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Gwynionyd

As I see no reason to make any profound distinction between lake maidens and sea maidens

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As I see no reason to make any profound distinction between lake maidens and sea maidens (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter II: The Fairies' Revenge)

Those are, says Gwynionyd, the ideas cherished by the old people of Troed yr Aur in Keredigion, and the editor adds a note that the same sort of story is current among the peasantry of Cumberland, and (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter VIII: Welsh Cave Legends)

Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx

  • attestation: As I see no reason to make any profound distinction between lake maidens and sea maidens (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter II: The Fairies' Revenge)

    "As I see no reason to make any profound distinction between lake maidens and sea maidens, I now give Gwynionyd's account of the mermaid who was found"

  • attestation: Those are, says Gwynionyd, the ideas cherished by the old people of Troed yr Aur in Keredigion, and the editor adds a note that the same sort of story is current among the peasantry of Cumberland, and (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter VIII: Welsh Cave Legends)

    "Those are, says Gwynionyd, the ideas cherished by the old people of Troed yr Aur in Keredigion, and the editor adds a note that the same sort of story is current among the peasantry of Cumberland, and perhaps of other parts of Britain."