Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx (Volume 2 of 2)

Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx (Volume 2 of 2)

Une des lgendes les plus rpandues en Bretagne est celle dune prtendue ville dIs, qui, une poque inconnue, aurait t engloutie par la mer. On montre, divers endroits de la cte, lemplacement de cette cit fabuleuse, et les pcheurs vous en font dtranges rcits. Les jours de tempte, assurent-ils, on voit, dans les creux des vagues, le sommet des flches de ses glises; les jours de calme, on entend monter de labme le son de ses cloches, modulant lhymne du jour.Renan. More than once in the last chapter was the subject of submersions and cataclysms brought before the reader, and it may be convenient to enumerate here the most remarkable cases, and to add one or two to their number, as well as to dwell at somewhat greater length on some instances which may be said to have found their way into Welsh literature. He has already been told of the outburst of the Glasfryn Lake (p. 367) and Ffynnon Gywer (p. 376), of yn ech Owen (p. 379) and the Crymlyn (p. 191), also of the drowning of Cantrer Gwaelod (p. 383); not to mention that one of my informants had something to say (p. 219) of the submergence of Caer Arianrhod, a rock now visible only at low water between Celynnog Fawr and Dinas Dine, on the coast of Arfon. But, to put it briefly, it is an ancient belief in the Principality that its lakes generally have swallowed up habitations of men, as in the case of yn Syfaon (p. 73) and the Pool of Corwrion (p. 57). To these I now proceed to add other instances, to wit those of Bala Lake, Kenfig Pool, [402]ynclys, and Helig ab Glannogs territory including Traeth Lafan. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 55989
Author: Rhys, John
Release Date: Nov 17, 2017
Format: eBook
Language: English