Chapter 17

Dracæ,47

Dragons,391

Dreams of Flying,164

Druidic Fires,278

Druids, Fairies Hiding,129

Duffryn House, the Ghost of,143

Duty-compelled Ghosts,146

Dwarfs,27

Dwynwen, the Welsh Venus,299,350

Dyfed, the Ancient,5

E.

Early Inscribed Stones, Superstitions concerning,373

Easter Customs,269

Egg-shell Pottage, Story of the,60

Eisteddfodau,293

Eithin Hedges, a Protection against Fairies,115

Elf Queen, the,14

Elfin Dames,34”Cow, the,36

Elidurus, the Tale of,65

Ellylldan, the,18

Ellyllon,12

Elves,13

Enchanted Harp, the,94

Epimenides,89

Equestrian Fairies,107”Ghosts,174

Eumenides,12

Euphemisms,12,114,209

Excalibur,53

Exorcism of Changelings,57””Devils,199””Fairies,112,116””Ghosts,165””Child-stealing Elves,62

Expanding Stone, the,365

F.

Fair Folk,12

Fairies, existing belief in,2”King of the,6”Welsh names of,12”at Market,9”of the Mines,24”of the Lakes,34”of the Mountains,49”Dancing with,70”of Frennifawr, Legend of the,82”on Horseback,107”the Red,127”hiding Druids,129”why in Wales,132”their Origin,127”Bad Spirits,134”on familiar terms with Ghosts,157”of the Cromlechs,380

Fairy Land,5”Queen,14”Islands,8,45”Food,13”Gloves,13”Coal-mining,27”Father, the,45”a, captured by a Welshwoman,78”Song,99”Rings,103”Conversations,106”Battle, a,107”Animals,108”Sheepfold, the,109”Gifts,119”Tales, débris of Ancient Mythology,135

Falling of Coychurch Tower,386

Familiar Spirits,187””in Female Form,191

Family Ghosts,142

Fatal Draught, the,83

Fetches,215

Fetichism,338

Fetichistic Notions of Lower Animals,171

Ffarwel Ned Pugh,99

Ffynon yr Yspryd,178

Ffynon Canna,362

Fiend Master, Legend of the,86

Fire-damp Goblins,27

Fires, Mysterious,213

First Foot on New Year’s Day,254

First Night of Winter,280

Flowering Sunday,266

Food at Funerals,322

Forest of the Yew, Legend of the,73

Foul Pipe, Story of the,204

Fountain of Venus, the,350

Fountains Flowing with Milk,356

Fourth of July,278

Frennifawr, the Fairies of,82

Friday, its Bad Reputation,268

Frugal Meal, Legend of the,58

Funeral Customs,321”the Goblin,231

Future Life, the Question of a,247

Fuwch Gyfeiliorn, the,36

G.

Gallery under the Sea,10

Gast Rhymhi, the Legend of,381

Ghosts, Existing Belief in,137”in America,139”Classification of,141”with a Duty to Perform,146”of Ebbw Vale,142”on Horseback,154,174”Exorcising,165”of Animals,167”Grotesque,174”Gigantic,176”their Origin,247”of Bells,339”Stories of—The Weaver’s Ghost,147Cadogan’s Ghost,149The Ghost of Ystradgynlais,157The Admiral’s Ghost,143The Miser’s Ghost,152The Ghost of St. Donat’s,143The Pont Cwnca Bach Ghost,144The Ghost of Noe,147Anne Dewy’s Ghost,153The Clifford Castle Ghost,155The Ghost of Ty’n-y-Twr,155The Ghost of the Silver Spurs,156The Tridoll Valley Sprite,181The Mynyddyslwyn Sprite,187

Giants,370

Giants’ Dance, the,371

Gigantic Ghosts,176

Giraldus Cambrensis,65

Gitto Bach, the Legend of,119

Gnomes,24

Goats, Strange Beliefs concerning,53

Gobelin, the French,32

Goblin Animals,167”Funerals,231

God’s Name as an Exorcism,112””in the Bardic Traditions,209

Good Friday Customs,266

Good Old Times, the,252

Grassless Grave, Legend of the,331

Green Lady of Caerphilly, the,132”Meadows of the Sea,8

Groaning Spirits,222

Grotesque Ghosts,174

Guest, Lady Charlotte,5

Guy Fawkes Day Customs,284

Gwahoddwr, the,307

Gwenfrewi, Legend of,347

Gwerddonau Llion,8

Gwion Bach (Taliesin),88,394

Gwrach y Rhibyn, the,216

Gwragedd Annwn, the,34

Gwraig of the Golden Boat, the,41

Gwydion, the Wizard Monarch,5

Gwyllgi, the,168

Gwyllion,49

Gwyn ap Nudd,6,372

H.

