The Welsh Fairy Book
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THE people of Pembrokeshire were for a long time puzzled to know where the fairies, or the Children of Rhys the Deep, as they are called in Little England beyond Wales, lived. They used to attend the markets at Milford Haven and other places regularly. They made their purchases without speaking, laid down their money and departed, always leaving the exact sum required. Library Journal 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.
IntroductionPreface to the first editionThe Lady of the Lake1Arthur in the Cave12The Curse of Pantannas18The Drowning of the Bottom Hundred27Elidyr's Sojourn in Fairy Land42Rhys and Llywelyn50Lowri Dafydd Earns a Purse of Gold54The Llanfabon Changeling57Why the Red Dragon is the Emblem of Wales66Llyn Cwm Llwch71The Adventures of Three Farmers76Cadwaladr and his Goat78The Fairy Wife80Einion and the Lady of the Greenwood86The Green Isles of the Ocean91March's Ears93The Fairy Harp96Guto Bach and the Fairies101Ianto's Chase105The Stray Cow110Bala Lake114The Forbidden Fountain117Tudur ap Einion121The Fairy Walking Stick126Dick the Fiddler's Money128A Strange Otter131Fairy Ointment133Pergrin and the Mermaiden137The Cave of the Young Men of Snowdonia140Einion and the Fair Family142St Collen and the King of Faery147Helig's Hollow150Owen Goes A-wooing153The Fairy Reward156Why Deunant has the Front Door in the Back159Getting Rid of the Fairies163The Mantle of Kings' Beards167Pedws Ffowk and St Elian's Well170Magic Music172Sili Go Dwt174Another Changeling178A Fairy Borrowing182Treasure Seeking184The Richest Man188St Beuno and the Curlew190The Cat Witches191The Swallowed Court195What Marged Rolant Saw201Ned Puw's Farewell204Pennard Castle208The Man with the Green Weeds210Goronwy Tudor and the Witches of Llanddona212Robin's Return217The Harper's Gratuity219Six and Four are Ten221Envy Burns Itself224The Bride from the Red Lake227A Fairy Dog231Grace's Well233The Fairy Password235St Winifred's Well237The Ancients of the World239Nansi Llwyd and the Dog of Darkness242An Adventure in the Big Bog246The Pwca of the Trwyn248John Gethin and the Candle253Fetching a Halter258Dai Sion's Homecoming262Melangell's Lambs266Syfaddon Lake269The Power of St Tegla's Well272The Men of Ardudwy276The Patti-coloured Cow280Striking a Corpse Candle281Hu Gadarn282The Devil's Bridge286The Martyred Hound291Twm of the Fair Lies294Black Robin296Llyn Llech Owen299A Ghostly Rehearsal300A Phantom Funeral302Why the Robin's Breast is Red304Appendix305
