Legendary Welsh Stones - British Goblins CT031

Legendary Welsh Stones

British Goblins: Welsh Folk Lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions (1881)

Book 4 Chapter 3

by

Wirt Sikes

Ancient Welsh stones that could move about by themselves and how the Saxon King Edgar the Peaceable passed a law forbidding Stone Worship. How stones could be linked to water, such as the healing powers of Canna's Chair which only worked after drinking from St. Canna's Well. Sikes also tells us about Talking Stones, Expanding Stones and the Stone of Invisibility which is one of the Thirteen Treasures of Britain.

Running Order:

• Personal Attributes of Legendary Welsh Stones 1:46
• Stone Worship 2:43
• Canna's Stone Chair 3:40
• Miraculous Removals of Stones 4:45
• The Walking Stone of Eitheinn 5:32
• The Thigh Stone 6:26
• The Talking Stone in Pembrokeshire 7:47
• The Expanding Stone 9:12
• Magic Stones in the 'Mabinogion' 10:07
• The Stone of Invisibility 10:15
• The Stone of Remembrance 11:29
• Stone Thief-catchers 12:45
• Stones of Healing 14:09
• Stones at Cross-roads 15:40
• Memorials of King Arthur 17:19
• Round Tables, Carns, Pots, etc. 17:38
• Arthur's Quoits 19:14
• The Gigantic Ross-tossers of Old 19:49
• Mol Walbec and the Pebble in her Show 20:25
• The Giant of Trichrug 22:10
• Giants and the Mythology of the Heavens 23:21
• The Legend of Rhitta Gawr 24:00

 

Names Used in this Section

All proper names, and words in Welsh or other languages, are recorded here in the show-notes and we've done our best to get the pronounciations right for you.

Canna
Eitheinn
Mol Walbec
Trichrug
Rhitta Gawr
Edgar the Peacable
Canute
Carmarthenshire
Canna's Stone

Saint Canna's Chair

Llangan
Ffynon Canna
Parc y Fontwent
     'Llangan, dyma'r fan'
     (Llangan, here is the spot'
Nennius
Anglesea
Cerevus
Menai
Builth
King Arthur
Cabal
Troynt
Carn Cabal
Giraldus
Maen Morddwyd
Hugh, Earl of Chester
King Henry I
Llechlafar
River Alyn
St. David's Church, Pembrokeshire
St. Gowan's Chapel
Caerleon, Monmouthshire
Ring of Luned
Owen, son of Urien
Ring of Gyges
Rhonabwy
Iddawc
Peredur
Etlym
St. David's, Llanfaes
Mowddwy
St. Tydecho
Maelgwyn Gwynedd
Maenhir
Dysgwylfa
Crumlyn, Monmouthshire
Llanberis
Canrig Bwt
Adrian
Denbighshire
Llanfihangel
Dolwillim
River Tawe
Merlin
River Sawdde
Llangadock
Mynydd Du
Pen Arthur
Cader Idris
Dolgelly
Machynlleth
Castle of Hay
Llowes Churchyard
Hu Gadarn
Cadwaladr
Rhitta Gawr
Brutus
Idris Gawr
Cymry
Côr Gawr
Killara
Cardiganshire
Gwydion
Gwyn, son of Nudd

 

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