Somerset Folk Tales

Somerset Folk Tales gathers newly collected and retold stories shaped by the county’s coast, waterways, fields, woods and high ground. Its landscapes provide the settings for accounts of sea morgans crossing dangerous tides, witches in caves, dragons associated with ancient mines, and fairies encountered among forests and fields.

The collection moves through the Bristol Channel, orchards, rivers, hills, moors, trees and standing stones, bringing together traditions rooted in particular places. Alongside supernatural beings and uncanny creatures are figures from legend, history and living memory, including Gwyn ap Neath and Joseph of Arimathea. Sharon Jacksties presents Somerset folklore as a body of stories closely tied to the land and waters that have shaped local life.