Hafod Lwyddog, Legend of,124

Hallow E’en Customs,280

Hares, Mythological Details,162

Harp Music among Welsh Fairies,94

Haunted Bridge, the,144”Castles and Houses,143”Margaret,165

Headless Horse, the,216

Hecate,49

Hermes,236

Hidden Treasures and Perturbed Ghosts,151””Dragon-Guarded,386

Hobgoblin,32

Holy Thursday, Superstition concerning,25,268

Horse-Weddings,310

Hot-cross Buns,267

Household Fairy, the,31

Howell Dda,298

I.

Iago ap Dewi’s Seven Years’ Absence,88

Ianto Llewellyn and the Fairies,123

Idris the Giant,370

Incubus,193

Inscribed Stones, Superstitious Dread of,373

Iolo ap Hugh, the Legend of,99

Islands, the Enchanted,8

J.

Jack-muh-Lantern,18

Jennet Francis and the Fairy Child-Stealers,62

John the Red Nose,258

Jones, the Prophet,104

Juan White, the Spirit of,50

K.

Knife, Exorcism by the,52

Knockers in Mines,24

Kobolds,29

L.

Lady of the Fountain,178,385””Wood, Legend of the,193

Lake Fairies,34

Lang, A., cited,197

Language of the Fairies,106

Lapse of Time under Enchantment,89

Laws of the Welsh Spirit-World,148

Leek, Wearing of the,260

Lenten Customs,266

Levitation of Mortals,157,163

Levy Dew,255

Lies, the Tump of,273

Lifting at Easter,269

Lightning Caverns,394

Linen, its Ancient Value,133

Listening at the Church Door,214

Lisworney-Crossways, the Legend of,169

Living with Fairies,65

Llandaff Gwrach y Rhibyn, the,217

Llechlafar Stone,364

Lledrith, the,215

Llwyd the Magician,159,190

Llwyn y Nef, the Bush of Heaven,72

Llyn Barfog, the Fairy Maiden of,36”y Dywarchen, the Lady of,44”y Fan Fach, the Sirens of,38”Glas, the Shepherd of,124”y Morwynion, the Maidens’ Lake,47

Logan Stones, Superstitions concerning,378

Lord and Beggar, Legend of the,230

Love Charms,302

Lucky Days,268

Lukis, J. W., cited,3,380

Luther and the Changeling,57

M.

Mab,14

Mabinogion, the,5,14,91

Magic Carpet,164”Harp,95

Maidens’ Lake, the,47

Maid’s Trick, the,302

Making Christ’s Bed,267

Mallt y Nos, the,215

Marget yr Yspryd,165

Mari Lwyd, the,256

Marketing on Tombstones,280

Marriage Customs,306

May-day Customs,274

Meddygon Myddfai, Legend of the,38

Melerius, the Legend of,192

Melusina, the Welsh,381

Memorials of Arthur,369

Men of Ardudwy, the Legend of the,47

Merlin the Enchanter, as a Stone Remover,371”””and the Red Dragon,393”an Early Myth,viii.

Mermaids,35,47

Merthyr, the Rector of, cited,3

Methodists, Banishers of Fairies,6

Mid-Lent Sunday,266

Midsummer Eve,277

Milford Haven, the Fairies at,9

Milk from Fountains,356

Milk-white Milch Cow, Legend of the,37

Mine Goblins,24

Miner’s Wraith, the,215

Mirage,173

Moel Arthur, the Treasure-Chest of,388

Moelfre Hill, the Women of,376

Mol Walbec the Giantess,370

Monacella’s Lambs,162

Money thrown in Wells,354

Morgan, Born of the Sea,47

Morgana,7

Mothering Sunday,266

Mountain Ash, the Three Rods of,210”the Old Woman of the,49

Mourning in Lent,266

Music in Welsh Fairy Tales,91,98

Myfyr Morganwg,277

Mystic Wells,345

N.

Nadolig,286

Names of Welsh Fairies,12

Nant yr Ellyllon,79

Narberth in Mythic Story,198,234

New Year’s Day Customs,252

Night Fiend, the,215

Nights for Spirits, the Three,280

Nis, the,186

Noises, Mysterious, on Barry Island,353

North Wales, Fairyland in,5

Nos Calan Gauaf,280

O.

Oaks, Superstitions concerning,105

Odin’s Spear,395

Offrwm, the,332

Old Woman of the Mountain,49”””Torrent,216

Origins of Fairies,127””the Devil,210””Death Omens,245””Customs,251””Spirits,247””Mystic Well Superstitions,359””Superstitions regarding Stones,383””Dragons,395

Owen Lawgoch and his Enchanted Men,392

Owl’s Screech a Death Omen,213

P.

