ellyll

A Welsh pigmy elf. They haunt the groves and valleys. They are said to be the wandering souls of ancient druids, too good for hell and not good enough for heaven.

The bells of the Digitalis or fox-glove are called Menyg Ellylon, "Elves'-gloves." In the park of Sir Robert Vaughan these was a celebrated old oak-tree named Crwben-yr-Ellyll, or "the Elf's Hollow-tree."

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References

Sources

  • Bonnerjea, Biren. (1920). A Dictionary of Superstitions and Mythology. Thomson Gale.
  • Keightley, Thomas. (1892). Fairy Mythology: Illustrative of the Romance and Superstition of Various Countries. London: George Bells and Sons.
  • Squire, Charles. (1905). Mythology of the British Islands. Dublin: Blackie and Son, Ltd.