British folklore: myths, legends and mysterious creatures. Students of second year secondary education at I.E.S. Saavedra Fajardo, Murcia

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I . E . S . S AAV E D R A FAJ AR D O , M U R C I A
P R O F E S O R A : L O L A M E S E G U E R
British Folklore

3. According to the tradition,
the origin of the red dragon
flag pictured in Wales comes
from an ancient conflict
between these two beasts, a
white and a red dragon. The
white dragon is said to be the
incarnation of evil. There was
a problem, and it was that the
constant clashes between
these two dragons caused
human damage, and if a
human listened to the sound
of these dragons fighting, the
human would live without
descendants.

4. Llud, the monarch of Great Britain, decided to find a solution to
this big conflict and he asked for help to his wise brother Llefelys.
He thought to dig a big hole in the centre of the kingdom and
then fill it of mead, for dragons to get drunk and be easier to
defeat. His plan functioned half, because both beasts got caught
during centuries, but they stayed alive.

5. A long time after, a new king called Gwrtheyrn decided to build a
castle above the prision of dragons, discovering both creatures in
his captivity. Gwrtheyrn asked for help to the illoustrious wizard
Merlin, who advised him to release the beasts so that they could
continue with their battle. When they were free, the fight between
them finished with the victory of the red dragon. Because of it,
there is a red dragon in the Welsh flag.

6. By
 Pablo Gómez García
 Javier Llorente Ripoll
 Laura Muñoz Sahelices
 Nicolás Navarro Urios
 2ºB ESO

7. KING
ARTHUR

8. HISTORY
 According to the legend , it all started when pendragon lost a
battle and sank excalibur into a rock. Years later his bastard
son arthur got it out of the rock, which no knight had
managed before. After removing it, some knights and other
people were to have turned against Arthur which unleashed a
war that was won by arthur knights. Arthur, years later got
married with Geneve , the daughter of a feudal lord .

9. Geneve was
unfaithful to
Arthur with
Lacelot and the
kingdom started
to downfall.

10.  Later Arthur had a son with his own
sister, Morgana , who declared war
against him but King Arthur was no
longer able to fight after the disgrace
of Lancelot.

11.  After a while, one of the
knights found the holy
grail, with that Arthur was
recovered and won the
war to his stepson.

12. knights of the round table.
It’s a very famous legend about King Arthur and his best knights.
All of them sat around a round table and they celebrated their
meetings there.
Some of his best knights were Lancelot, Tristain and probably
there was a special place for Merlín the wizard.

13. King arthur and excalibur.
 Athur was very famous for
his sword, Excalibur. This sword
was magic because only Arthur
could extract it from its rock.

15.  Álvaro Alemán
 Leonardo Marín
 Daniel García
 Jesús Barranquero
 2º B ESO

16. VAMPIRES
By Elena Martínez,
Katy Chávez,
Lucía Fernández
y Bea Pérez.
2ºB ESO

17.  Typical 8 myths of vampires:
 1 – It is typical to say that vampires sleep in coffins
because they see them as a practical place to rest.
 2 - It is said that garlic is a repellent for vampires, since
vampires followed the smell of blood and garlic
camouflages the smell of living things.

18.  3 - To kill a vampire it is necessary to drive a stake through
his heart to immobilize the vampire in his grave and not
disturb others again.
 4 - Being a nocturnal creature, sunlight is annoying for
them.

19.  5- Vampires can transform into any mammal bat and that
allows them to fly.
 6- Vampires are not reflected in the mirrors because they
haven´t a soul.
 7- Vampires hate crosses because for them it is a spiritual
weapon against them.

20. ANKOU.

21.  The Ankou was a grim harvester of souls
from the dark side of Britain, once
believed to ride the dark lanes of Brittany
in search of unwary travellers and the
benighted.

22.  Both in this country as in Germany, it was said that
these items were also hunting the souls of the
unbaptized, and in France, similar legends say that
King Herod prosecutes the Holy Innocents.
 Thus, over time, the legends were modified, and the
nineteenth century hunts souls became the devil who
had souls, or if applicable, any villain executed, along
with some howling dogs, in an eternal journey to hell.

23. The end.

25.  He is a type of elf who lives in Ireland,
belonging to Irish mythology, and is said to
inhabit other creatures.

26.  They are often associated with strong fairies.
They usually take the form of old men who
enjoy making mischief.

27.  His job is to make orange shoes. This legend
comes from Ireland and, according to it, at the
end of the rainbow, there is a great gold pot
which is guarded by trolls.
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29.  The legend of the Witch of Wookey Hole is the
story of a cave. The legend says that during the
Middle Age people threw all the blame for
everything that went wrong in the village on
an old woman who lived alone in the deep,
dark caves of Wookey Hole. The villagers
believed that the witch cast spells and
misfortune. Finally, people decided to seek
help from a monk to exorcise the spirit of the
witch.

30.  In the darkness, he saw the witch leaning over
her cauldron. He tried to talk to her, shouthing
curses and spells but she fled to the depths of
the cave, along a narrow passage called the
Stairway to Hell. Brother Bernard took some
water from the river, blessed it and threw it on
the witch, turning her into stone.

32.  Antonio Francés
 Alberto Almagro
 Carlos Valdivieso
 Álvaro Cánovas
 2º B ESO

33. The Gremlins
What are gremlins?
The gremlins are mythological creatures.
They are evil and are associated with the
sabotage of aeroplanes.

34. They gained popularity in the World War
II, above all with the UK’s pilots. Some of
them blamed gremlins for unexplained
accidents. They also thought gremlins had
sympathies with the enemy, but they
discovered that enemies had the same
problems, gremlins were pictured as liars
that just wanted to lark.
Lark: make jokes

36. • They live in clouds and hangars
• Clouds Hangars

37. • There are a lot of films and series in which
gremlins have been involved or they have
just appeared. Some are The Gremlins ,
The Simpsons and more

38. • Miguel Jorquera
• Manuel Jesús Albaladejo
• 2ºB ESO