Thank you to all of you that followed me for the A to Z
Blogging Challenge. I appreciate all of
the support. The format for the
challenge worked so well I thought I would incorporate it into my Faerie Friday
posts.
Sort of like this but not really.
Origin: Wales (Welsh)
Description: The
Gwrach Y Rhibyn is a hag and she looks like one. She has tangled red hair, sunken eyes and a
hooked nose. She has really long, black teeth.
What really gets me are the disproportionally long, shriveled arms. Yuck.
Her deal: She is
a Welsh Banshee. She follows besides a
person she wants to warn. She is invisible to said person. When she comes to a crossroad or stream, she
lets out her warning. It could be one of
a couple things. “My husband” means you
husband is going to die. “My wife” means
your wife is going to die. “My child,”
means… well, I think you get the picture.
If you can’t make out she is saying, you are going to die.
Many scholars look at her as an ancestral figure or a
mother goddess. Have you noticed that a lot
of the old mother goddesses are now portrayed as hags? I spell a conspiracy!
That's a creepy faery!
ReplyDeleteShe's another faerie that I wouldn't want to run into in a dark alley! Thanks for stopping by.
DeleteVery cool. I am a new follower thanks to the A to Z challenge.
ReplyDeleteI 'll have to look this one up.
Thanks for stopping by again!
DeleteYes, the old mother goddesses seem to never be young and beautiful anymore. I like that you picked a picture of the sea hag from "Charmed" for the story. She was creepy!
ReplyDeleteI've done the same thing because of the A to Z and now have Fantasy Fridays. :D
Laura
Laura's Fantasy Fridays
I started Faerie Friday last year and then I got lazy in March. The A to Z Challenge was a way to restart my blogging. Heading over to you blog right now to read your Fantasy Friday post!
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ReplyDeleteI am writing a novella about a town in America - it is called Rwsia (Welsh for Russia). It is discovered by a man called Bob Dwayne. Needless to say, he encounters "Broblemau Mawr" (Big Problems) as nobody there speaks English! I want to site Rwsia in New York if possible - do you know of any towns in the State along deserted highways that are suitably creepy? Preferably with non-existant parking, dimly lit at night and also creepy as I want to include reference to the Gwrach-Y-Rhibyn as my mother was born in Cwmgwrach and I was born in Crawley!!!