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Rhys Dwfn

Rhys Dwfn — being in celtic tradition.

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Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx

  • attribution: The chief patriarch of the inhabitants was Rhys Dwfn, and his descendants used to be called after him the Children of Rhys Dwfn (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter II: The Fairies' Revenge)

    "The chief patriarch of the inhabitants was Rhys Dwfn, and his descendants used to be called after him the Children of Rhys Dwfn."

  • relationship: He heard of Rhys Dwfn's Children first from a distant relative of his father's, a Catherine Thomas, who came to visit her daughter, who lived not far from his father's house: that would now be from fo (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter II: The Fairies' Revenge)

    "He heard of Rhys Dwfn's Children first from a distant relative of his father's, a Catherine Thomas, who came to visit her daughter, who lived not far from his father's house: that would now be from forty-eight to fifty years ago."

  • relationship: He was very young at the time, and of Rhys Dwfn's progeny he formed a wonderful idea, which was partly due also to the talk of one James Davies or Siams Mocyn, who was very well up in folklore, and wa (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter II: The Fairies' Revenge)

    "He was very young at the time, and of Rhys Dwfn's progeny he formed a wonderful idea, which was partly due also to the talk of one James Davies or Siams Mocyn, who was very well up in folklore, and was one of his father's next-door neighbours."