Fairy Rings - British Goblins CT009

Fairy Rings

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

Book 1 Chapter 8

by

Wirt Sikes

Fairy Rings and other fascinating things about Welsh Fairies, including the language of the Tylwyth teg, the Horse in Welsh Folklore, Fairy Cattle, the flying faires of Bedwellty, the fairy sheep at Cae'r Cefn and more about the Prophet Jones and his Works.

Running Order:

• Section 1 0:50
  
  • Fairy Rings 1:16
• Section 2 2:29
  
  • The Prophet Jones and his Works 2:30
• Section 3 5:10
  
  • Fairies and Oak Trees 5:30
• Section 4 7:20
  • The mysterious language of the Tylwyth Teg 7:22
• Section 5 8:35
  • The Horse in Welsh Folklore 8:40
    
  • Equestrian Fairies 9:08
    
• Section 6 10:04
  • Fairy cattle, Sheep, Swine, etc. 10:08
    
  • The flying faires of Bedwellty 11:28
    
• Section 7 12:48
  • The fairy sheepfold at Cae'r Cefn 12:51
    
• Section 8 15:46
  • Another story by the Prophet Jones 15:48

 

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.

• Prophet Jones
• Tylwyth Teg
• Bedwellty
• Cae'r Cefn
• Peterstone-super-Ely
• Edmund Jones 'of the Tranch'
• Monmouthshire
• Ebenezer Chapel, Pontypool
• Aberystruth, Trevecca
• Monmouth
• Newport
• (Thomas) Keightly
• Edward Jones
• Croker
• Sadducees
• William Jenkins
• Trefethin church, in Monmouthshire
• Brenhin-bren
• Thomas William Edmund, of Hafodafel
• Ni chytunant hwy mwy na Bendith eu Mammau (They will no more agree than the fairies)
• Elidurus
• Giraldus
• Llanarmon
• dor dorum
• halgein dorum
• dwr
• halen
• thorum
• dyro i mi
• dyro i mi ddwr
• dyro i mi halen
• Mary Lwyds
• Vale of Neath
• Glamorgan
• Merthyr
• Aberdare
• Teirnyon
• Ychain Banog
• St. Melangell
• Gwraig Annwn
• Cefn Rhychdir
• Rev. Roger Rogers
• Lewis Thomas Jenkin
• Elizabeth David
• Edmund Roger
• Y Weirglodd Fawr Dafolog
• Hafodafel
• Pen-y-Llwyn
• Master Neddy Jones

 

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Fairy Music - British Goblins CT008

Fairy Music

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

Book 1 Chapter 7 by Wirt Sikes

Sikes talks about the magical Birds of Rhiannon, tells us the legend of Shon ap Shenkin, the story of the Magic Harp, all about Welsh fairies and harps and the story of Iolo ap Hugh.

Running Order:

• Section 1 1:20
  
  • Birds of Enchantments 1:40
    
  • The Legend of Shon ap Shenkin 3:22
• Section 2 5:55
  • Harp Music in Welsh Fairy Tales 5:59
  • Legend of the Magic Harp 7:37
    
• Section 3 12:58
  
  • Songs and Tunes of the Tylwyth Teg 12:54
• Section 4 15:20
  • The Legend of Iola ap Hugh 15:26
    
  • Mystic origin of an old Welsh Air 20:48

 

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.

Shon ap Shenkin returns home

• Tylwyth Teg
• Iola ap Hugh
• Rhiannon
• Lady Charlotte Guest's 'Mabinogion,'
• Pant Shon Shenkin
• Carmarthenshire
• Taffy ap Sion
• Catti Maddock of Brechfa
• cymmoedd
• Craig-y-Ddinas
• Cwm Pergwm
• Vale of Neath
• Cader Idris
• Morgan ap Rhys
• cwnv da
• haw - Donkey
• Gwaed dyn a'i gilydd!
• Caliban

