Chapter VII: Triumphs of the Water-world 401

The sea encroaching on the coast of Glamorgan 402
The Kenfig tale of crime and vengeance 403
The Crymlyn story and its touch of fascination 404
Nennius' description of Oper Linn Liguan compared 406
The vengeance legend of Bala Lake 408
Legends about the Llynclys Pool 410
The fate of Tyno Helig 414
The belief in cities submerged intact 415
The phantom city and the bells of Aberdovey 418
The ethics of the foregoing legends discussed 419
The limits of the delay of punishment 420
Why the fairies delay their vengeance 423
Non-ethical legends of the eruption of water 425
Cutting the green sward a probable violation of
ancient tabu avenged by water divinities 427
The lake afanc's rôle in this connexion 428
The pigmies of the water-world 432
The Conwy afanc and the Highland water-horse 433
The equine features of March and Labraid Lore 435
Mider and the Mac Óc's well horses 436
The Gilla Decair's horse and Du March Moro 437
March ab Meirchion associated with Mona 439
The Welsh deluge Triads 440
Names of the Dee and other rivers in North Wales 441
The Lydney god Nudons, Nuada, and Llud 445
The fairies associated in various ways with water 449
The cyhiraeth and the Welsh banshee 452
Ancestress rather than ancestor 454