Note 24 — Chapter XII · Race in Folklore and Myth

The story of Canrig (or Cantrig) Bwt is current at Ỻanberis, but I do not recollect seeing it in print: I had it years ago from my father-in-law. The statement as to Carchar Cynric Rwth comes from William Williams’ Observations on the Snowdon Mountains (London, 1802). The Bwlch y Rhiw Felen legend was read by me to the British Archæological Association at its meeting at Ỻangoỻen, and it was printed in its Journal for December, 1878. It is right to say that the Ỻangoỻen story calls the woman a giantess, but I attach no importance to that, as the picture is blurred and treated in part allegorically. Lastly, the use of the word carchar, ‘prison,’ in the term Carchar Cynric Rwth recalls Carchar Oeth ac Anoeth, or ‘the Prison of Oeth and Anoeth,’ p. 619 above: the word would appear to have been selected because in both cases the structure was underground. ↑