#welsh fairies

[rowynnellis]

Yesterday afternoon was spent hanging my work in the Dorygallery in Llangollen, ahead of this weekend’s opening of the show ‘Between Myth Moss’, a collective exhibition showcasing the local landscape and its corresponding folklore.

[godzilla-reads]

I will be carving a pumpkin tonight, though I’d like to try my hand at carving a turnip one day.

Iykyk

[mhara-starling]

Hi there! Oooh back on Tumblr…first time since I was a teenager!

My name is Mhara. I’m orignally from the Isle of Anglesey in North Wales, and I’m a Witch. I’m also an author, I wrote “Welsh Witchcraft” which was released three years ago…and my second book Welsh Fairies released last year.

I love to share content which focuses on the magic and lore of Wales. You might have seen my videos at some point!

I hope I can inject some more Cymric magic and Witchcraft onto tumblr! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[fedonciadale]

Tylwyth Teg - Fairies on a Welsh Mountain

@ernestine88​ made a wonderful picture for a scene in my new oneshot, written for the Mad Frankenstein Fest.

Draco looks exactly as grumpy as he should! So go visit her tumblr!

This is it:

“Here’s the clearing where Lovegood saw them.”

She laid her fingers on her lips. Draco envied her fingers.

“We’d best be silent to prevent the bickering. We don’t want to drive them off.”

Hermione took the flowers they had collected and linked them to form a wreath. She had lowered herself to the ground, but was still on her knees, her face concentrated.

Draco let himself fall on the ground and tried to look as if he were at his leisure.

Her eyes glittered with amusement. The sun was about to set, and some curls of her hair became alight with a bronze shimmer. Draco wanted to touch them, but instead tied his occlumency around himself like a second skin. She put the wreath on her locks. She looked like a fairy herself and Draco’s heart jumped in his ribcage. He wished he could burn this image into his memory.

Draco frowned. She still held one wreath.

Hermione levitated it towards Draco’s head. He was taken aback, shaking his head, abhorred at being adorned with flowers.

He wanted to protest, loudly. She came closer, reached for his face with one hand and laid her finger on his lips. “We need to prepare, just in case your coin is wrong.”

His heart pounded so hard in his chest. He was sure he would sport a very sheepish look.

She tapped on his chest. “And remember, respectful, kind and truthful.”

Read it on AO3.

[percyisawitch]

The Tylwyth Teg

Howdy!! How’s your day going? I’m back, finally, and I wanted to share some of my research!! Below this introduction, I’ll be babbling on about the Tylwyth Teg! These guys, like any other part of the Fae; SHOULD NOT be messed with!! They’ll frick up everything that you hold near and dear to your heart; so please don’t mess with them!! I put what they accept as offerings at the end of the post, just for those who know what they’re doing and actually work with the Fae. 

Anyways; I hope this blog is informational, and helpful; and that you have yourself a wonderful day!!

Origin: Wales

The term tylwyth teg is first attested in a poem attributed to the 14th-century Dafydd ap Gwilym, in which the principal character gets perilously but comically lost while going to visit his girlfriend: "Hudol gwan yn ehedeg," ("(The) weak enchantment (now) flees, / (the) long burden of the Tylwyth Teg (departs) into the mist").

Tylwyth Teg means the “Fair Family,” according to the “Encyclopedia of Spirits” written by Judika Illes. But, if you pop it into Google Translate, you’ll get “Faeries.” Both are true statements, they are Welsh Faeries.

Tylwyth Teg live in organized societies ruled by a king, Gwyn ap Knudd. There are both male and female Tylwyth Teg; and they typically dress in green. Although, the royal court supposedly dresses in red and/or blue silks.

They prefer to live in remote locations; wooded areas in the mountains, or in lonely islands within the lakes off the Welsh coast. They are, infact, nocturnal; emerging at night to make music and dance in the moonlight in Fairy Rings. These guys absolutely adore music! But, they’ve been accused of kidnapping particularly skilled human musicians so that they’ll be forced to stay and play for them.

Like most other forms of the Fae; if a human is caught within one of their Fairy Rings, the human is obligated to dance with them for a year and a day. Although carrying a rowan twig will grant you free passage through their territory.

In later sources the tylwyth teg are described as fair-haired and covet golden-haired human children whom they kidnap, leaving changelings (or crimbilion, sing. crimbil) in their place. They bestow riches on those they favour but these gifts vanish if they are spoken of, and fairy maidens may become the wives of human men. These fairy wives are however still bound by traditional taboos. They must be careful to avoid touching iron or they will vanish back to their realm never to be seen by their husbands again.

And, to my understanding; the humans have some restrictions that they can never betray. Although, I don’t know what those restrictions are specifically.

Manifestation: They are usually described as resembling humans, but at varying sizes. Some are human sized, some can be approximately the height of a man's knee, while others are just tiny. They are, however; renowned shapeshifters.

Offerings: Their mainstay meal is milk with saffron.

[fairylandblog]

Welsh Fairies

Welsh fairies, called Tylwyth Teg (Fair Family) or Y Bendith y Mamau (Blessing of the Mothers), are supernatural beings in Welsh folklore.

These fairies are beautiful, fair-haired beings who live in underground kingdoms, beneath lakes, or on enchanted islands invisible to mortals.

Welsh fairies are known for kidnapping human children and leaving changelings, as well as abducting adults into their timeless realm.

They dance in fairy rings at night, and mortals who join their revelry may find years have passed in what felt like hours.

Offerings of milk, bread, and respect can earn their favor, while disrespect, iron, or breaking taboos invokes their dangerous wrath.

Welsh fairy lore includes specific types like the Cwn Annwn (hellhounds), Gwragedd Annwn (lake maidens), and Coblynau (mine spirits).

These fairies embody the dangerous and morally ambiguous nature of Celtic fae, neither purely benevolent nor entirely malevolent.

(By Hogyncymru - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0)

[ruesagerosemary]

Celtic Tip #14

Ellyllon, or Welsh fairies, Queen is Queen Mab. 

Their food consists of toadstiils and fairy butter (fungus found on roots of vary old trees)