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You will enjoy this if you love folk tales, ghost stories and strange old customs, or if you like to trace a legend from a Welsh hillside to its cousins in other lands.
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What happens when a farmer's wife peeps through a crack in the door at the little people who do her baking? In an old Glamorgan tale, they vanish and never return. Yet the three years of luck they brought stay with the family.
British Goblins gathers tales like this one. Wirt Sikes, an American writer, served as United States consul at Cardiff. He finished the book in 1879, after years of listening to farmers, miners and old women. He set down the fairy lore, ghost stories and old customs of Wales before they faded.
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- 1A consul collects the goblins of WalesFree
- 2Fairyland has three homes in Wales
- 3Welsh fairies fall into five families
- 4Lake wives bring luck and a moral
- 5People are stolen, bewitched and lost in time
- 6Fairy gifts come with rules of secrecy
- 7Welsh ghosts have jobs to finish
- 8Death announces itself in many voices
- 9The year and life are marked by old customs
- 10Bells, wells, stones and dragons keep old power
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A consul collects the goblins of Wales
Wirt Sikes wrote while living in Cardiff as the American consul. He focuses on South Wales and Monmouthshire, where the old stories are thickest. He calls Wales a cradle of fairy legend.
His first claim is bold. Educated people assume that fairy belief has died out. In 1858 one learned writer declared that a traveler could cross Wales without meeting a single fairy tale. Eighteen years later another scholar wrote that such tales were still firmly believed near burial mounds and ancient camps. Each age pushes the fairies back to the generation before.
To hear the truth, Sikes sits in village inns and steers talk toward folklore. He finds belief strongest in rural and mining districts. Science, he argues, does not destroy these stories. It shows them to be fragments of ancient mythology.
When you hear that a belief has died out, ask who is saying so, and where they live.
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- LengthAbout 114,600 words
- Reading timeAbout 8 h
Questions about Duendes británicos: folclore galés, mitología de las hadas, leyendas y tradiciones
What is British Goblins about?
It is a collection of Welsh fairy tales, ghost stories, death omens and old customs, gathered in South Wales and Monmouthshire by Wirt Sikes. He frequently compares Welsh traditions with similar legends from other lands.
What is the Tylwyth Teg?
Tylwyth Teg is the Welsh name for the fair family, the fairies. People use the polite name because calling them by a harsh one is thought to bring their anger.
Who was Wirt Sikes and when was the book written?
Sikes was an American writer and the United States consul at Cardiff. He finished the book in 1879, after collecting stories from farmers, miners and villagers around South Wales.
What is a corpse candle in Welsh folklore?
The Canwyll Corph is a light seen before a death. It may be a blue flame or a candle carried by a spirit, and its path often leads to the later funeral.
Is British Goblins easy to read?
Yes, in the sense that it is built from short tales, each with named people and places. The stories are lively and the author comments with humor, so you can read one section at a time.
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Sikes, Wirt. British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/british-goblins-welsh-folk-lore-fairy-mythology-legends-and-traditions.
Sikes, W. (2026). British goblins: Welsh folk-lore, fairy mythology, legends and traditions. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/british-goblins-welsh-folk-lore-fairy-mythology-legends-and-traditions (Original work published 1880)
Sikes, Wirt. British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/british-goblins-welsh-folk-lore-fairy-mythology-legends-and-traditions.
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author = {Sikes, Wirt},
title = {British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions},
publisher = {Library of Alexandria},
year = {2026},
url = {https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/british-goblins-welsh-folk-lore-fairy-mythology-legends-and-traditions},
note = {First published 1880}
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