Welsh folklore, Wirt Sikes
Craig-y-Ddinas
Sikes reports a steep crag in the Vale of Neath as a stronghold of fairies, whose caves and crevices serve as ancient haunts. The rock also holds a remembered fairy court. A separate sleeping-warriors tradition places Arthur and his company in a secret cave below Craig-y-Ddinas. They wait for a future conflict that will awaken them and restore their power.
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Principal account
TraditionalSikes reports a steep crag in the Vale of Neath as a stronghold of fairies, whose caves and crevices serve as ancient haunts. The rock also holds a remembered fairy court.
Further detail
TraditionalA separate sleeping-warriors tradition places Arthur and his company in a secret cave below Craig-y-Ddinas. They wait for a future conflict that will awaken them and restore their power.
Context & interpretation
The entry concerns the specific stronghold and sleeping-warrior traditions reported by Sikes. He notes that several hills share the name; the entry does not silently combine every Craig-y-Ddinas into one geographical site.
Original passages
Source 1
British Goblins
a stronghold of the fairy tribeOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Wirt Sikes, British Goblins (1880), active reader leaf 21
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- IMJ-0044-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0044-E001-P0021
- Original scan leaf
- 22
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- 22
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- 20
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Source 2
British Goblins
Arthur and his warriors, asleep in a secret ogof under Craig-y-DdinasOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Wirt Sikes, British Goblins (1880), active reader leaf 407
Exact passage checked against active scan text and its original-leaf mapping; whitespace and scan line breaks normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0044-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0044-E001-P0407
- Original scan leaf
- 408
- Recorded leaf number
- 408
- Current Reader position
- 406
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