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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"GR Llên gwerin"”.
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Legends of the lakes of Wales : thematic classification and analysis.
This paper seeks to collect as many Welsh lake legends as possible, to produce a thematic classification and to analyse each resultant category and subcategory from a historical point of view. The collection of lake stories is substantially based upon several reliable works edited during the …
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Perceptions of Annwn : the otherworld in the four branches of the Mabinogi.
… of the Celtic Otherworld, its nature and topography, and to obtain descriptions of its people, buildings and animals and any distinctive objects or characteristics pertaining to it. The ways in which Annwn influences each of the Four Branches are also considered. Some sketchy evidence is …
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‘One of the nobelyst knyghtes of the worlde, and most perfitist man’: the role of Bors in Malory’s Morte Darthur.
… are first tested. During the quest for the Holy Grail, Bors is one of just three knights who succeed in the quest and travel to the Holy Land, and the only one of the three to return to England to give an account of these events. It would would appear that the significance of the figure of Bors …
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In Response to David Barrowclough and John Hallam’s conclusions regarding ‘The Devil’s Footprints’ on Apronful Hill, Pendle: An investigation into the Brythonic identity of East Lancashire.
Lancashire folklore records a legend that footprints found in stone between the villages of Sabden and Pendleton were created by the Devil, who took the form of a giant and carried an apronful of stones with the intention of destroying Clitheroe Castle. Unfortunately, he failed. The stone that he …
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Orbs in the skyscape: An exploration of spiritual experiences with anomalous light phenomena
… engagement with them during the photographic process. Given the current dichotomy between the optical and paranormal explanations for orbs, with proponents of both emphasising the conventional optical explanation, academic interest is limited. In popular culture, orbs have acquired the …
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Particles and Waves: Poetic Responses to Place - Psycho-geography and/as practice
Utilising a range of psychogeographic practices, this project comprises a hybrid creative response to the natural landscape of West Wales, using the River Towy as a focal point. It is concerned with an exploration of the importance of identity, and with themes of the spiritual, land, gender, …
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An examination of Edward Lhwyd’s journey to Scotland in 1699 with particular reference to folk culture and language
… extensively alongside his own fieldwork in Glossography, the first and only volume of Archaeologia Britannica he was to publish. Drawing both on his published work and remaining source material (notebooks, drawings and above all correspondence) this dissertation assesses his methodology, output …