#ChthonicThursday: the Tylwyth Teg
Tylwyth Teg (Middle Welsh for Fair Family) is the collective noun for mythological creatures known as the aes sídhe in Irish folklore. In other words: fairies. We are we featuring faerie folk in a regular contribution on creatures from the underground? Well, because the Tylwyth Teg do live underground. The picture in the header comes […]
Tylwyth Teg (Middle Welsh for Fair Family) is the collective noun for mythological creatures known as the aes sídhe in Irish folklore. In other words: fairies. We are we featuring faerie folk in a regular contribution on creatures from the underground? Well, because the Tylwyth Teg do live underground.
The picture in the header comes from the book ‘Y Tylwyth Teg’ (1935).
The illustrator is anonymous.
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