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Lake Maidens

But one day a piece of moist bread came floating ashore, which he ate, and the next day he had a chat with the Lake Maidens

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But one day a piece of moist bread came floating ashore, which he ate, and the next day he had a chat with the Lake Maidens (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter I: Undine's Kymric Sisters)

This is, perhaps, the place to give another tale, according to which the man goes to the Lake Maiden's country, instead of her settling with him at his home (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter I: Undine's Kymric Sisters)

Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx

  • attestation: But one day a piece of moist bread came floating ashore, which he ate, and the next day he had a chat with the Lake Maidens (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter I: Undine's Kymric Sisters)

    "But one day a piece of moist bread came floating ashore, which he ate, and the next day he had a chat with the Lake Maidens."

  • attestation: This is, perhaps, the place to give another tale, according to which the man goes to the Lake Maiden's country, instead of her settling with him at his home (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter I: Undine's Kymric Sisters)

    "This is, perhaps, the place to give another tale, according to which the man goes to the Lake Maiden's country, instead of her settling with him at his home."

Appears in: Beings, Entities in Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Celtic Tradition