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Morgan Sheppard (1037 KP) created a post

Nov 3, 2026  
Five weeks until ONLY IN FAIRY TALES arrives, on the 9th of December 🍂

A slow, warm contemporary romance set on the Welsh border. Nia is 53, divorced and convinced she is too ordinary for love; Gareth, a former museum curator, is captivated by her mind and by her eye for the beauty in old stonework; he keeps showing her so, in small, steady ways, until she can no longer argue with him.

Pre-order https://books2read.com/Only-in-Fairy-Tales

#OnlyInFairyTales #WelshRomance #ContemporaryRomance #LaterInLifeRomance
      
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Morgan Sheppard (1037 KP) created a post

Jun 5, 2026  
Happy Folklore Friday! 🌸

Today's figure is one of the most complex and compelling in all of Welsh mythology. Blodeuwedd, whose name means flower face, was created from the blossoms of oak, broom, and meadowsweet by the magicians Math and Gwydion to serve as a wife for Lleu Llaw Gyffes, a man whose mother had cursed him never to take a human woman.

She was never asked. She was made, and given, and expected to be content.

What happened next depends on how you read her. She took a lover, Gronw Pebr, and together they plotted Lleu's death. The plan nearly succeeded. When it failed, Gwydion transformed her into an owl as punishment, condemned to fly only at night, shunned by all other birds. 🦉

Welsh mythology doesn't really give us villains. It gives us people, and Blodeuwedd is perhaps the clearest example of that. She was created without consent to fulfil a function, and she refused it. Whether that reads as betrayal or defiance says rather a lot about the reader.

She's stayed with me for years, and I suspect she always will.

#FolkloreFriday #TalesFromWales #WelshFolklore #FolkloreFantasy #MythAndMoonlight
      
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Merissa (14222 KP) rated Celtic Maidens in Books

Dec 17, 2018  
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Celtic Maidens
Ceri Norman | 2010
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10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
I was given this book by a friend who knows of my love of "fantasy" books and folklore / mythology. This was an absolutely magnificent read that draws you in from the first page and keeps you guessing until the end. Exceedingly well written with characters you can associate with. I have to admit that my favourite part of the book is actually the location of Wales and therefore the folklore given is Welsh. It make such a refreshing change to read about Wales' history and not just Ireland.

Would highly recommend it to simply everyone!!!