Kerridwin/Cerridwen toad Mermaids have long been the

Mermaids have long been the luscious messengers between the world of the Ocean and the world of Humans

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From Granite to Sea explores the folklore of the often-overlooked eastern reaches of the rugged Cornish peninsula

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Ellen Evert Hopman examines the plants

Kerridwin/Cerridwen toad Mermaids have long been theMother of the bard Taliesin Merlin. Goddess of herbal wisdom and prosperity. Kerridwin is the Welsh Triple Goddess. Her cauldron was the Celtic symbol for prosperity and rebirth, and she herself is the Mother Goddess, famous for nurturing her children. Her totem animal, the white sow (a symbol of death), represents the moon as well as Kerridwin's crone transformatrix aspect. The great bard Taliesin (often thought to be Merlin), born of the goddess