Gwrach-y-rhybin
A hideous hag who haunts Welsh families, and is also associated with specific places.
Category: Welsh Fairies
Ellylldan
A Welsh spirit similar to the English Will o’ the Wisp, it appears as a light and misleads travellers from their path.
Along with black dogs, tales of fairy lights are common throughout Britain, with a different name given to a similar phenomena. In general they are seen as malevolent, guiding lone travellers into treacherous bogs.
Pentre Ifan
This is one of the most recognisable chambered cairns in Wales, with a huge capstone supported by the points of 3 upright stones.
Freni-Fawr
This mountain has long been associated with the fairies and is traditionally an entrance to the other world.
Directions: To the West of Crymych
Yr Ogaf Ddu (The Black Cave), Near Criccieth
This cave is associated with a legend common in Britain, that of pipers disappearing into the fairy realm.
Four pipers went into this cave to commune with the fairies, but they never returned. Their piping can still be heard when the air is quiet.
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