Ceredigion Folk Tales

Author : Peter Stevenson
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780750955324

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Ceredigion Folk Tales by Peter Stevenson Pdf

Ceredigion is a land shaped by mythology, where mermaids and magic mix with humans and where ordinary people achieve extraordinary things. This is a captivating collection of traditional and modern stories, including the submerged city of Cantre'r Gwaelod, or the 'Welsh Atlantis', how the Devil came to build a bridge over the Rheidol, the elephant that died in Tregaron, and how the Holy Grail came to Nanteos. All the while the tylwyth teg (the Welsh fairies) and changelings run riot through the countryside. Storyteller and illustrator Peter Stevenson takes us on a tour of a county steeped in legend, encountering ghosts, witches and heroes at every turn.

Author : Meinir Wyn Edwards
Publisher : Ylolfa
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1847713580

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Welsh Folk Stories by Meinir Wyn Edwards Pdf

A second volume of English adaptations from the original Welsh series Chwedlau Chwim for 7-9 year old readers comprising stories about Twm Siôn Cati, Branwen and Bendigeidfran, Maxen's Dream, Rebecca's Daughters and the Girl of the Lake. The first 5 stories were published in the title Famous Welsh Tales. A colourful book, suitable for schools, parents and children.

Author : Peter Stevenson
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-02-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780750981903

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Welsh Folk Tales by Peter Stevenson Pdf

This book, a selection of folk tales, true tales, tall tales, myths, gossip, legends and memories, celebrates and honours unique Welsh stories. Some are well known, others from forgotten manuscripts or out-of-print volumes, and some are contemporary oral tales. They reflect the diverse tradition of storytelling, and the many meanings of ‘chwedlau’. If someone says, ‘Chwedl Cymraeg?’ they are asking, ‘Do you speak Welsh?’ and ‘Do you tell a tale in Welsh?’ Here is the root of storytelling, or ‘chwedleua’, in Wales. It is part of conversation.This book, one to linger over and to treasure, keeps these ancient tales alive by retelling them for a new audience.

Author : Peter Stevenson
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780750992701

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The Moon-Eyed People by Peter Stevenson Pdf

A lone man wanders from swamp to swamp searching for himself, a wolf-girl visits Wales and eats the sheep, a Welsh criminal marries an 'Indian Princess', Lakota men re-enact the Wounded Knee Massacre in Cardiff and, all the while, mountain women practise Appalachian hoodoo, native healing and Welsh witchcraft. These stories are a mixture of true tales, tall tales and folk tales, that tell of the lives of migrants who left Wales and settled in America, of the native and enslaved people who had long been living there, and those curious travellers who returned to find their roots in the old country. They were explorers, miners, dreamers, hobos, tourists, farmers, radicals, showmen, sailors, soldiers, witches, warriors, poets, preachers, prospectors, political dissidents, social reformers, and wayfaring strangers. The Cherokee called them: 'the Moon-Eyed People.'

Author : Halo Quin
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-26
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781785359422

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Pagan Portals - Folktales, Faeries, and Spirits by Halo Quin Pdf

Folktales, Faeries, and Spirits is a practical exploration of faery and spirit led magic through folktales and stories of Britain and Western Europe for pagans who wish to work with the spirits of these traditions, and to find their own local lore and direct relationships therein. If you are ready to meet the spirits of faery lore and build your own personal, living practice of witchcraft, spirit-led and rooted in the magic of the land, this is the book for you.

Author : Peter Stevenson
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750981903

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Welsh Folk Tales by Peter Stevenson Pdf

This book, a selection of folk tales, true tales, tall tales, myths, gossip, legends and memories, celebrates and honours unique Welsh stories. Some are well known, others from forgotten manuscripts or out-of-print volumes, and some are contemporary oral tales. They reflect the diverse tradition of storytelling, and the many meanings of 'chwedlau'. If someone says, 'Chwedl Cymraeg?' they are asking, 'Do you speak Welsh?' and 'Do you tell a tale in Welsh?' Here is the root of storytelling, or 'chwedleua', in Wales. It is part of conversation. This book, one to linger over and to treasure, keeps these ancient tales alive by retelling them for a new audience.

