Giantess

Giantess

This illustration is adapted from the legend surrounding St Collen’s Well near Llangollen. The legend goes that there was a giantess that was terrorising the people of Pentredwr. Hearing this, St Collen, the founder of Llangollen, took up his sword and went to do battle with the giantess.
After much struggle St Collen killed the giantess and washed the blood form his sword in a nearby spring, which afterwards became known as St Collen’s Well.

Whilst translating this story, I became more sympathetic towards the giantess, who (to me) represents nature and the mystery of Wales, and so I focused on her demise.