Mystic Wells - British Goblins CT030

Mystic Wells - British Goblins CT030

Author: Gary & Ruth Colcombe December 20, 2017 Duration: 34:49

Mystic Wells

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

Book 4 Chapter 2

by

Wirt Sikes

All about the beheading of St. Winnifred and the mystic well that sprang up where her head fell. How the waters of mystic wells can be either beneficent or malicious - they can cure diseases, mental or physical, as well as curing love-sickness. Sikes also tells us sooe of the stories associated with Barry Island.

Running Order:

  • Their Good and Bad Dispositions 1:46
  • St. Winifred's Well 4:48
  • The Legend of St. Winnifred 6:35
  • Miracles 9:28
  • St. Tecla's Well 11:50
  • St. Dwynwen's 12:44
  • Curing Love Sickness 13:00
  • St. Cynfran's 14:30
  • St. Cynhafal's 15:23
  • Throwing Pins in Wells 15:32
  • Warts 15:36
  • Barry Island and its Legends 17:08
  • Ffynon Gwynwy 20:22
  • Propitiary Gifts to Wells 21:02
  • The Dreadful Cursing Well of St. Elian's 23:09
  • Wells Flowing with Milk 25:34
  • St. Illtyd's 25:50
  • Tafi's Well 28:40
  • Sanford's Well 29:31
  • Origins of Superstitions of this Class 30:48

 

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.

St. Winifred
St. Tecla
St. Cynfran
St. Cynhafal
Barry Island
Ffynon Gwynwy
St. Elian's
St. Illtyd's
Tafi
Sanford
Lourdes, France
Cambria
Ffynon Mair (Well of Mary)
Holywell
Duke of Westminster
Drayton
St. Winifred, or Gwenfrewi
Elerius
Robert of Salop
Cotton MSS.
Caradoc
St. Beino
Lethean
Denbighshire
Gwern Degla
Llandegla
Llandwyn, Anglesea
Dan Cupid
Ffynon Dwynwen (Fountain of Venus)
Iolo MSS.
Seithenhin the Drunkard
Aphrodite
     'Rhad Duw a Chynfran lwydd ar y da!'
     (the grace of God and blessed Cynfran on the cattle)
Brychan
Abergeleu
St. George's Well
Pennant
Mars
Llangynhafal parish, Denbighshire
Gloucestershire
Barry Island, near Cardiff
St. Barruc, or Barri
Lord Windsor
St. Cadoc
Gwalches
Merlin
Camarthen
Etna
Stromboli
Typhonn
Vulcan
Camden
Malkin
Ffynon Gwynwy, near Llangelyniin church, Carnarvonshire
Archaeologia Cambrensis
Pliny
Clitumnus
Cyff-elian
Llanelian, Denbighshire
Penrhos
Gower, near Swansea
John the Baptist
Canute

River Taff
Newton Nottage, Glamorganshire

 

British Goblins can be found on Archive.org

You can find out more about Wirt Sikes on Wikipedia.

Try the Celtic Myth Podshow for the Tales and Stories of the Ancient Celts at http://celticmythpodshow.com or on Apple Podcasts.

Our theme music is "Gander at the Pratie Hole" by Sláinte.  You can find their music on the Free Music Archive.

 


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