Why on earth would you go for a holiday in Hell?
Hell is a tourist village on Grand Cayman Island in the Caribbean. Apparently years ago a Dignitary from another country visited the Island and noticed the strange-looking lava rock formations and said they looked like Hell and so the name stuck!
Place names are always an interesting topic! Many places around the world take on similar names for towns and cities such as Bangor in North Wales, Ireland and France. From the weird to the wonderful you do wonder sometimes how on earth they been named! From Puddle in Cornwall, UK to Prickly Bottom in Tasmania, Australia- Devil’s Bridge seems much more exciting and interesting!
Devil’s Bridge is a term applied to dozens of ancient bridges, found primarily in Europe. Most of these bridges are stone or masonry arch bridges. They represent massive technological achievement and each of the Devil’s Bridges has a corresponding Devil-related myth or folktale.
The Ceredigion Devil’s Bridge, Pontarfynach, in Welsh, literally means “The bridge on the Mynach” which refers to the river Mynach. On the edge of the village you’ll see the unusual road bridge from which the village gets its English name. The original bridge was constructed by the monks of Strata Florida, at what time is unknown, but legend says it was built by the devil. The bridge has been thrown across a chasm 114 feet above the first fall and 324 feet above the bottom of the cataract. So the what about the myth?
Well, it goes like this….
Old Megan Llandunach, of Pont-ar-Fynach
Had lost her only cow;
Across the ravine the cow was seen,
But to get it she could not tell how.
In this dilemma the Evil One appeared to her disguised as a monk. He offered to cast a bridge across the chasm if she would promise to give him the first living being that should pass over it when complete. To this she gladly consented. The bridge was thrown across the ravine and the Evil One stood beyond bowing and beckoning to the old woman to come over and try it but she was too clever for him. She noticed, instead of a foot, he had a hoof.
In her pocket she fumbled, a crust out tumbled,
She called her little black cur;
The crust over she threw, the dog after it flew,
Says she, “The dog’s yours, crafty sir!”
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I wonder..do you know of any other devilish myths or interesting names of places you’d like to share?
