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ILyn Dwythwch

They were always, she says, supposed to live in the lakes; and the one here alluded to was ILyn Dwythwch, which is one of those famous for its torgochiaid or chars

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They were always, she says, supposed to live in the lakes; and the one here alluded to was ILyn Dwythwch, which is one of those famous for its torgochiaid or chars (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter I: Undine's Kymric Sisters)

Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx

  • attestation: They were always, she says, supposed to live in the lakes; and the one here alluded to was ILyn Dwythwch, which is one of those famous for its torgochiaid or chars (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter I: Undine's Kymric Sisters)

    "They were always, she says, supposed to live in the lakes; and the one here alluded to was ILyn Dwythwch, which is one of those famous for its torgochiaid or chars."

  • relationship: Further, he plays the same part as the fairies against whom a Snowdonian mother used to warn her children: they were on no account to wander away from the house when there was a mist, lest the fairies (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter VI: The Folklore of the Wells)

    "Further, he plays the same part as the fairies against whom a Snowdonian mother used to warn her children: they were on no account to wander away from the house when there was a mist, lest the fairies should carry them to their home beneath ILyn Dwythwch."