[BOOK IV.]
BELLS, WELLS, STONES, AND DRAGONS.
| CHAPTER I. | |
| Base of the Primeval Mythology—Bells and their Ghosts—TheBell that committed Murder and was damned for it—TheOccult Powers of Bells—Their Work as Detectives, Doctors,etc.—Legend of the Bell of Rhayader—St. Illtyd’s WonderfulBell—The Golden Bell of Llandaff | [338] |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| Mystic Wells—Their Good and Bad Dispositions—St. Winifred’sWell—The Legend of St. Winifred—Miracles—St. Tecla’s Well—St.Dwynwen’s—Curing Love-sickness—St. Cynfran’s—St.Cynhafal’s—Throwing Pins in Wells—Warts—Barry Island andits Legends—Ffynon Gwynwy—Propitiatory Gifts to Wells—TheDreadful Cursing Well of St. Elian’s—Wells Flowing withMilk—St. Illtyd’s—Taff’s Well—Sanford’s Well—Origins ofSuperstitions of this Class | [345] |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| Personal Attributes of Legendary Welsh Stones—Stone Worship—Canna’sStone Chair—Miraculous Removals of Stones—TheWalking Stone of Eitheinn—The Thigh Stone—The TalkingStone in Pembrokeshire—The Expanding Stone—Magic Stonesin the ‘Mabinogion’—The Stone of Invisibility—The Stone ofRemembrance—Stone Thief-catchers—Stones of Healing—Stonesat Cross-roads—Memorials of King Arthur—RoundTables, Carns, Pots, etc.—Arthur’s Quoits—The GiganticRock-tossers of Old—Mol Walbec and the Pebble in her Shoe—TheGiant of Trichrug—Giants and the Mythology of theHeavens—The Legend of Rhitta Gawr | [361] |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| Early Inscribed Stones—The Stone Pillar of Banwan Bryddin,near Neath—Catastrophe accompanying its Removal—TheSagranus Stone and the White Lady—The Dancing Stones ofStackpool—Human Beings changed to Stones—St. Ceyna andthe Serpents—The Devil’s Stone at Llanarth—Rocking Stonesand their accompanying Superstitions—The Suspended Altarof Loin-Garth—Cromlechs and their Fairy Legends—TheFairies’ Castle at St. Nicholas, Glamorganshire—The Stone ofthe Wolf Bitch—The Welsh Melusina—Parc-y-Bigwrn Cromlech—Connectionof these Stones with Ancient Druidism | [373] |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| Baleful Spirits of Storm—The Shower at the Magic Fountain—Obstaclesin the way of Treasure-Seekers—The Red Lady ofPaviland—The Fall of Coychurch Tower—Thunder and Lightningevoked by Digging—The Treasure-Chest under MoelArthur in the Vale of Clwyd—Modern Credulity—The Cavernof the Ravens—The Eagle-guarded Coffer of Castell Coch—SleepingWarriors as Treasure-Guarders—The Dragon whichSt. Samson drove out of Wales—Dragons in the Mabinogion—Whencecame the Red Dragon of Wales?—The OriginalDragon of Mythology—Prototypes of the Welsh Caverns andTreasure-Hills—The Goblins of Electricity | [385] |
BRITISH GOBLINS.
BOOK I.
THE REALM OF FAERIE.
At eve, the primrose path along,
The milkmaid shortens with a song
Her solitary way;
She sees the fairies with their queen
Trip hand-in-hand the circled green,
And hears them raise, at times unseen,
The ear-enchanting lay.
Rev. John Logan: Ode to Spring, 1780.