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Welsh Myth and Legend and Magic
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Mytholeg Cymreig. Welsh myth, legend, folklore and magic beyond the Mabinogion. Quite a huge dose of Welsh magic to be honest with you. Twitter profile was @mythwelsh
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What about the Netherlands?
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Y Wyddfa. The highest mountain in Wales, England and Belgium.
a PICTURE OF mOUNT eVEREST
January 21, 2026 at 7:31 AM
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drtobydriver.bsky.social
A glimpse of some famous old stones for #TombTuesday 🥰

📷 Pentre Ifan, Pembrokeshire, last August
The top of Pentre Ifan showing its grey slabs & capstone on an overcast day
January 20, 2026 at 6:59 AM
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folklorewales.com
It was an honour to be asked to write the introduction for this beautiful new hardback volume - with gilded edges, no less - of Welsh Folk & Fairy Tales by Flame Tree Publishing as part of their Collector’s Editions series.

Available in all good bookshops as of today 💫
January 20, 2026 at 10:07 AM
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krishughes.bsky.social
I have a big, shiny new class starting this coming Saturday. It's not too late to sign up. Some info in the short video, below, and more at: tinyurl.com/MabCon26

#CelticMythology #CelticPolytheism #pagansky #mabinogi
Mabinogi Connections
YouTube video by Kris Hughes
youtu.be
January 5, 2026 at 9:38 PM
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mark-walters.bsky.social
Wow the #aurora are even behind me now to the south over Welshpool 🙂
January 19, 2026 at 9:58 PM
mythwelsh.bsky.social
I sort of think it's great that the Welsh National Theatre's version of Our Town is playing outside of Cardiff, but Cardiff is the nearest theatre city to me.
www.swanseagrand.co.uk/OurTown
Our Town - Swansea Grand Theatre
www.swanseagrand.co.uk
January 19, 2026 at 8:18 PM
mythwelsh.bsky.social
Isn't AI wonderful. I Google "Taliesin satire" and the unwanted AI offers ...
January 18, 2026 at 11:58 AM
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philolithia.bsky.social
Carreg y Planwydd Helyg (stone of the willow plantation) up in the clouds of Meirionnydd at winter solstice for #StandingStoneSunday
A curvy standing stone in a lichen green and yellow dress stands on open copper-coloured moorland beneath mountains blanketed in thick cloud. Distant sheep don’t care.
January 18, 2026 at 8:50 AM
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drtobydriver.bsky.social
Old house in the hills above Llyn Bychan in the Rhinogydd range of Eryri/Snowdonia today - a spectacular upland landscape lit by winter sunlight 🌞❄️
A ruined house built of stone lit in sharp winter sunlight
January 17, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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Was so lucky yesterday 16/01/26 to get a record shot and another ✅ lifer ~ the elusive Vale of Glamorgan Goshawk ~ been on the look-out for this incredible Raptor for nearly a year 😍 🪶🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #birdphotography #ukwildlife #bluesky #naturephotography #BirdsOfPrey #Goshawk
A Goshawk is a large, powerful bird of prey often referred to as the "phantom of the forest" due to its stealthy nature. It is known for its incredible speed and agility, able to weave through dense woods while hunting. They are large hawks, with females being significantly larger than males, often reaching the size of a buzzard. They have a striking appearance with a dark, slate-grey back and wings. Their breast is a lighter grey or white, featuring fine, horizontal dark stripes or barring's. A key feature is a bold, white "eyebrow" stripe that contrasts with a dark patch behind the eye. Their eyes are often a striking, intense orange-red in adults. Younger birds are different in colour, with brown backs and streaky, buff-coloured breasts. They are fast and agile, frequently seen flying low and weaving through trees. Their flight is characterized by a "slow flap – slow flap – straight glide" motion. They have broad wings and a long tail, which helps them navigate through the forest. They are highly skilled at manoeuvring through branches at high speeds. Their call is described as a high-pitched "ki ki ki ki ki ki". They prefer to live in dense woodlands and forests, where they hunt for smaller birds and mammals.
January 17, 2026 at 8:21 PM
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forestcollectiv.bsky.social
#CastleSaturday with Castell Dinas Brân, the beautiful Welsh Castle built inside an Iron Age Hillfort