• Morgan Gwilym
• Cylepsta Waterfall
• Edmund Daniel
• Arail
• Cefn Bach
• Hafodafel
• Cân y Tylwyth Teg'
  • Dowch, dowch, gyfeillon mân,
  • O blith marwolion byd,
  • Dowch, dowch, a dowch yn Iân.
  • Partowch partowch eich pibau cân,
  • Gan ddawnsio dowch i gyd,
  • Mae yn hyfryd heno i hwn.
• Ffarwel Ned Pugh
• Morda
• Ceiriog
• Sycharth, the fortress of Glyndwrdwy
• Chirk Castle
• Elias ap Evan
• Ogof
• Land-Maelstrom of Diaboly

Ffarwel Ned Pugh

 

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Living with the Tylwyth Teg - British Goblins CT007

Living with the Tylwyth Teg

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

Book 1 Chapter 6

by

Wirt Sikes

All about the wondrous music and dancing of the Welsh fairies, and the dangers of joining in with their dance. Sikes tells us the legend of Rhys and Llewellyn, the Bush from Heaven and the story of Twm and Iago in the Forrest of the Magic Yew.

Running Order:

• Section 1 00:50
  
  • The Tale of Elidurus 2:05
• Section 2 5:32
  
  • Shui Rhys and the Fairies 5:42
• Section 3 8:15
  
  • St. Dogmell's Parish, Pembrokeshire 8:20
• Section 4 10:06
  • Dancing with the Ellyllon 10:10
    
  • The Legend of Rhys and Llewellyn 10:50
• Section 5 13:13
  
  • Death from joining in the Fairy Reel 13:18
    
  • Legend of the Bush of Heaven 14:45
• Section 6 16:07
  • The Forest of the Magic Yew 16:13
    
  • The Tale of Twm and Iago 16:41
    
• Section 7 19:12
  • Taffy ap Sion, a Legend of Pencader 19:16
    
  • The Traditions of Pant Shon Shenkin 24:40
    
• Section 8 25:38
  • Tudur of Llangollen; the Legend of Nant yr Ellyllon 25:41
• Section 9 30:45
• • Polly Williams and the Trefethin Elves 30:50
• Section 10 32:25
  • The Fairies of Frennifawr 32:31
• Section 11 36:47
  • Curiousity Tales 37:14
  • The Fiend Master 37:57
• Section 12 41:35
  • Iago ap Dewi 41:40
• Section 13 42:35
  • The Original of Rip van Winkle 42:46

Shui Rhys and the Tylwyth Teg

 

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.

Elidurus
Shui Rhys
St. Dogmell's Parish, Pembrokeshire
Ellyllon
Rhys and llewellyn
Twm and Iago
Taffy ap Sion
Pencader
Pant Shon Shenkin
Tudur of Llangollen
Nant yr Ellyllon
Polly Williams
Trefethin
Frennifawr
Iago ap Dewi
Rip van Winkle
Giraldus Cambrensis
Pembroke Castle
Vale of Neath
Udor udorum
Halgein udorum
Sir R. C. Hoare's Translation of Giraldus
Cardiganshire
Tylwyth Teg
Cardigan
Teir-nos Ysprydion
fou
Moelgrove
Sir John Franklin
Edmund William Rees, of Aberystruth
Rhys and Llewellyn
Carmarthenshire
corelw
Duw catto ni!
Hai, holo!
O dyn!
Carnarvon
Clynog
Carnarvonshire
Llwyn y Nef
Cymru Fu
Caio
Craig-y-Ddinas
Mathavarn
Llanwrin
Cantref of Cyfeillioc
Ffridd yr Ywen
Twm and lago
gwr cyfarwydd - conjuror
Duw! Duw!
Pencader, Carmarthenshire
Wbwb

Plucked from the Fairy Circle

Careg Hir
Sion Evan y Crydd o Glanrhyd
Catti Shon
Pencader
Sion Glanrhyd
Evan Shenkin, Penferdir
Dir anwyl fi!
Pencarreg
Dinas Bran Castle
Nant yr Ellyllon
Tudur ap Einion Gloff
Nos da'ch'
Ac i chwithau
Fron
Rev. T. R. Lloyd (Estyn), in 'The Principality.'
Trefethin
Ship Inn, at Pontypool, Monmouthshire
ffollachau
Pembrokeshire
Frennifach
tatws-a-llaeth
Tipton
W. Howells,
Archdeacon Beynon
Bluebeard, Psyche, Eros
Taliesin, Gwion Bach
Cerridwen
Bunyan
Llanllawddog, Carmarthenshire
Llangwyly
Grimm
Catskills
Hartz Mountains
Washington Irving
Joseph Jefferson
Epimenides
Dennys

The Fatal Draught

 

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Changelings - British Goblins CT006

Changelings

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

Book 1 Chapter 5

by

Wirt Sikes

Changelings among Welsh fairies. Stories of the Plentyn-newid, or Changelings, among Welsh Fairies. Methods of exorcising the Changeling child, the Frugal Meal, the story of Dewi Dal and the Fairies, and how mothers can sometimes stop the Fairies kidnapping their child!

