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Janey’s Sources - The Japanese Woman

• “Mexican Ghost Tales of the Southwest” by Alfred Avila  
• Full text for free  

Max’s Sources - Meredydd and the Wyvern

• “Celtic Tales: Fairy Tales and Stories of Enchantment from Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, and Wales” illustrated by Kate Forrester  
• Full text of “The Wyvern” from “Wonder Tales of Ancient Wales” by Bernard Henderson and Stephen Jones 
• “The Gwiber / Wyvern of Coed y Moch” from a Nannau history site written by Ian King  
• “Cadi & the Cursed Oak” by Kara Gebhart Uhl - a fiction novel set in the same area as the story, with folkloric themes! (A thousand thanks for the Welsh pronunciation guide, without which this story would be much phlegmier)  
• Pronunciation guide for “Cadi & The Cursed Oak” by Kara Gebhart Uhl, provided by Dr Iwan Wyn Rees  

BONUS: Video of a Welsh man charming a seagull to dance  

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE (based on I am doing my best)
Spelling in text | Pronunciation (US English approx) | IPA

• Meredydd | Meh-RED-ith | /məˈɹɛdɪθ/
• Llywelyn | LOO-ell-en or loo-ELL-en | /ɬəu̯ˈɛlɨ̞n/
• Nannau | NANN-aye | /ˈnanaɨ̯/
• Elwyn | ELL-win | /ɛlwɪn/
•  Coed-y-Moch | KOYD-uh-mawch | /ˈkoːɨ̯d ə moːχ/
• Cynwych | Ken-WIYKH | /kɪnɡ ‘wɨːχ/
• Moel Othrum | MOYL OTH-rum | /moːɨ̯l ‘oðɹʊn /
• Wyvern | WAI-vurn | /ˈwaɪvə(ɹ)n/
• Hafodfraith | HA-vod VRYE-th | /ˈhavɔd vrai̯θ/

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