Welsh folklore, Wirt Sikes
Maen Morddwyd
The Anglesea stone is said to move by night and return to the valley of Eitheinn. Sikes first gives a version in which it reappears after being thrown into a sea whirlpool. He then cites Giraldus’s account under the name Maen Morddwyd, a stone resembling a human thigh. Its defining virtue is return the following night, however far it is carried.
Also known as Thigh Stone
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Principal account
TraditionalThe Anglesea stone is said to move by night and return to the valley of Eitheinn. Sikes first gives a version in which it reappears after being thrown into a sea whirlpool.
Further detail
TraditionalHe then cites Giraldus’s account under the name Maen Morddwyd, a stone resembling a human thigh. Its defining virtue is return the following night, however far it is carried.
Context & interpretation
The entry follows the returning-stone traditions cited through Nennius and Giraldus in British Goblins. The accounts are kept as legends; the stone’s movement and claimed physical identity are not independently verified.
Original passages
Source 1
British Goblins
walks during the night in the valley of EitheinnOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Wirt Sikes, British Goblins (1880), active reader leaf 378
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- IMJ-0044-E001
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- IMJ-0044-E001-P0378
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Source 2
British Goblins
whatever distance it may be carried it returns of its own accordOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Wirt Sikes, British Goblins (1880), active reader leaf 378
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-P0378
- Original scan leaf
- 379
- Recorded leaf number
- 379
- Current Reader position
- 377
- Reader verification
- Source-preserving update confirmed
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