Gwragedd Annwn sketch

" Gwragedd Annwn "
acrylic sketch from my Celtic sketchbook

Crumlyn Lake, near the quaint village of Briton Ferry is one of the many in Wales which are a resort of the Gwragedd Annwn, "Wives of the Lower World", the elfin dames who dwell under the water. It is also believed that a large town lies swallowed down there, and that Gwragedd Annwn have turned the submerged walls to use as the superstructure of their fairy palaces. Some claim to have seen the towers of beautiful castles lifting their battlements beneath the surface of the dark waters, and fairy bells are at times heard ringing from these towers.