The Skeleton Tree

Stories of the Demon Oak, Derwen Ceubren yr Ellyll, and other spooky Trees from the Folklore of Wales

Two famous folktales of North Wales feature the discovery of skeletons in hollow, lightning-struck oaks. There is the Nant Gwrtheyrn ‘Haunted Oak,’ associated with the tragic talethe of Rhys and Meinir, and the Nannau Estate’s ‘Demon Oak,’ from the story of Owain…