Running Order:

• Section 1 0:49
  
  • The Plentyn-newid 1:22
  • The Cruel Creed of Ignorance regarding Changelings 3:00
    
  • Modes of Ridding the House of the Fairy Child 3:35
    
• Section 2 5:04
  
  • The Legend of the Frugal Meal 5:06
• Section 3 7:31
  
  • Legend of the Place of Strife 7:34
• Section 4 11:02
  • Dewi Dal and the Fairies 11:04
• Section 5 13:08
  
  • Prevention of Fairy Kidnapping 13:10
    
  • Fairies caught in the Act by Mothers 13:15
  • Piety as an Exorcism 14:00

 

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.

Plentyn-newid
Dewi Dal
Tylwyth Teg
Edmund John William
Monmouthshire
Carnarvonshire
Martin Luther
Colloquia Mensalia
Prince of Anhalt
homicidium
River Moldaw
M. Villemarqué
Glamorganshire

    Gwcljz vi ken guelet iar wenn,                    
    Gwcljz mez ken gwelet gwezen.
    Gweljz mez ha gweliz gwial,
    Gweliz derven e Koat Brezal,
    Biskoaz na weliz kemend all.

    Gweliz mez ken gwelet derven,
    Gweliz vi ken gwelet iar wenn,
    Erioez ne wiliz evelhenn
    [Keightley, 'Fairy Mythology']

Radnorshire
Montgomeryshire
Trefeglwys
Llanidloes
Llyn Ebyr

    Gwelais fesen cyn gweled derwen;
    Gweiais wy cyn gweled iâr
    Erioed ni welais ferwi bwyd i fedel
    Mewn plisgyn wy iár!

Taiar
Cae Mawr
Eurwallt
Rev. T. R. Lloyd (Estyn), in 'The Principality'
Dazzy Walter
Abel Walter
Ebwy Fawr
Jennet Francis
Friesland
Thuringia
Henderson, 'Notes on the Folk-Lore of the Northern Counties'
Doolittle's 'Social Life of the Chinese'

 

Jennet Francis struggles with the fairies for her baby

 

A Shout of Thanks to Dom Duff

We'd like to send out a huge shout of thanks to Dom Duff, the famous Breton Power-Folk musician for his help with the Breton Language (Breizh) pronunciation in this chapter. You can find out all about Dom and hear his super music on his website!

 

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Mountain Fairies - British Goblins CT005

Mountain Fairies

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

Book 1 Chapter 4

by

Wirt Sikes

Sikes brings us details of the Gwyllion, frightful female fairies, tells us the tale of John ap John meeting the Old Woman of the Mountain and explores the notion of Exorcism by Knife. He then talks about the magical properties of goats and tells us the fascinating story of Cadwaladr and his Fairy Goat!

Running Order:

• Section 1 0:50
  
  • The Gwyllion 1:11
  • The Old Woman of the Mountain 2:04
    
• Section 2 5:29
  
  • The Black Mountain Gwyll 5:32
• Section 3 7:13
  
  • Exorcism by Knife 7:18
• Section 4 10:27
  • Occult Intellectual Powers of Welsh Goats 10:30
  • The Legend of Cadwaladr's Goat 11:00

 

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.

