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Welsh Fairytale - Owen Goes a-Wooing

Welsh Fairy Book: Owen Goes a-Wooing The Llyn Cynnwch referred to in this story is Cynnwch (Cynwch) Lake which is located in what is now Snowdonia National Park in Wales. The Faery Folklorist blog reports several different versions of the story, and includes pictures of the lake. Explore: For other encounters with the "otherworld" of the fairies, see Why Deunant has the Front Door in the Back and Einion and the Fair Family. [notes by LKG] This story is part of the Welsh Fairy Tales unit....

What 'alien' languages can teach us about real ones - Phys.org

Credit: Cognition (2017). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2017.10.014You can learn a lot about an animal by how it communicates. Birds tweet melodies to attract mates and defend their territory. Dogs befriend each other with wagging tails and smelly pheromones. Even plants communicate by diffusing chemicals through the soil, networking with the root systems of the flora around them.For Gareth Roberts, studying linguistics is a way to learn more about humans. "I've alwa...