Folklore Thursday: Bolster
Perhaps the most notorious of all the Cornish Giants is Bolster, a vicious and tyrannical Giant who terrorised the people of the land round about as...
The Giants of Cornwall: Cormoran and Cormelian
There are two Giants in Cornish folklore known as Cormoran. The first is the name of the Giant in the fairy tale “Jack the Giant Killer.” The hero...
Folklore Thursday: The Giants of Cornwall: Wrath
Giants are a race of beings common to many mythologies, legends, folk tales and literature. The one thing that unites them across all cultures is...
Blanchefleur, Lady of Beaurepaire
There are four women with the name of Blanchefleur or Blancheflor (“White Flower”) in Arthurian legend. One was the mother of Tristan in early...
Yallery Brown, evil fairy
Yallery Brown (or ‘Yellowy Brown’) is an evil fairy, possibly one of the Yarthkin (‘Little Earth Men’), the East Anglian Earth Fairies of the Fen...
Merlin #FolkloreThursday
Merlin, from the prophetic bard Myrddin Renowned as one of the most famous legendary figures of all time and certainly the most famous in Arthurian...