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