The Folklore of the Tanat Valley - Chwedlau Gwerin Dyffryn Tanat - 64 Page Full Colour Guide Book

64 page perfect bound full colour guide to the folklore of the Tanat Valley - Dyffryn Tanat by Dr. Jack Hunter.

A comprehensive collection of the varied folklore of the Tanat Valley - Dyffryn Tanat, bringing together stories and traditions from the valley and putting them into conversation with a wider social, cultural and ecological context. Highlighting the importance of our relationship with the land and a magical understanding of the natural world in our present day.

Layout by Eric Loveland Heath, Victoria Clinton and Dr. Jack Hunter, with photography by Eric Loveland Heath and Dr. Jack Hunter, and illustrations by Victoria Clinton and Dr. Jack Hunter.

Printed and produced in the UK.

Can also be purchased as a signed edition with an A4 Art Print of the Tanat Valley (on beautiful FSC certified, recycled 350gsm Beluga paper by Print.Work, an ethical printworks based in Leeds) - UK only, edition of 20.

Available an eBook (pdf, and from our Plenty Wenlock Records Bandcamp site (icon below).

Critical praise for 'The Folklore of the Tanat Valley - Chwedlau Gwerin Dyffryn Tanat':

'In what is sure to prove an invaluable asset to our understanding and appreciation of the cultural landscape of Dyffryn Tanat, Dr Jack Hunter evokes the passion and dedication of parish historians of days gone by in recording the beliefs and traditions of a region which is clearly close to his heart. The Folklore of the Tanat Valley is an unfiltered and accessible portrayal of the region’s rich folkloric tradition presented through a rigorous contemporary academic lens. From hilltop fairy rings and haunted caves to saints, living stones and strange lights in the sky, Hunter weaves the magic of the mountainous and subterranean topography of Dyffryn Tanat with its people and their belief systems in a masterclass in regional folklore study.' - Dr Delyth Badder, author of The Folklore of Wales: Ghosts.

'With lyrical insight, Hunter paints a portrait of a nearly forgotten way of understanding the world—one in which the land speaks, and those who listen find themselves changed. What emerges is not nostalgia but a fresh way of seeing: a forgotten way of understanding place. This is more than a collection of folk stories. It’s an invitation to listen—and to be transformed.' - Bernadette Brady, PhD., editor of Space, Place and Religious Landscapes: Living Mountains

'...Hunter directs us through the ever-changing and evolving nature of the relationship between the people of the Tanat Valley and its folkloric charm. From fairies and fantastical creatures, to UFOs and new traditions, this book has it all! A must-read for any fan of folklore.' - Mhara Starling, author of Welsh Fairies: A Guide to the Lore, Legends, Denizens & Deities of the Otherworld

'I opened this book expecting solid folklore scholarship - I was not disappointed. What I didn’t expect was to be transported. Few studies evoke landscape so vividly' - Simon Young, PhD., author of The Boggart: Folklore, History, Placenames and Dialect

* Can be signed on request *

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