Welsh Fairy Tales

William Elliot Griffis

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A PREFACE-LETTER TO MY GRANDFATHER DEAR CAPTAIN JOHN GRIFFIS: Although I never saw you, since you died in 1804, I am glad you were one of those Welshmen who opposed the policy of King George III and that you, after coming to America in 1783, were among the first sea captains to carry the American flag around the world. That you knew many of the Free Quakers and other patriots of the Revolution and that they buried you among them, near Benjamin Franklin, is a matter of pride to your descendants. That you were born in Wales and spoke Welsh, as did also those three great prophets of spiritual liberty, Roger Williams, William Penn, and Thomas Jefferson, is still further ground for pride in one's ancestry. Now, in the perspective of history we see that our Washington and his compeers and Wilkes, Barre, Burke and the friends of America in Parliament were fighting the same battle of Freedom. Though our debt to Wales for many things is great, we count not least those inheritances from the world of imagination, for which the Cymric Land was famous, even before the days of either Anglo-Saxon or Norman. W. E. G. Saint David's and the day of the Daffodil, March 1, 1921.

Title: Welsh Fairy Tales Author: William Elliot Griffis Release Date: November, 2005 [EBook #9368] [Yes, we are more than one year ahead of schedule] [This file was first posted on September 25, 2003] Edition: 10 Language: English

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Welsh Fairy Tales By WILLIAM ELLIOT GRIFFIS 1921

CONTENTS

I. WELSH RABBIT AND HUNTED HARES

II. THEMIGHTYMONSTER AFANG

III. THETWO CAT WITCHES

IV. HOW THECYMRYLAND BECAMEINHABITED

V. THEBOYTHAT WAS NAMED TROUBLE

VI. THEGOLDEN HARP

VII. THE GREAT RED DRAGON OF WALES

VIII. THETOUCH OFCLAY

IX. THETOUCH OFIRON

X. THEMAIDEN OFTHEGREEN FOREST

XI. THETREASURESTONEOFTHEFAIRIES

XII. GIANT TOM AND GIANT BLUBB

XIII. A BOYTHAT VISITED FAIRYLAND

XIV. THEWELSHERYAND THENORMANS

XV. THEWELSH FAIRIES HOLD A MEETING

XVI. KINGARTHUR'S CAVE

XVII. THELADYOFTHELAKE

XVIII. THEKING'S FOOT HOLDER

XIX. POWELL, PRINCEOFDYFED

XX. POWELL AND HIS BRIDE

XXI. WHYTHEBACK DOOR WAS FRONT

XXII. THERED BANDITS OFMONTGOMERY

XXIII. THEFAIRYCONGRESS

XXIV. THESWORD OFAVALON

I

WELSH RABBIT AND HUNTED HARES

Long, long ago, there was a good saint named David, who taught the early Cymric or Welsh people better manners and many good things to eat and ways of enjoying themselves. Now the Welsh folks in speaking of their good teacher pronounced his name Tafid and affectionately Taffy, and this came to be the usual name for a person born in Wales. In our nurseries we all learned that "Taffy was a Welshman," but it was their enemies who made a bad rhyme about Taffy. Wherever there were cows or goats, people could get milk. So they always had what was necessary for a good meal, whether it were breakfast, dinner or supper. Milk, cream, curds, whey and cheese enriched the family table. Were not these enough? But Saint David taught the people how to make a still more delicious food out of cheese, and that this could be done without taking the life of any creature. Saint David showed the girls how to take cheese, slice and toast it over the coals, or melt it in a skillet and pour it hot over toast or biscuit. This gave the cheese a new and sweeter flavor. When spread on bread, either plain, or browned over the fire, the result, in combination, was a delicacy fit for a king, and equal to anything known. The fame of this new addition to the British bill of fare spread near and far. The English people, who had always been fond of rabbit pie, and still eat thousands of Molly Cotton Tails every day, named it "Welsh Rabbit," and thought it one of the best things to eat. In fact, there are many people, who do not easily see a joke, who misunderstand the fun, or who suppose the name to be either slang, or vulgar, or a mistake, and who call it "rarebit." It is like "Cape Cod turkey" (codfish), or "Bombay ducks" (dried fish), or "Irish plums" (potatoes) and such funny cookery with fancy names. Now up to this time, the rabbits and hares had been so hunted with the aid of dogs, that there was hardly a chance of any of them surviving the cruel slaughter. In the year 604, the Prince of Powys was out hunting. The dogs started a hare, and pursued it into a dense thicket. When the hunter with the horn came up, a strange sight met his eyes. There he saw a lovely maiden. She was kneeling on the ground and devoutly praying. Though surprised at this, the prince was anxious to secure his game. He hissed on the hounds and ordered the horn to be blown, for the dogs to charge on their prey, expecting them to bring him the game at once. Instead of this, though they were trained dogs and would fight even a wolf, they slunk away howling, and frightened, as if in pain, while the horn stuck fast to the lips of the blower and he was silent. Meanwhile, the hare nestled under the maiden's dress and seemed not in the least disturbed. Amazed at this, the prince turned to the fair lady and asked: "Who are you?" She answered, "My mother named me Monacella. I have fled from Ireland, where my father wished to marry me to one of his chief men, whom I did not love. Under God's guidance, I came to this secret desert place, where I have lived for fifteen years, without seeing the face of man." To this, the prince in admiration replied: "O most worthy Melangell [which is the way the Welsh pronounce Monacella], because, on account of thy merits, it has pleased God to shelter and save this little, wild hare, I, on my part, herewith present thee with this land, to be for the service of God and an asylum for all men and women, who seek thy protection. So long as they do not pollute this sanctuary, let none, not even prince or chieftain, drag them forth." The beautiful saint passed the rest of her life in this place. At night, she slept on the bare rock. Many were the wonders wrought for those who with pure hearts sought her refuge. The little wild hares were under her special protection, and they are still called "Melangell's Lambs."

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II

THE MIGHTY MONSTER AFANG

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