Gwyllion
Gwyll
Cadwaladr
Hecate
Ellyllon
Puck
Prophet Jones
Lanhyddel Mountain in Monmouthshire
Wwb!
Ww-bwb!
Aberystruth
Juan White
Shui
Lasgarn hill near Pontypool
Breconshire
Robert Williams
Langattock, Crickhowel (Llangatwg in Welsh)
John ap John, of Cwm Celyn
Caerleon Fair
Milfre Mountain
Bryn Mawr
Bwlch y Llwyn
Gilfach fields
Indianapolis
Evan Thomas
Bedwellty Mountain
Ebwy Fawr
Excalibur
Tylwyth Teg
diawi
Yn awr maiden
Camarthen

 

Coblynau

 

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Lake Fairies

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

Book 1 Chapter 3 by Wirt Sikes

All about Lake Fairies. the Gwragedd Annwn or Women of the lakes, a legend of Crumlyn Lake, the elfin cow of Llyn Barfog, the Legend of the Meddygon Myddfai and much more.

'British Goblins' is packed with information on fairy mythology. All proper names, and words in Welsh or other languages, will be found recorded in the show-notes below and we've done our best to get the pronounciations right for you.

Running Order:

• Section 1 0:42
  
  • The Gwragedd Annwn, or Dames of Elfin Land 1:53
• Section 2 5:38
  • St Patrick and the Welshmen; a Legend of Crumlyn Lake 7:41
• Section 3 8:28
  
  • The Elfin Cow of Lyn Barfog 9:24
    
  • Y Fuwch Laethwen Lefrith 12:22
    
  • The Legend of the Meddygon Myddfai 12:22
    
• Section 4 13:42
  • The Wife of Supernatural Race 33:£3
    
  • The Three Blows; a Carmathenshire Legend 13:44
• Section 5 17:19
  
  • Cheese and the Didactic Purpose in Welsh Folk-Lore 17:20
• Section 6 21:43
  • The Fairy Maiden's Papa 21:44
• Section 7 22:44
  • The Enchanted Isle in the Mountain Lake 22:46
• Section 8 24:14
  • Legend of the Men of Ardudwy 24:18
• Section 9 28:54
• • Origin of the Water Fairies 29:20
  • Their prevalence in many Lands 30:29

 

 

The Gwraig of the Golden Boat

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.

• Gwragedd Annwn
• Llyn Barfog
• Y Fuwch Laethwen Lefrith
• Meddygon Myddfai
• Ardudwy
• Gwyn ap Nudd
• Plant Annwn
• Archaeologia Cambrensis
• Drayton's account of the Battle of Agincourt
• 'Cymru Fu'
• Cardiganshire
• Crumlyn Lake
• Briton Ferry
• St. Patrick
• St. David of Wales
• 'Sut yr y'ch chwi?' (How d'ye do?)
• Cambria
• Erin
• Aberdovey
• Carmarthenshire
• Gwartheg y Llyn
• Dyssyrnant
• Fuwch Gyfeiliorn
  • Dere di felen Emion,
  • Cyrn Cyfeiliorn-braith y Llyn,
  • A'r foci Dodin,
  • Codwch, dewch adre.
• Iolu MSS
• Taliesin Williams
• Merthyr
• Llandovery, published for the Welsh MSS. Society, 1848
• Vale of Towy
  • Cras dy fara,
  • Anhawdd ein dala;
• Dos, dos, dos!
• Gwraig annwn
• Cwm Meddygon
• Cadogan, Gruffydd and Emion
• Rhiwallon
• Rhys Gryg, Lord of Dynevor
• Gray's Inn Lane
• Cambro Briton
• diawl
• Mabinogion
• Falstaff
• Drws Coed
• Turf Lake (Llyn y Dywarchen)
• Cymry
• Undine, Melusina, Nausicaa
• Vale of Clwyd
• Maidens Lake, or Llyn y Morwynion
• Cynwal
• Dracae
• Nymph of the Lurley
• Morgan
  • môr
  • gân
• Faro Islands
• In China, the superstition appears in a Lew-chewan legend mentioned by Dr. Dennys

 

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Classification of Welsh Fairies

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

Book 1 Chapter 2

by

Wirt Sikes

Examining the different types of Welsh Fairies, from the Pwca (and Shakespeare's Puck) to the Ellylldan, Coblynau, Knockers and household fairies. Sikes also looks at Dwarfs, bogies and hobgoblins as well as telling us a humourous story of the Preacher and the Bwbach.

