Branwen The Daughter Of Llyr
Branwen The Daughter Of Llyr is part of The Mabinogion. The following is taken from Lady Charlotte Guest’s translation which was published in 1877.
Category: Welsh Folktales
Llyn Coch (Red Lake)
If you ascend Yr Wyddfa (Mount Snowdon) on the Snowdon Ranger path you will encounter Llyn Coch. Legend has it that this lake is a favourite abode of the Tylwth Teg (Fairy Folk). There is a ‘Fairy Bride’ legend associated with the lake, one version of which goes something like this:
Llyn Dulyn (Black Lake)
Llyn Dulyn is a small cirque lake bound by the high cliff faces of Garnedd Uchaf and Foel Grach on the edge of the Carneddau mountains. It is approximately 33 acres in area, has a mean depth of 104 feet, and is 189 feet at its deepest point. The lake has a dam which was constructed in 1881, and it now serves a reservoir for Llandudno.
Geraint The Son Of Erbin
Geraint The Son Of Erbin is a tale from the Mabinogion. The following translation by Lady Charlotte Guest was published in 1877.
Here Is The Story Of Llud And Llevelys
The Story of Llud and Llevelys appears in the The Mabinogion and here is the translation published by Lady Charlotte Guest (1877).
Peredur The Son Of Evrawc
Peredur The Son Of Evrawc is one the tales in the Mabinogion. This English translation by Lady Charlotte Guest was published in 1877.
The Lady Of The Fountain
The Lady Of The Fountain is one the tales in the Mabinogion. This English translation by Lady Charlotte Guest was published in 1877.
Math The Son Of Mathonwy
The following is how the the tale of ‘Math The Son Of Mathonwy’ appeared in the ‘The Mabinogion’ by Lady Charlotte Guest, (1877).
The Tale of Nant Gwrtheyrn
When Thomas Pennant was touring Wales, he noted that the three farms on the Nant were Tŷ Hen, Tŷ Canol and Tŷ Ychaf respectively.
Fairy Midwife Of Beddgelert
In 1891 the following folk tale appeared in ‘The Science of Fairy Tales; An Enquiry Into Fairy Mythology’ by Edwin Sidney Hartland. It is one of a number of stories in which human midwives are needed at fairy births.
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