Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx (Volume 1 of 2)

by Sir John Rhys

[The Fenodyree and his Friends] 323

	Lincolnshire parallels							323
	The brownie of Blednoch andBwca’r Trwyn							325
	Prognostication parallels fromLincolnshire and Herefordshire							327
	The traffic in wind and theGallizenæ							330
	Wells with rags and pins							332
	St. Catherine’s hen pluckedat Colby							335
	The qualtagh or the first-foot andthe question of race							336
	Sundry instances of thingsunlucky							342
	Manx reserve and the belief in theEnemy of Souls							346
	The witch of Endor’sinfluence and the respectability of the charmer’s vocation							349
	Public penance enforced prettyrecently							350

CHAPTER VI

[The Folklore of the Wells] 354

	Rag wells in Wales							354
	The question of distinguishingbetween offerings and vehicles of disease							358
	Mr. Hartland’s decision							359
	The author’s view revised andillustrated							360
	T. E. Morris’ account of thepin well of Ỻanfaglan							362
	Other wishing and diviningwells							364
	The sacred fish of Ỻanberisand Ỻangybi							366
	Ffynnon Grassi producing theGlasfryn lake							367
	The Morgan of that lake and hisname							372
	Ffynnon Gywer producing BalaLake							376
	Bala and other towns doomed tosubmersion							377
	The legend of Ỻyn ỺechOwen							379
	The parallels of Lough Neagh andLough Ree							381
	Seithennin’s realmoverwhelmed by the sea							382
	Seithennin’s name and itscongeners							385
	Prof. Dawkins on the Lost Lands ofWales							388
	Certain Irish wells not visitedwith impunity							389
	The Lough Sheelin legend comparedwith that of Seithennin							393
	The priesthood of the wells of St.Elian and St. Teilo							395

CHAPTER VII

Triumphs of the Water-world 401

	The sea encroaching on the coast ofGlamorgan							402
	The Kenfig tale of crime andvengeance							403
	The Crymlyn story and its touch offascination							404
	Nennius’ description of OperLinn Liguan compared							406
	The vengeance legend of BalaLake							408
	Legends about the ỺynclysPool							410
	The fate of Tyno Helig							414
	The belief in cities submergedintact							415
	The phantom city and the bells ofAberdovey							418
	The ethics of the foregoing legendsdiscussed							419
	The limits of the delay ofpunishment							420
	Why the fairies delay theirvengeance							423
	Non-ethical legends of the eruptionof water							425
	Cutting the green sward a probableviolation of ancient tabu avenged by water divinities							427
	The lake afanc’s rôlein this connexion							428
	The pigmies of the water-world							432
	The Conwy afanc and the Highlandwater-horse							433
	The equine features of March andLabraid Lore							435
	Mider and the Mac Óc’swell horses							436
	The Gilla Decair’s horse andDu March Moro							437
	March ab Meirchion associated withMona							439
	The Welsh deluge Triads							440
	Names of the Dee and other riversin North Wales							441
	The Lydney god Nudons, Nuada, andỺuđ							445
	The fairies associated in variousways with water							449
	The cyhiraeth and the Welshbanshee							452
	Ancestress rather thanancestor							454

CHAPTER VIII

Welsh Cave Legends 456