Myths & Legends of Wales. 72 pages. £3.30

Myths & Legends of Wales is a selection of some of the best known – and some lesser known – Welsh folk-tales, with particular reference to the place where things happened. There is a special fascination for most of us to realise, in a particular village or house or field, that something took place a hundred or a thousand years ago. The great scholar, Sir John Rhys believed that folk-tales were not just fairy tales for adults, but were vital and important as part of the history and culture of a nation.

Myths & Legends of Wales gives a cross-section of all folk-legends, from the famous traditional tales of the Mabinogion, tales of the Saints, well-lore, cave legends, historical legends, to the beliefs like Phantom funerals and Corpse Candles.

Myths & Legends of Wales is a great book to dip into to find out something unusual about the place you live or are visiting. Meet the strange ‘other people’ – the Tywyth Teg (Fair people), mermaids, giants, witches…

The story of the Lady of the Lake at Llyn-y-Fan Fach in Mynydd Du (Black Mountains) on the edge of the Breacon Beacons, can be read here

Tony Roberts was very interested in history and pre-history. It is possible to gain grains (or more) of truth from these old legends showing us about our past.

The illustrations in Myths and Legends of Wales are a mixture of the ‘otherwordly’ work of Sheila Paton and the delicate line drawings of Elizabeth Roberts.

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