CHAPTER VII

Triumphs of the Water-world 401

The sea encroaching on the coast of Glamorgan 402

The Kenfig tale of crime and vengeance 403

The Crymlyn story and its touch of fascination 404

Nennius' description of Oper Linn Liguan compared 406

The vengeance legend of Bala Lake 408

Legends about the Llynclys Pool 410

The fate of Tyno Helig 414

The belief in cities submerged intact 415

The phantom city and the bells of Aberdovey 418

The ethics of the foregoing legends discussed 419

The limits of the delay of punishment 420

Why the fairies delay their vengeance 423

Non-ethical legends of the eruption of water 425

Cutting the green sward a probable violation of

ancient tabu avenged by water divinities 427

The lake afanc's rôle in this connexion 428

The pigmies of the water-world 432

The Conwy afanc and the Highland water-horse 433

The equine features of March and Labraid Lore 435

Mider and the Mac Óc's well horses 436

The Gilla Decair's horse and Du March Moro 437

March ab Meirchion associated with Mona 439

The Welsh deluge Triads 440

Names of the Dee and other rivers in North Wales 441

The Lydney god Nudons, Nuada, and Llud 445

The fairies associated in various ways with water 449

The cyhiraeth and the Welsh banshee 452

Ancestress rather than ancestor 454

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