Wales

The Bells of Aberdovey

A common theme in Northern European flood myths are the church bells of submerged cities. This motive can be found all along the ccoasts of Brittany, Wales, England, Germany and Poland. The popular folk song "Bells of Aberdovey" relates to the legend of the sunken...

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“The sea has covered the plain of Gwydneu”

A Welsh legend tells the story of the sunken land Gwydneu (also known as "Gwydno" and later Cantre'r Gwaelod, "antref Gwaelod", "Cantref y Gwaelod" and in English ": "The Lowland Hundred") off the coast of Wales, UK. It first appears in the Llyfr Du...

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