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British Goblins
Welsh Folk-Lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and TraditionsBy Wirt Sikes
Length3h 57m
About this audiobook
One of the most beautiful and complete collections of stories, legends, myths, folktales, and traditions to ever emerge from Wales. Compiled by an American—the United States consul for Wales in the late nineteenth century—this volume was the work of several years’ labor.
Scouring the hills and valleys of Wales after falling in love with the land, the author wrote down the oral traditions, stories, myths, and legends related to him by the people he met on his travels. The result was a spectacular work, divided up into four sections: “Faerie Realm,” the “Spirit-World,” “Quaint Old Customs,” and “Bells, Wells, Stones, and Dragons.”
Rarely has a nation’s mythos and essence been so elegantly captured as in this work. The legacy of Welsh mythology and folklore has entered the vocabulary of modern English, and spread around the world, being some of the oldest tales in all Europe.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 3.8 (352)
Includes Goodreads
GenreLiterary Classics, General Fiction
Length3 hrs 57 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 29, 2017
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1CHAPTER I. FAIRY TALES AND THE ANCIENT MYTHOLOGY
2CHAPTER II. CLASSIFICATION OF WELSH FAIRIES
3CHAPTER III. LAKE FAIRIES
4CHAPTER IV. MOUNTAIN FAIRIES
5CHAPTER V. CHANGELINGS
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6CHAPTER VI. LIVING WITH THE TYLWYTH TEG
7CHAPTER VII. FAIRY MUSIC
8CHAPTER VIII. FAIRY RINGS
9CHAPTER IX. PIETY AS A PROTECTION FROM THE SEDUCTIONS OF THE TYLWYTH TEG
10CHAPTER X. FAIRY MONEY AND FAIRY GIFTS IN GENERAL
11CHAPTER XI. ORIGINS OF WELSH FAIRIES
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