Welsh folklore
27 entries in the Welsh Folklore compendium.
Saint AfanEarly 6th-century Welsh bishop, martyr, and saint.Ann MaddocksWelsh maid whose tragic love story became a folk legend.Buwch FrechA legendary Welsh cow that gave milk freely until a witch intervened.CaerdroiaWelsh turf mazes used for ritual dances, now largely lost.CoblynWelsh mine-dwelling gnome that helps miners find ore.Cŵn AnnwnSpectral hounds of Annwn, portending death in Welsh myth.CythraulWelsh word for the Devil with medieval and modern uses.Hugh Evans (writer)Welsh publisher and author of rural life and folklore.GelertLegendary hound in a Welsh folk-tale of tragic loyalty.Giants (Welsh folklore)Giants are original inhabitants and key figures in Welsh myth.Gwragedd AnnwnBeautiful lake fairies of Welsh folklore who herded mystical cattle.Gŵyl Fair y CanhwyllauWelsh Candlemas festival blending Christian and pagan spring customs.GwyllionWelsh female fairies who haunt roads and lead travellers astray.Knocker (folklore)Mythical mine-dwelling trickster and warning spirit.Llyn y Fan FachA Welsh lake with glacial origins, a reservoir, and a folklore legend.Llyn y Tri GreyenynA small Welsh lake linked to giant Idris and a giantess.Mab DaroganMessianic figure destined to reclaim Britain for its Celtic Britons.Maelor GawrEarly Celtic giant king whose horn blasts caused bodily destruction.Mari LwydA Welsh wassailing custom using a horse's skull hobby horse.Rhys and MeinirWelsh folklore's tragic lovers of Nant Gwrtheyrn.St Davids CathedralWelsh cathedral built on Saint David's monastic foundation.Sin-eaterRitual consumer of sins to absolve the deceased.Star jellyGelatinous substance linked to meteor showers since the 14th century.Twm Siôn CatiWelsh folk hero and antiquary, known as the Welsh Robin Hood.Tylwyth TegWelsh fairy folk known as the Fair Family.Vortigern5th-century British warlord who invited Saxons to Britain.Wren DayIrish and Manx custom of hunting the wren on Saint Stephen's Day.
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