You can catch our conversation with Dr Toby Driver about all things Hillforts & Wales here >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvyY...
January 17, 2026 at 8:20 AM
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nation.cymru
A psychological horror film featuring a couple who relocate to Wales from London and encounter the Tylwyth Teg (Welsh fairy folk) is set for release this January - and the reason it wasn't shot in Wales might surprise you...
Rabbit Trap: Director shares surprising reason why Welsh horror movie was filmed in Yorkshire
Stephen Price A psychological horror film featuring a couple who relocate to Wales from London and encounter the Tylwyth Teg (Welsh fairy folk) is set for release this January – and the reason it wasn...
nation.cymru
January 16, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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mythicalbritain.bsky.social
A great font fit for Ascapart at Llangelynin Old Church above Conwy. Simple in form yet rich in age and all that it has seen. #FontsOnFriday
Large and plain hexagonal font with a square base, the whole cut and shaped from one huge stone. The font has a wooden lid.
January 16, 2026 at 8:51 AM
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owenstaton.bsky.social
This week on Time Between Times I’m joined by folklorist Amy Boucher as we gather by the fire to speak of the Shropshire cunning man Thomas Light, and I share a chilling tale of the Welsh seer Huw Llwyd.
Step into the quiet hour… the time between times.
open.spotify.com/episode/6Gv0...
January 14, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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theghostmonk.bsky.social
In the 1950 film, 'Harvey', the giant talking rabbit only James Stewart can see, refers to himself as a Pookah, the Irish name for a sprite. The Pwca Trwyn was a Welsh example. Usually invisible, he would talk to the household from the (unlit) oven, making fun of the kitchen maids.
#WyrdWednesday
A promo still for 'Harvey'. James Stewart is seen as if defending his sanity to an unseen second party, while the silhouette of the man-sized rabbit is projected on the wall behind him.
January 14, 2026 at 1:55 PM
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rhysmwyn.bsky.social
Da ni'n holi am ganeuon sydd yn cyfeirio at y Mabinogi ar gyfer sioe @BBCRadioCymru ym mis Chwefror. Na'i ddechrau: Jarman 'Adar Rhiannon'

bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
January 13, 2026 at 9:27 AM
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bobborsley.bsky.social
Windy up my way lately. As a good Welshman, R.S. Thomas knew a bit about wind (and rain):
January 12, 2026 at 9:46 AM
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ceritheviking.bsky.social
Much excitement at the port talbot pompei and I share that. Going to be really interesting seeing what comes out.

Bit wales foe boast a lot of Roman remains. The famed caerleon / caerwent but The “hotel” at the knapp on Barry is so overlooked.

www.barry.cymru/history/roma...
Romans at the Knap in Barry
Discover why the Romans were here at the Knap, what they brought with them and what remains of their legacy.
www.barry.cymru
January 12, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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joy13.bsky.social
#MythologyMonday
On completion of the hunt, one of Arthur's knights "shaved off the beard of Ysbaddaden, flesh and skin to the bone, and both ears completely" before the giant is [at his own request] beheaded, Olwen then marries Culhwch ...
🎨Earnest Wallcousins
January 12, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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skullsandsheets.bsky.social
Maris give good Nuzzles (this one does a dramatic turn)
January 11, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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drtobydriver.bsky.social
Many congratulations to Dr Alex Langlands & team from Swansea for this stunning new discovery from Margam Park in south Wales 😮🥳.

The coastal belt in south Wales is very heavily ploughed, but it sounds like this villa complex has been preserved below old parkland 👌

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Margam park Roman villa find could be 'Port Talbot's Pompeii'
The largest Roman villa ever found in Wales lies less than a metre under Margam Country Park.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 12, 2026 at 7:38 AM
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follyfellowship.bsky.social
Dr Price's Glyntaff Towers were going to form the gateway to his Temple until Lady Llanover put a stop to it. He'd built them on her land. #Pontypridd #Glamorgan #Cymru #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk
January 12, 2026 at 9:33 AM
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joy13.bsky.social
#MythologyMonday
The Trioedd Ynys Prydein tells how the giant Idris, a skilled astronomer, liked to sit on a ridge of a mountain in southern Snowdonia and watch over the lives of ordinary people - the mountain became known as Cadair Idris [Chair of Idris]
🎨Richard Wilson
January 12, 2026 at 11:02 AM
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nation.cymru
‘Dic Siôn Dafydd’ - a term describing a Welshman who pretends to be English - was first coined 250 years ago by poet John Jones, a striking example of how the written word can shape language, culture and national identity ✍️Jerry Hunter wp.me/p8Mk4U-1ckt
January 11, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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theghostmonk.bsky.social
A mother fights Y Tylwyth Teg (the Welsh #fairies) to stop them from stealing her baby and replacing it with a changeling. An illustration from 'British Goblins', 1880, a fairly early work on Welsh #folklore though written by an American, Wirt Sikes, US Consul to South Wales.
#FolkloreSunday #faerie
A baby has been pulled from its crib and into the air by a hoard of little people. Its mothers, in nightwear, is desperately trying to keep hold of him.
January 11, 2026 at 1:33 PM