Familiar Spirits - British Goblins CT017

Familiar Spirits - British Goblins CT017

Author: Gary & Ruth Colcombe September 20, 2017 Duration: 32:14

Familiar Spirits

British Goblins: Welsh Folk Lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions (1881)

Book 2 Chapter 5

by

Wirt Sikes

Familiar Spirits are known to often throw stones, especially when at Preachers trying to exorcise them! We also hear about the familiar spirits of Magicians and others who deal in the Black Arts. Sikes tells us the legend of the Lady of the Wood, and how she bewitched those around her with illusions. The Devil himself can be seen as a form of familiar, and can transform himself into a huge black mastiff, a black calf or even a round bowl! Finally, we learn how to both summon and exorcise familiars, and how the terrible tailor of Glanbran was asked to summon the Devil.

Running Order:

  • Familiar Spirits 0:55
  • The Famous Sprite of Trwym Farm 2:10
  • Was it a Fairy? 6:40
  • The Familiar Spirits of Magicians 7:35
  • Sir David Llwyd's Demon 7:43
  • Familiar Spirits in Female Form 10:26
  • The Legend of the Lady of the Wood 13:40
  • The Devil as a Familiar Spirit 21:15
  • His Disguises in this Character 22:41
  • Summoning and Exorcising Familiars 26:12
  • Jenkin the Pemrokeshire Schoolmaster 26:50
  • The Terrible Tailor of Glanbran 29:00

 

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 pronunciations right for you.

Trwym Farm
Sir David Llwyd
Pemrokeshire
Glanbran
diawl
Job John Harry
Mynyydyslwyn
Pwca'r Trwyn
Ellylldan
Thomas Evans
Pwll y Gasseg
Morris Roberts
William Reilly
Blanch y Byd
Dos yn iach ('fare thee well')
Crumlyn
Abercarne
Californian
Bwbach
Cardiganshire
Oxford
Rev. Mr. Thomas Lewis, Landdw & Tolachdy
Radnorshire
'Tafl gerrig o'r afon' (throw stones out of the river)
River Wye
Giraldus
Caerleon, Monmouthshire
Melerius
Lower Gwent
Iolo MSS
Einion
Gwalchmai
Treveilir
Angharad
Kent
Monmouthshire
Maenol
Gorwenydd
Gwyn
Nudd
Ednyved Vychan
Gruddydd ab yr Ynad Coch
cythraul
dera
diafol
Hermes
Vavasor Powell
Pemrokeshire
Narberth
Henry Llewellyn
Ystrad Defoc
Glamorganshire
Marquis of Bute
William Jones
Risca village
Merthyr Tydfil
John Jenkin
Glanbran, Carmarthenshire
Mr. Gwynne

 

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