Author : Peter Stevenson
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780750992701

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The Moon-Eyed People by Peter Stevenson Pdf

A lone man wanders from swamp to swamp searching for himself, a wolf-girl visits Wales and eats the sheep, a Welsh criminal marries an 'Indian Princess', Lakota men re-enact the Wounded Knee Massacre in Cardiff and, all the while, mountain women practise Appalachian hoodoo, native healing and Welsh witchcraft. These stories are a mixture of true tales, tall tales and folk tales, that tell of the lives of migrants who left Wales and settled in America, of the native and enslaved people who had long been living there, and those curious travellers who returned to find their roots in the old country. They were explorers, miners, dreamers, hobos, tourists, farmers, radicals, showmen, sailors, soldiers, witches, warriors, poets, preachers, prospectors, political dissidents, social reformers, and wayfaring strangers. The Cherokee called them: ' the Moon-Eyed People'.

Author : Peter Stevenson
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780750998338

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Boggarts, Trolls and Tylwyth Teg by Peter Stevenson Pdf

The Grimms called them The Quiet Folk, in Māori they are Patupaiarehe, in Wales Y Tylwyth Teg : hidden people who live unseen, speak their own languages and move around like migrants, shrouded from our eyes – like those who lived in the utopian world of Plant Rhys Ddwfn off the west Welsh coast, where this book begins. In mythology, lost lands are coral castles beneath the sea, ancient forests where spirits live, and mountain swamps where trolls lurk. Strip away the mythology, and they become valleys and villages flooded to provide drinking water to neighbouring kingdoms, campsites where travellers are told they can't travel, and reservations where the rights of first nations people are ignored. The folk tales in this book tell of these lost lands and hidden people, remembered through migrations, dreams and memories.

Author : Jan Williams
Publisher : Y Lolfa
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781800993068

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Bells Across Cardigan Bay by Jan Williams Pdf

In 1882 the 'Rowland Evans', owned by Captain John Evans of Borth, was abandoned in mysterious circumstances off Bardsey Island. The book describes what led the captain to leave the ship and lose his master's licence, and paints a picture of his life, his ships and the village of Borth and its heritage.

Author : Robin Gwyndaf
Publisher : National Museums and Galleries of Wales
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Folk literature, Welsh
ISBN : IND:30000003911231

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Chwedlau gwerin Cymru by Robin Gwyndaf Pdf

Contains over 60 Welsh folktales with an extended introduction and a guide to Welsh pronunciation and language.

Author : Michael Newton
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 585 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780786491537

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Encyclopedia of Cryptozoology by Michael Newton Pdf

On every continent and in every nation, animals unrecognized by modern science are reported on a daily basis. People passionately pursue these creatures--the name given to their field of study is cryptozoology. Coined in the 1950s, the term literally means the science of hidden animals. When the International Society of Cryptozoology (ISC) was formed in 1982, the founders declared that the branch of science is also concerned with "the possible existence of known animals in areas where they are not supposed to occur (either now or in the past) as well as the unknown persistence of presumed extinct animals to the present time or to the recent past...what makes an animal of interest to cryptology is that it is unexpected." This reference work presents a "flesh and blood" view of cryptozoology. Here, 2,744 entries are listed, the majority of which each describe one specific creature or type of creature. Other entries cover 742 places where unnamed cryptids are said to appear; profiles of 77 groups and 112 individuals who have contributed to the field; descriptions of objects and events important to the subject; and essays on cryptotourism and hoaxes, for example. Appendices offer a timeline of zoological discoveries, annotated lists of movies and television series with cryptozoological themes, a list of crypto-fiction titles and a list of Internet websites devoted to cryptozoology.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Dyfed Lloyd Evans
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Welsh Legends and Folk-tales by Anonim Pdf

Author : Eirwen Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:263715983

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Folk Tales of Wales by Eirwen Jones Pdf

Author : William Jenkyn Thomas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Fairy tales
ISBN : OSU:32435004391553

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More Welsh Fairy and Folk Tales by William Jenkyn Thomas Pdf

Author : Elias Owen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Folklore
ISBN : NYPL:33433068183601

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Welsh Folk-lore: a Collection of the Folk-tales and Legends of North Wales by Elias Owen Pdf