Welsh Monsters & Mythical Beasts - A Guide to the Legendary Creatures from Celtic-Welsh Myth and Legend

You may have heard of the Red Dragon (Draig Goch) featured on the national flag of Wales, but have you heard of the Water Leaper (Llamhigyn Y Dŵr) or of the Mary White (Mari Lwyd)? Ellis aims to re-introduce the beasts of Welsh myth and legend to the world and bring a touch of Wales to your shelves.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

FORWARD BY STEPHANIE LAW 8
AN INTRODUCTION TO WALES 10
THE ANNWN 12
DREIGIAU (Dragons) 14
AFANC 16
CEILIOG NEIDR 18
DDRAIG GOCH 20
THE DRAGONS OF DINAS EMRYS 22
GWIBER 24
THE GWIBER OF PENMACHNO 26
BWYSTFILOD (Beasts) 28
ADAR LLWCH GWIN 30
CATH PALUG 32
CEFFYL D¿R 34
C¿N ANNWN 36
GWYLLGI 38
LLAMHIGYN Y D¿R 40
TWRCH TRWYTH 42TYLWYTH TEG (Fairfolk) 44
TYLWYTH TEG 46
BWBACHOD 48
BWCA 50
CEWRI 52
COBLYNAU 54
ELLYLLON 56
GWRAGEDD ANNWN 58
GWYLLION 60
MORGEN 62
PWCA 64
YSBRYDION (Spirits) 66
ANGELYSTOR 68
CYHYRAETH 70
Y DYN GWYRDD 72
GWRACH Y RHIBYN 74
MARI LWYD 76
ABOUT THE AUTHOR 78

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Rowynn Ellis is a full-time illustrator, author, and researcher of mythozoology from North Wales, U.K, and their fantastic work is inspired by fantasy, legend, and Welsh culture. Their artwork has been exhibited across the U.K at numerous Comic Cons, solo exhibitions, and three successful Kickstarter campaigns, including Welsh Monsters and Mythical Beasts, the precursor to this book.

Zusammenfassung

You may have heard of the Red Dragon (Draig Goch) featured on the national flag of Wales, but have you heard of the Water Leaper (Llamhigyn Y Dŵr) or of the Mary White (Mari Lwyd)? Ellis aims to re-introduce the beasts of Welsh myth and legend to the world and bring a touch of Wales to your shelves.

Vorwort

- 3000 print run
- CCJ Ellis has nearly 10,000 INSTAGRAM followers, and nearly 6000 TWITTER followers
- planning a social media push with giveaways, reveals, and pre-orders

Produktdetails

• Autoren: C.C.J. Ellis, Rowynn Ellis
• Mitarbeit: Stephanie Law (Vorwort), Sian Powell (Einführung)
• Verlag: Ingram Publishers Services
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 16.08.2022
• EAN: 9781777081775
• ISBN: 978-1-77708-177-5
• Abmessung: 216 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Gewicht: 1000 g
• Illustration: farbige Illustrationen
• Serie: Wool of Bat
• Themen: Belletristik > Science Fiction, Fantasy; Ratgeber > Spiritualität > Altes Wissen, Alte Kulturen; Sachbuch > Politik, Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft > Gesellschaft; Fantasy, FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, FICTION / Fantasy / General, FICTION / Fantasy / Arthurian, Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales, Fiction: Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales