In English folklore, the Apple Tree Man is a fairy spirit who lives in the oldest and/or most fruitful tree in the orchard. He seems to be a male...
Folklore Thursday: The Apple Tree Man and the Apple as a Mystical Fruit – Part Two
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Folklore Thursday: The Apple Tree Man and the Apple as a Mystical Fruit – Part One
The Apple Tree Man is a figure of West Country folklore who lives in the oldest apple tree of every orchard in England, where the fertility of each...
Remembering the ‘Witches’
‘Morgan the Witch.’ It is perhaps what Morgan le Fay is most famous for being, cementing her role as Arthur’s nemesis. The term ‘witch’, unlike its...
Reassessment of Morgan le Fay
From the late Middle Ages onwards, Morgan le Fay has not been portrayed as the independent ruler completely apart from Arthur and his world that she...
The King o’ the Cats
The British folktale ‘The King o' Cats’ contains a prototype of a Cat-Sìth. In the story, a sexton’s wife and her black cat, Old Tom, are waiting by...
The Black Cat – Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Black Cat” uses a Celtic Cat-Sìth both as a symbol of guilt and as a nemesis to punish the guilty. The...