I live in the USA (Virginia) but when my uncle Tivis Price (Rhys) died....I heard a female voice crying/ singing down by the pond. It about scared me to death. Uncle Tivis died soon after. That was in about 1988. And that was the second time I'd heard one in my life.........
So many interesting insights: the mist (also associated with The Tuatha Dé ); the supernatural stereotype mixed with a pre-existing folk character; the hare, an element of supernatural. Taking notes, meditating a lot... Thank you so much once again!
Another fascinating video. I'm thinking of making a trip to Borth bog and the surrounding area. I love the peat bog connections to the story you told. I find it interesting that the Gwrach y rhibyn could be compared to the Irish Banshee, I also find it interesting that these figures are associated with water/mist/fog. Water being a feminine element and the gwrach y rhibyn originally being possibly a wise women or that of tylwyth teg and then changed into the more scary character we here about today.
Thank you . Very interesting and informative. Does the Swynwraig, which I understand is a Welsh wise woman and another form of witch, appear in any of these stories? Are all these witches called gwrach?
There are swynwragedd (pl. of swynwraig) mentioned in Welsh folklore, but it's not absolutely clear if this is what they called themselves or was a name used by observers, usually from the outside. Gwrach is certainly the more common term.
I live in the USA (Virginia) but when my uncle Tivis Price (Rhys) died....I heard a female voice crying/ singing down by the pond. It about scared me to death. Uncle Tivis died soon after. That was in about 1988. And that was the second time I'd heard one in my life.........
I visited Borth Bog last summer, wrote a piece about the witch. Love this video, have listened to it a few times while working. (Drawing)
So many interesting insights: the mist (also associated with The Tuatha Dé ); the supernatural stereotype mixed with a pre-existing folk character; the hare, an element of supernatural. Taking notes, meditating a lot... Thank you so much once again!
You're welcome.
Thank you for great storytelling love it.
Another fascinating video. I'm thinking of making a trip to Borth bog and the surrounding area.
I love the peat bog connections to the story you told.
I find it interesting that the Gwrach y rhibyn could be compared to the Irish Banshee, I also find it interesting that these figures are associated with water/mist/fog. Water being a feminine element and the gwrach y rhibyn originally being possibly a wise women or that of tylwyth teg and then changed into the more scary character we here about today.
Fascinating as always. Brought to mind Caesar's account of the sorceresses at the invasion of Ynys Môn. Is she a black water bird, a cormorant maybe?
Where could I find out more about betsen and the witch folktale ? ..great channel 👍
The only place I've seen her story in particular is in Evan Isaac's Coelion Cymru, a Welsh book written back in 1938.
@@CelticSource ah thank you for your reply ..I'll see if I can find it 👍
She sounds a lot like the Banshee in Irish folklore.
@welcome welcome Wrong. Ban means woman in Gaelige, and shee means faerie, ignoramus.
Thank you . Very interesting and informative. Does the Swynwraig, which I understand is a Welsh wise woman and another form of witch, appear in any of these stories? Are all these witches called gwrach?
There are swynwragedd (pl. of swynwraig) mentioned in Welsh folklore, but it's not absolutely clear if this is what they called themselves or was a name used by observers, usually from the outside. Gwrach is certainly the more common term.