#welsh lore

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Four Queens Find Lancelot Sleeping - Frank Cowper

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The Battle Between King Arthur and Sir Mordred - William Hatherell

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“Welsh witches were believed to have the power to stop horses and wagons in their tracks. A similar tale is told of a Shropshire witch called Priss Morris who was an expert at this art.

She had a long-standing grudge against a local farmer because he had once refused to rent her one of his fields. One day one of the farmer's employees was passing her cottage in a wagon when suddenly the horses stopped in their tracks and would not move. The farmer was called and when he arrived and surveyed the scene he knew that the witch was responsible. He took the whip from the waggoner's hand and hammered on the door of the cottage. When Priss Morris opened it he threatened to flog her if she did not release his horses from the spell. He demanded that she say: "God bless you and your horses", but the defiant witch refused to give in to threats of violence. The farmer again promised her a good whipping and finally the woman said: “May my God bless you and your horses". The farmer replied: “I will have nothing to do with your God. I worship the true God and will have nothing to do with any others". Eventually, after more threats, Priss Morris agreed to bless the name of the farmer's God. Immediately the spell was lifted and horses in the wagon was able to continue on its way (Burne 1883:11). It is in teresting to speculate exactly who Morris' God was.”

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Welsh Witches and Wizards

Chapter 2: ‘Dark Sisters & Toadmen’

by Michael Howard

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“May [insert pronoun] wander for ages many,

And at every step, a stile,

At every stile, a fall,

At every fall, a broken bone,

Not the largest, not the least,

But the chief neck bone,

Every time.'

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Welsh Curse dating from between the 16th and 18th centuries.

(Howard, ‘Welsh Witches and Wizards’, p. 46)

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is this a joke

for some reason I didn’t expect How Culhwch Won Olwen to be 40% lists

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Morgan!Or, in this case, Morgan ferch Modron, the half-fae daughter of the goddess Modron. Took a blend of both Welsh and Irish influences with her. The overall goal was to make her eyes wolf-like, since the Morrigan and Modron have an association with crows and wolves. While she's in black and dark colors, Morgan's design was meant to be the opposite of Gwenhwyfar's, meaning that she's almost the polar opposite of her. She's not meant to be a menacing character, she's meant to be more sympathetic, loving, compassionate, and gentle, versus Gwen's harsh, cold, and aloof disposition. I'm sure you can tell by now I'm not a huge fan of the traditional depiction of Arthurian women. To me, Morgan really wasn't a bad character, she was just surrounded by assholes.

They came in my mind as BFFs so they're still BFFs. Morgan is older than Gwen and is more of an older sister to her in nature. Morgan's familiar is that crow on her shoulder (Badb), which allows her to transform into a flock of crows.  

These are super, super quick doodles.

Since I lost my external's data (lots of old artwork going back to 2005) I had to redo some of Morgan's and, unfortunately, I can't really add more detail, since I'm moving onto other characters in the story.

Morgan’s design is influenced by Eva Green’s role as Morgan and Madonna’ “Frozen”.

[chelseaeleanor]