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Classification of Welsh Fairies

British Goblins: Welsh Folk Lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions (1881) Book 1 Chapter 2

by Wirt Sikes

Examining the different types of Welsh Fairies, from the Pwca (and Shakespeare's Puck) to the Ellylldan, Coblynau, Knockers and household fairies. Sikes also looks at Dwarfs, bogies and hobgoblins as well as telling us a humourous story of the Preacher and the Bwbach.

Rowli Pugh and the Ellyl

Running Order:

• Section 1 0:42
  • General Designation 1:53
  • Habits of the Tylwyth Teg 3:43
• Section 2 5:38
  • Ellyllon, or Elves 5:42
  • Shakespeare's Use of Welsh Folk-Lore 7:41
• Section 3 8:28
  • Rowli Pugh and the Ellyll 9:24
  • Household Story Roots 12:22
• Section 4 13:42
  • The Ellylldan 13:44
• Section 5 17:19
  • The Pooka 17:20
  • Puck Valley, Breconshire 18:11
  • Where Shakespeare got his Puck 21:07
• Section 6 21:43
  • Pwca'r Trwyn 21:44
  • Usual Form of the Pooka Story 21:57
• Section 7 22:44
  • Coblynau or Mine Fairies 22:46
  • The Knockers 23:01
• Section 8 24:14
  • Miner's Superstitions 24:18
  • Basilisks and Fire Fiends 27:50
• Section 9 28:54
• • A Fairy Coalmine 29:20
  • The Dwarfs of Cae Caled 30:29
• Section 10 32:18
  • Counterparts of the Coblynau 32:18
• Section 11 34:36
  • The Bwbach, or Household Fairy 34:40
  • Legend of the Bwbach and the Preacher 35:33
• Section 12 37:20
  • Bogies and Hobgoblins 37:23
  • Carrying Mortals through the Air 37:47
  • Counterparts and Originals 38:04

Charcoal drawn figure of the Pwca

Names Used in this Section

All proper names, and words in Welsh or other languages, are recorded here in the show-notes and we've done our best to get the pronounciations right for you.

Keightley The Elves The Dwarfs or Trolls The Nisses The Necks, Mermen & Mermaids The Ellyllon (Elves) The Coblynau (Mine fairies) The Bwbachod (House fairies) The Gwragedd Annwn (Lake Fairies) The Gwyllion (Mountain Fairies) Y Tylwyth Teg (yn y Coed), Tylwth Teg y Mwn Bendith y Mamau Eumenides Sir Walter Scott Dayak Laplander Ammam El - 'spirit' Elf - 'element' Elihim (Hebrew) Davydd ab Gwilym Yr doedd ym mhob gobant Ellyllon mingeimion gant Ymenyn tylwyth teg bwyd ellyllon menyg ellyllon Gwyn ap Nudd Shakespeare Mercutio Mab Cymric mabgar mabgath mabiaith mabinogi Mabiogion Peterston-super-Ely Cardiff Glamorganshire Rowli Pugh Ellyll Catti Jones Bwbach Mr. Baring-Gould Grimm's Witchelma(umlaut)nner Hausma(um.)nner Milton's L'Allegro Ellylldan Will-o'-wisp Scandinavian Lyktgubhe Breton Sand Yan y Tad (Saint John the Father) Dan (fire) ignis fatuus Jack-muh-lantern Iolo the Bard Pwca, or Pooka, Puck

The Pwca

Cambrian fairies Richard Price, son of Sir John Price Brecon Cym Pwca, Puck Valley Clydach in Breconshire Frere and Powell Trwyn Farm, near Abergwyddon (Abercarne) Pwca'r Trwyn Campbell Mrs. Fletcher Mrs. Siddons The Oswestry Advertiser Cefn Penrhyn Priestley Knockers Newport, Monmouthshire William Evans of Hafodafel Beacon Mountain Egbert Williams Denbighshire Cae Caled Parish of Bodfari Lanelwyd House Barbara Jones Wichtlein (little Wights) Haus-schmiedlein (little House-smiths) Heldenbuch Catskill Mountains Hendrik Hudson Cardiganshire Cwrw da Bogie Hobgoblin Gobelin 'Le gobelin vous mangera, le gobelin vous emportera.' hob, hopp, coblyn, goblin Slavonic 'bog' Baga of the Cuneiform Inscriptions Professor Fiske Aryan Bhaga, Sanskrit of the Vedas Phrygian Zeus "Bagaios" Xerxxes Southey

Coblynau

British Goblins can be found on Sacred Texts.

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