The Welsh Fairy Book

by W. Jenkyn Thomas

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781613109359
Publisher:	Library of Alexandria
Publication date:	09/15/2002
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	259 KB

About the Author

William Jenkyn Thomas was the first Head Master of the Aberdare Intermediate School. He was born in Llangywer on the banks of Llyn Tegid, Merionethshire on 5th July 1870 but when he was a child, the family moved a few miles down the lake to Plas Madog, Llanuwchllyn.

Table of Contents

Introduction by Juliette Wood
Preface to the First Edition
 
The Lady of the Lake
Arthur in the Cave
The Curse of Pantannas
The Drowning of the Bottom Hundred
Elidyr's Sojurn in Fairy−Land
Lowri Dafydd Earns a Purse of Gold
The Llanfabon Changeling
Why the Red Dragon is the Emblem of Wales
Llyn Cwm Llwch
The Adventures of Three Farmers
Cadwaladr and His Goat
The Fairy Wife
Einion and the Lady of the Greenwood
The Green Isles of the Ocean
March's Ears
The Fairy Harp
Guto Bach and the Fairies
Ianto's Chase
The Stray Cow
Bala Lake
The Forbidden Fountain
Tudor Ap Einion
Fairy Walking Stick
Dick the Fiddler's Money
A Strange Otter
Fairy Ointment
Pergrin and the Mermaiden
The Cave of the Young Men of Snowdonia
Einion and the Fair Family
St Collen and the King of the Fairy
Helig's Hollow
Owen Goes A−Wooing
The Fairy Reward
Why Deunant has the Front Door in the Back
Getting Rid of the Fairies
The Mantle of Kings' Beards
Pedws Ffowk and St Elian's Well
Magic Music
Sili go Dwt
Another Changeling
A Fairy Borrowing
Treasure Seeking
The Richest Man
St Beuno and the Curlew
The Cat Witches
The Swallowed Court
What Marged Rolant Saw
Ned Puw's Farewell
Pennard Castle
The Man with the Green Weeds
Goronwy Tudor and the Witches of Llanddona
Robin's Return
The Harper's Gratuity
Six and Four are Ten
Envy Burns Itself
The Bride from the Red Lake
A Fairy Dog
Grace's Well
The Fairy Password
St Winifred's Well
Ancients of the World
Nansi Llywd and the Dog of Darkness
An Adventure in the Big Bog
The Pwca of the Trwyn
John Gethin and the Candle
Fetching a Halter
Dai Sion's Homecoming
Melangell's Lambs
Syfaddon Lake
The Power of St Tegla's Well
The Men of Ardudwy
The Parti−Coloured Cow
Striking a Corpse Candle
Hu Gadarn
The Devil's Bridge
The Martyred Hound
Twm of the Fair Lies
Black Robin
Llyn Llech Owen
A Ghostly Rehersal
A Phantom Funeral
Why the Robin's Breast is Red
 
Appendix

Editorial Reviews

This anthology of Welsh fairy stories was published in 1907 and has since become a standard. This edition contains an introduction by folklore scholar Juliette Woods, who puts the book in context and reveals the changes that have occurred in Welsh folklore studies during this century.

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