Palm Sunday Customs,266

Pant Shon Shenkin, the Legend of,75

Pant-y-Madoc, the Gwyllgi of,170

Pant-y-Saer, the Treasure-Hunter of,389

Parc-y-Bigwrn, the Cromlech of,382

Parson’s Penny,332

Pebble-Tossers, Gigantic,370

Pembrokeshire a Land of Mystery,10

Peredur, the Legend of,202,366

Phantom Horseman, the,174”Ships and Islands,173

Pigmies,24

Pins in Enchantment,354

Place of Strife, the Legend of the,59

Plant Annwn,34

Planting Weeds on Graves,298”Flowers on Graves,299,336

Plentyn-newid, the,56

Plygain, the,294

Poetico-Religious Theory of Fairies’ Origin,134

Polly Williams and the Fairies,81

Polyphemus, the Welsh,179,202

Pontypridd, Druidic Ceremonies at,277

Preacher and Bwbach, the,30

Prolific Woman, Legend of the,133

Pronunciation of Welsh Words,Preface

Propitiation of Goblins,12,114

Psyche,86

Puck, the Welsh,20

Puzzling Jug, the,283

Pwca’r Trwyn, Account of,187””chastises a Servant Girl,22””travels in a Jug,118””a Proscribed Noble,128””was it a Fairy,190

Pwyll, Prince of Dyfed,234

Q.

Quintain, the,284,313

Quoits, Arthur’s,370

R.

Ravens, Cave of the,389

Realistic Theory of Fairies’ Origin,129

Red Book of Hergest (Llyfr Coch),5”Fairies, the,127”Lady of Paviland, the,386

Rhamanta,302

Rhitta Gawr, the Giant,372

Rhys and Llewellyn, the Story of,70

Rice at Weddings,314

Richard the Tailor,160

Rip Van Winkle, the Original of,89

Robber’s Stone, the,376

Rocking Stone, Superstitions concerning,378

Rowli Pugh and the Ellyll,15

S.

Sabbath-breakers Turned to Stone,376

Sacred Wells,345

Sagranus Stone, the,375

Sailors’ Superstitions,9

St. Barruc’s Well,352

St. Ceyna, the Legend of,377

St. Clement’s Day,284

St. Collen, the Legend of,7

St. Cynfran’s Well,351

St. Cynhafal’s Well,351

St. David the Introducer of Death Portents into Wales,245”his Day,259”his Legendary Character,260

St. Dogmell’s Parish,69,273

St. Dwynwen’s Well,350

St. Elian’s Well,355

St. George’s Well,351

St. Gwenfrewi, the Legend of,347

St. Gwynwy’s Well,353

St. Illtyd’s Well,357

St. John’s Eve,277

St. Mary’s Well,346

St. Melangell’s Lambs,162

St. Patrick and the Elfin Dames,35”a Welshman,264”his Day,264

St. Samson and the Dragon,392

St. Tegla’s Well,329,349

St. Tydecho’s Blue Stone,367

St. Ulric’s Day,279

St. Valentine’s Day,259

St. Winifred’s Well,346

Salt at Funerals,328

Sanford’s Well,358

Scapegoat, the,329

Science, the Marvels of,248

Seeing the Sun Dance,273

Serpents Turned to Stones,377

Seven Whistlers, the,213

Sgilti Yscawndroed, the Lightfooted,164

Shakspeare, his use of Welsh Folk-Lore,14,44”his Visit to Wales,20

Shepherds of Cwm Llan, the Legends of the,121

Shoe-throwing,314

Shon ap Shenkin, the Story of,92

Showmen’s Superstitions,255

Shrove Tuesday,265

Shuï Rees and the Fairies,67

Sin-eater, the,324

Sion Cent the Magician,203

Skulls,145

Sleeping Saints, the,73”Heroes, Legends of,162,392

Snake Stone, the,278

Soul, its Future Destiny,249

Souls of Dogs,167

Sowling,258

Spade Money,333

Spectral Animals,167

Spirit Fountain, the,178”Life, the Question of a,249”Nights, the Three,280”World, Laws Governing the Welsh,148

Spirits’ Antics,180

Spiritual Hunting Dogs,235

Spiritualism,139

Spitting at the Name of the Devil,209

Stanley, Hon. W. O., cited,19,115

Stone-throwing Spirits,180,185

Stone-tossing Giants,370

Stone-worship,361

Stone of Invisibility, the,365””Remembrance, the,366””Golden Gifts, the,366

Stones, Curious Superstitions concerning,361”at Cross-roads,368”of Healing,367

Storms, Baleful Spirits of,385

Stripping the Carpenter,284


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