The Welsh Fairy BookAbela Publishing Ltd, 2010 - 284 sider This book has especially been republished to raise funds for the treatment of Felix White who suffers from Neuroblastoma, the second most common solid tumour in childhood which makes up 2 in 25 (8%) of the total number of children's cancers - and what better way to raise funds than to use a book which was prepared for youthful readers in particular. 1.05 of the net profit from the sale of this book will be donated to The Appeal for Felix. When schoolmastering in South Wales in the early 20th C., W. Jenkyn Thomas found that all the fairy books in the school library were in such constant demand that they rapidly wore out. He inquired whether the readers were familiar with the fairy mythology of their own country. With few exceptions, he found that they were ignorant of the Fair Family and other legends of Wales. After waiting in vain for an editor to produce a book of Welsh Fairy stories, he prepared this book, hoping that the Welsh variants of the universal folk-tales will also interest a wider circle of readers. In this volume you will read of "Elidyr's Sojourn in Fairy-Land," "Einion and the Lady of the Greenwood" and "The Drowning of the Bottom Hundred" plus ninety more. Here it may be remarked that the style of the originals has been left largely untouched. So be assured that in buying this book you have given hope. Hope that a little boy will receive the treatment he deserves. Then, feeling good with yourself, take some time out and put the 21st C. away for a while, settle down in a comfy chair and enjoy these Welsh tales of yesteryear." |
Indhold
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31 | |
45 | |
The Llanfabon Changeling | 58 |
Llyn Cwm Llwch | 71 |
Einion and the Lady of the Greenwood | 84 |
Guto Bach and the Fairies | 97 |
The Stray | 105 |
St Collen and the King of Faery | 136 |
Owen Goes aWooing | 142 |
Getting Rid of the Fairies | 149 |
Pedws Ffowk and St Elians Well | 155 |
The Swallowed Court | 178 |
The Man with the Green Weeds | 191 |
The Bride from the Red Lake | 205 |
Nansi Llwyd and the Dog of Darkness | 218 |
The Forbidden Mountain | 111 |
The Fairy Walking Stick | 118 |
Pergrin and the Mermaiden | 127 |
Fetching a Halter | 232 |
The Men of Ardudwy | 245 |
Andre udgaver - Se alle
Almindelige termer og sætninger
Angharad Ardudwy asked beautiful became began Beuno bird Black Robin bread Cader Idris Cadwaladr called candle castle cave Ceredigion changeling Collen dance disappeared Dolgellau door Einion Elidyr Elphin embankment eyes Fair Family fairies farmer fell fire foot gave Gelert Gethin gold Goronwy green Guto Gweno Gwyddno Garanhir Gwyn hand harp head heard horse hounds Ianto Ifan King lady lake listen lived Llanddona Llangybi Llwyd Llyn Llywelyn looked Madoc maiden Megan milk Morgan morning mother mountain Nansi never night nobleman once palace Pergrin Pont Nedd Fechan Prince Pryderi Pwca Rhitta Rhys Robin rock round rushed seen Seithenyn sheep shouted sleep Snowdonia sound spot stone suddenly Tanwyn Teithrin Teleri thee thou thought told took Tudur vanished voice Vortigern Wales walking Welshman widow wife wind woman