Rowli Pugh and the Ellyl

Running Order:

• Section 1 0:42
  
  • General Designation 1:53
  • Habits of the Tylwyth Teg 3:43
    
• Section 2 5:38
  
  • Ellyllon, or Elves 5:42
    
  • Shakespeare's Use of Welsh Folk-Lore 7:41
• Section 3 8:28
  
  • Rowli Pugh and the Ellyll 9:24
    
  • Household Story Roots 12:22
    
• Section 4 13:42
  • The Ellylldan 13:44
• Section 5 17:19
  
  • The Pooka 17:20
    
  • Puck Valley, Breconshire 18:11
    
  • Where Shakespeare got his Puck 21:07
    
• Section 6 21:43
  • Pwca'r Trwyn 21:44
    
  • Usual Form of the Pooka Story 21:57
    
• Section 7 22:44
  • Coblynau or Mine Fairies 22:46
    
  • The Knockers 23:01
    
• Section 8 24:14
  • Miner's Superstitions 24:18
  • Basilisks and Fire Fiends 27:50
• Section 9 28:54
• • A Fairy Coalmine 29:20
  • The Dwarfs of Cae Caled 30:29
• Section 10 32:18
  • Counterparts of the Coblynau 32:18
• Section 11 34:36
  • The Bwbach, or Household Fairy 34:40
  • Legend of the Bwbach and the Preacher 35:33
• Section 12 37:20
  • Bogies and Hobgoblins 37:23
  • Carrying Mortals through the Air 37:47
  • Counterparts and Originals 38:04

 Charcoal drawn figure of the Pwca

 

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.

Keightley
The Elves
The Dwarfs or Trolls
The Nisses
The Necks, Mermen & Mermaids
The Ellyllon (Elves)
The Coblynau (Mine fairies)
The Bwbachod (House fairies)
The Gwragedd Annwn (Lake Fairies)
The Gwyllion (Mountain Fairies)
Y Tylwyth Teg (yn y Coed), Tylwth Teg y Mwn
Bendith y Mamau
Eumenides
Sir Walter Scott
Dayak
Laplander
Ammam
El - 'spirit'
Elf - 'element'
Elihim (Hebrew)
Davydd ab Gwilym
Yr doedd ym mhob gobant
Ellyllon mingeimion gant
Ymenyn tylwyth teg
bwyd ellyllon
menyg ellyllon
Gwyn ap Nudd
Shakespeare
Mercutio
Mab
Cymric
mabgar
mabgath
mabiaith
mabinogi
Mabiogion
Peterston-super-Ely
Cardiff
Glamorganshire
Rowli Pugh
Ellyll
Catti Jones
Bwbach
Mr. Baring-Gould
Grimm's Witchelma(umlaut)nner
Hausma(um.)nner
Milton's L'Allegro
Ellylldan
Will-o'-wisp
Scandinavian Lyktgubhe
Breton Sand Yan y Tad (Saint John the Father)
Dan (fire)
ignis fatuus
Jack-muh-lantern
Iolo the Bard
Pwca, or Pooka, Puck

 

The Pwca

Cambrian fairies
Richard Price, son of Sir John Price
Brecon
Cym Pwca, Puck Valley
Clydach in Breconshire
Frere and Powell
Trwyn Farm, near Abergwyddon (Abercarne)
Pwca'r Trwyn
Campbell
Mrs. Fletcher
Mrs. Siddons
The Oswestry Advertiser
Cefn
Penrhyn
Priestley
Knockers
Newport, Monmouthshire
William Evans of Hafodafel
Beacon Mountain
Egbert Williams
Denbighshire
Cae Caled
Parish of Bodfari
Lanelwyd House
Barbara Jones
Wichtlein (little Wights)
Haus-schmiedlein (little House-smiths)
Heldenbuch
Catskill Mountains
Hendrik Hudson
Cardiganshire
Cwrw da
Bogie
Hobgoblin
Gobelin
'Le gobelin vous mangera, le gobelin vous emportera.'
hob, hopp, coblyn, goblin
Slavonic 'bog'
Baga of the Cuneiform Inscriptions
Professor Fiske
Aryan Bhaga, Sanskrit of the Vedas
Phrygian Zeus "Bagaios"
Xerxxes
Southey

Coblynau

 

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