The Welsh Fairy Book W. Jenkyn Thomas The Welsh Fairy Book Table of Contents The Welsh Fairy Book..............................................................................................................................................1 W. Jenkyn Thomas.........................................................................................................................................1 Preface − The Welsh Fairy Book...................................................................................................................2 The Lady of the Lake.....................................................................................................................................3 Arthur in the Cave..........................................................................................................................................7 The Curse of Pantannas..................................................................................................................................9 The Drowning of the Bottom Hundred........................................................................................................12 Elidyr's Sojurn in Fairy−Land......................................................................................................................17 Lowri Dafydd Earns a Purse of Gold...........................................................................................................19 The Llanfabon Changeling...........................................................................................................................20 Why the Red Dragon is the Emblem of Wales............................................................................................23 Llyn Cwm Llwch.........................................................................................................................................25 The Adventures of Three Farmers...............................................................................................................26 Cadwaladr and His Goat..............................................................................................................................26 The Fairy Wife.............................................................................................................................................27 Einion and the Lady of the Greenwood.......................................................................................................29 The Green Isles of the Ocean.......................................................................................................................30 March's Ears.................................................................................................................................................30 The Fairy Harp.............................................................................................................................................31 Guto Bach and the Fairies............................................................................................................................33 Ianto's Chase................................................................................................................................................34 The Stray Cow.............................................................................................................................................35 Bala Lake.....................................................................................................................................................36 The Forbidden Fountain...............................................................................................................................37 Tudor Ap Einion..........................................................................................................................................38 Fairy Walking Stick.....................................................................................................................................40 Dick the Fiddler's Money.............................................................................................................................40 A Strange Otter............................................................................................................................................41 Fairy Ointment.............................................................................................................................................41 Pergrin and the Mermaiden..........................................................................................................................43 The Cave of the Young Men of Snowdonia................................................................................................43 Einion and the Fair Family...........................................................................................................................44 St Collen and the King of the Fairy.............................................................................................................45 Helig's Hollow..............................................................................................................................................46 Owen Goes A−Wooing................................................................................................................................47 The Fairy Reward.........................................................................................................................................47 Why Deunant has the Front Door in the Back.............................................................................................48 Getting Rid of the Fairies.............................................................................................................................49 The Mantle of Kings' Beards.......................................................................................................................50 Pedws Ffowk and St Elian's Well................................................................................................................51 Magic Music................................................................................................................................................51 Sili go Dwt...................................................................................................................................................52 Another Changeling.....................................................................................................................................53 A Fairy Borrowing.......................................................................................................................................54 Treasure Seeking..........................................................................................................................................54 The Richest Man..........................................................................................................................................56 St Beuno and the Curlew.............................................................................................................................56 The Cat Witches...........................................................................................................................................57 i The Welsh Fairy Book Table of Contents The Welsh Fairy Book The Swallowed Court...................................................................................................................................58 What Marged Rolant Saw............................................................................................................................59 Ned Puw's Farewell......................................................................................................................................60 Pennard Castle..............................................................................................................................................61 The Man with the Green Weeds..................................................................................................................61 Goronwy Tudor and the Witches of Llanddona...........................................................................................62 Robin's Return..............................................................................................................................................63 The Harper's Gratuity...................................................................................................................................64 Six and Four are Ten....................................................................................................................................64 Envy Burns Itself.........................................................................................................................................66 The Bride from the Red Lake......................................................................................................................67 A Fairy Dog.................................................................................................................................................67 Grace's Well.................................................................................................................................................68 The Fairy 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