Ceredigion Folk Tales

About this book

Peter Stevenson gathers thirty tales rooted in Ceredigion’s landscapes, communities and storytelling traditions. The collection moves from the submerged kingdom of Cantre’r Gwaelod and the Devil’s Bridge to the Holy Grail’s association with Nanteos, blending legendary, folkloric and more recent local narratives.

The tylwyth teg, changelings, ghosts, witches and mermaids appear alongside recognisable figures and curious incidents. Twm Siôn Cati features as the Tregaron trickster, while other stories recall Taliesin, the Green Man of No Man’s Land, the headless dog of Penparcau and the elephant that died in Tregaron. Stevenson presents Ceredigion as a place where ancient belief, local memory and everyday life continually overlap.