MYDDFAI – the Healers – Keepsake Box

PRODUCT DETAILSWood Keep Sake Box with Choice of Styles and SizesInset Detailed Ceramic Tile with Satin FinishRosewood, Black, Alder or Walnut Satin FinishRemovable Lid – Unlined, Hinged – Unlined, Velvet Lined with Magnetic CatchSmall Box – 4.25″ tile / Large Box – 6″ TileLimited Production – Made in Artist’s own Celtic Art Studio – Oakland, USAABOUT THIS DESIGN There are many similar folk stories told of magical faerie women living below the lakes of Wales that thread back to ancient Celtic myth and belief. The Lady of the Lake of Llyn Y Fan Fach in Myddfai Carmarthenshire, is interwoven with a later twelfth century legend of the Physicians of Myddfai, whose skills as herbalists were renowned from up until the 18th Century in Wales. The Physicians of Myddfai – and some of their descendants – were said to be eminent healers, who inherited the magical healing powers of the Lady of the Lake. In the Welsh folk tale, a faerie woman leaves her home beneath the Lake, and agrees to marry a young local man who is entranced with her beauty…All artwork and text ©Jen Delyth © 2022 SYMBOL MEANING