Lud's Church

I have walked across this landscape in the Staffordshire Moorlands many times and find the legendary atmosphere around the Roaches totally captivating. But I'm not convinced that Lud's Church is named after The Luddites, a group of modern day anti-technologists, who followed the teachings of the so called Ned Ludd, an opponent of technology in all its forms, as popularly claimed. In the following series of articles I embark on a quest in an attempt to trace the true legend of Lud's Church back to its origins.

1. A Mysterious Corner of Staffordshire

2. The Green Knight's Chapel

3. The Hawk of May

4. The Search for Lud

5. Lludd's Silver Hand

6. Lludd's City

7. Lludd's Dragons

8. Songs from the Sons of Llyr

9. Math's Tale

10. The Enchantment of Gwynedd

11. The Fair One with a Skillful Hand

12. The Stone of Goronwy

13. Gwydion's Eagle

14. Wizards and Wildmen

-----Part I - Lleu's Death

-----Part II - Son of an Incubus

-----Part II - Magicians and Madmen

15. The Shaman and the Sorcerer

-----Part I - Voices of the Forest

-----Part II - The Feathered Cloak

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