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ILyn ILion

'The lovers of Cambrian lore are aware that the Triads in their record of the deluge affirm that it was occasioned by a mystic Afanc y ILyn, crocodile ^ of the lake, breaking the banks of ILyn ILion,

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'The lovers of Cambrian lore are aware that the Triads in their record of the deluge affirm that it was occasioned by a mystic Afanc y ILyn, crocodile ^ of the lake, breaking the banks of ILyn ILion, (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter II: The Fairies' Revenge)

Many a lakelet in our land has put forward its claim to the location of ILyn ILion; amongst the rest, this lake (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter II: The Fairies' Revenge)

Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx

  • attestation: 'The lovers of Cambrian lore are aware that the Triads in their record of the deluge affirm that it was occasioned by a mystic Afanc y ILyn, crocodile ^ of the lake, breaking the banks of ILyn ILion, (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter II: The Fairies' Revenge)

    "'The lovers of Cambrian lore are aware that the Triads in their record of the deluge affirm that it was occasioned by a mystic Afanc y ILyn, crocodile ^ of the lake, breaking the banks of ILyn ILion, the lake of waters; and the recurrence of that catastrophe was prevented only by Hu Gadarn, the bold man of power, dragging away the afanc by aid of his Ychain Banawg, or large horned oxen."

  • attestation: Many a lakelet in our land has put forward its claim to the location of ILyn ILion; amongst the rest, this lake (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter II: The Fairies' Revenge)

    "Many a lakelet in our land has put forward its claim to the location of ILyn ILion; amongst the rest, this lake."

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