 246
The Pwca of the Trwyn	p. 248
John Gethin and the Candle	p. 253
Fetching a Halter	p. 258
Dai Sion's Homecoming	p. 262
Melangell's Lambs	p. 266
Syfaddon Lake	p. 269
The Power of St Tegla's Well	p. 272
The Men of Ardudwy	p. 276
The Patti-coloured Cow	p. 280
Striking a Corpse Candle	p. 281
Hu Gadarn	p. 282
The Devil's Bridge	p. 286
The Martyred Hound	p. 291
Twm of the Fair Lies	p. 294
Black Robin	p. 296
Llyn Llech Owen	p. 299
A Ghostly Rehearsal	p. 300
A Phantom Funeral	p. 302
Why the Robin's Breast is Red	p. 304
Appendix	p. 305
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