Boggarts, Trolls and Tylwyth Teg

Boggarts, Trolls and Tylwyth Teg
Author: Peter Stevenson
Publisher: The History Press
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2021-10-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0750998334
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The Grimms called them The Quiet Folk, in Māori they are Patupaiarehe, in Wales Y Tylwyth Teg : hidden people who live unseen, speak their own languages and move around like migrants, shrouded from our eyes – like those who lived in the utopian world of Plant Rhys Ddwfn off the west Welsh coast, where this book begins. In mythology, lost lands are coral castles beneath the sea, ancient forests where spirits live, and mountain swamps where trolls lurk. Strip away the mythology, and they become valleys and villages flooded to provide drinking water to neighbouring kingdoms, campsites where travellers are told they can't travel, and reservations where the rights of first nations people are ignored. The folk tales in this book tell of these lost lands and hidden people, remembered through migrations, dreams and memories.

Welsh Folk Tales

Welsh Folk Tales
Author: Peter Stevenson
Publisher: The History Press
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2017-02-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 0750981903
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This book, a selection of folk tales, true tales, tall tales, myths, gossip, legends and memories, celebrates and honours unique Welsh stories. Some are well known, others from forgotten manuscripts or out-of-print volumes, and some are contemporary oral tales. They reflect the diverse tradition of storytelling, and the many meanings of 'chwedlau'. If someone says, 'Chwedl Cymraeg?' they are asking, 'Do you speak Welsh?' and 'Do you tell a tale in Welsh?' Here is the root of storytelling, or 'chwedleua', in Wales. It is part of conversation. This book, one to linger over and to treasure, keeps these ancient tales alive by retelling them for a new audience.

Dark Folklore

Dark Folklore
Author: Mark Norman
Publisher: The History Press
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2021-10-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0750998326
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How did our ancestors use the concept of demons to explain sleep paralysis? Is that carving in the porch of your local church really what you think it is? And what's that tapping noise on the roof of your car..? The fields of folklore have never been more popular – a recent resurgence of interest in traditional beliefs and customs, coupled with morbid curiosities in folk horror, historic witchcraft cases and our superstitious past, have led to an intersection of ideas that is driving people to seek out more information. Tracey Norman (author of the acclaimed play WITCH) and Mark Norman (creator of The Folklore Podcast) lead you on an exploration of those more salubrious facets of our past, highlighting those aspects of our cultural beliefs and social history that are less 'wicker basket' and more 'Wicker Man'.

Grimoire of a Kitchen Witch

Grimoire of a Kitchen Witch
Author: Rachel Patterson
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2013-06-28
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1780999577
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This book is essentially a Book of Shadows, a Kitchen Witch s Grimoire. It covers what it means to be a Witch, how a Witch works, what a Witch does and how a Witch celebrates the turning of the seasons. It is packed full of information about all sorts of subjects from a breakdown of rituals and magical tools to reading auras and rites of passage, along with meditations, recipes for oils, incenses and spells and a huge amount of crafts to make for each Sabbat. The information herein does not follow any strict tradition; it is a personal interpretation of witchcraft melding together different experiences. Magic and the Craft are fluid and flexible, it is ever changing and we are ever learning. ,

The Moon-Eyed People

The Moon-Eyed People
Author: Peter Stevenson
Publisher: The History Press
Total Pages: 197
Release: 2019-07-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0750992700
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A lone man wanders from swamp to swamp searching for himself, a wolf-girl visits Wales and eats the sheep, a Welsh criminal marries an 'Indian Princess', Lakota men re-enact the Wounded Knee Massacre in Cardiff and, all the while, mountain women practise Appalachian hoodoo, native healing and Welsh witchcraft. These stories are a mixture of true tales, tall tales and folk tales, that tell of the lives of migrants who left Wales and settled in America, of the native and enslaved people who had long been living there, and those curious travellers who returned to find their roots in the old country. They were explorers, miners, dreamers, hobos, tourists, farmers, radicals, showmen, sailors, soldiers, witches, warriors, poets, preachers, prospectors, political dissidents, social reformers, and wayfaring strangers. The Cherokee called them: ' the Moon-Eyed People'.

No Fairies

No Fairies
Author: Peter Stevenson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2011-05-10
Genre: Fairies
ISBN: 9781845273491
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Stori afaelgar am ferch fach sy'n byw yng nghanol tylwyth teg a chreaduriaid rhyfeddol ond sydd ddim yn gallu eu gweld. Aiff i chwilio amdanynt ar hyd ac ar led y wlad gan ddod o hyd iddynt o'r diwedd. Mae'r llyfr yn llawn golygfeydd dramatig a deniadol ac mae'r awdur/arlunydd, Peter Stevenson, wedi darlunio cyfoeth o fanylion gogleisiol ar bob tudalen. -- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru

The Elfin Brood

The Elfin Brood
Author: Orville J. Wanzer
Publisher: Commonwealth Publications
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1997-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781551973128
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Swedish Fairy Tales

Swedish Fairy Tales
Author:
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Fairy tales
ISBN: 9781616080037
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Tales of knights in search of princesses, forest creatures frequenting caverns, and wish-granting fairies are told in the spirit of tradition and imagination in this anthology. With spellbinding art by Sweden's greatest fairytale illustrator, John Bauer. Age 6+.

Rapunzel

Rapunzel
Author: Brothers Grimm
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2002-10-14
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0142301930
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Award winning author/adapter/illustrator Paul O. Zelinsky's Caldecott Medal Winning book! Perfect for readers of all fairy tales. "A breathtaking interpretation gives the fairy tale new art-historical roots, with illustrations that daringly-and effectively-mimic the masters of Italian Renaissance painting."--Publishers Weekly Trapped in a tower with no door, Rapunzel is allowed to see no one but the sorceress who has imprisoned her-until the day a young prince hears her singing to the forest birds. . . . The timeless tale of Rapunzel is vividly and magnificently brought to life through Paul O. Zelinsky's powerful sense of narrative and his stunning oil paintings. "Simply put, this is a gorgeous book; it demonstrates respect for the traditions of painting and the fairy tale while at the same time adhering to a singular, wholly original, artistic vision." (The Horn Book, starred review)

The Winter Long

The Winter Long
Author: Seanan McGuire
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2014-09-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101601752
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Toby thought she understood her own past; she thought she knew the score. She was wrong. It's time to learn the truth.