Welsh Myth and Legend and Magic
@MythWelsh
🏴 Mytholeg Cymreig. Welsh myth, legend, folklore and magic beyond the Mabinogion. Quite a huge dose of Welsh magic tbh. Also on bsky, same name.
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The Healing Snakes - a Folk Tale from Glamorgan
Illustrated by the brilliant Peter Stevenson
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Discovered during systematic metal detecting survey of #Montgomery by Dr Glenn Foard of the Battlefields Trust, this decorated flat axe dates to the #BronzeAge , an impressive #FindsFriday !
The Ladi Wen (white lady) is a ghostly form encountered across Wales, we sometimes find her traces in the landscape, features where she may once been seen named after her. Here is one such, a pool, Llyn Ladi Wen at Rhos near Wrexham site of a lucky escape in 1894. Dr Delyth Badder
I'm reading Vernon Watkin's Ballad of the Mari Lwyd. In the notes he says that the Mari Lwyd may be traceable to the White Horse of Asia. Any ideas what the White Horse of Asia is? Is it the same as the White Horse of Japan? Vernon Watkins(poet) Black Bough Poetry / Barddoniaeth Y Gangen Ddu The Folklore Society