NeuKelte, 13 days ago to cymru German

#Celtic #FairyTaleTuesday in #Mermay2024: An "#Afanc" is said to dwell in the 126ft deep #Glaslyn lake in #Wales. Legend recounts that the beast was carted here by oxen from the River #Conwy near #Betws-y-Coed. The lake monster is described variously as e.g. resembling a crocodile, beaver or dwarf-like creature, and is sometimes said to be a demon. The #Afanc preyed upon any foolish enough to fall into or swim in its lake.
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NeuKelte, 8 months ago to random German

One tale relates that the #Afanc was rendered helpless by a maiden who let it sleep upon her lap. While it slept, the maiden's fellow villagers bound the creature in chains. Awakened it teared off its sweetheart's breast in revenge. Oxen pulled it out of the lake and dragged it through the mountains to Llyn y Ffynnon Las, the Lake of the Green Well, in Cwm Dyli, in Snowdonia.
Source: The Welsh Fairy Book: Hu Gadarn (sacred-texts.com) #Celtic
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Posting such things after a long long time.
A Welsh Mythological Swamp creature known as Afanc. It's believed to be demonic and can shift it's form as a crocodile or some sort of a dwarf.