Photo of a silver chess piece;
"The ‘Thirteen Treasures of Britain’ were famous in early legend. They belonged to gods and heroes, and were current in our island till the end of the divine age, when Merlin, fading out of the world, took them with him into his airy tomb, never to be seen by mortal eyes again."
- from The Treasures of Britain
in Celtic Myth and Legend
by Charles Squire (1905)
#thirteen #treasures #thirteentreasuresofbritain #merlin #thirteentreasuresoftheislandofbritain
"The ‘Thirteen Treasures of Britain’ were famous in early legend. They belonged to gods and heroes, and were current in our island till the end of the divine age, when Merlin, fading out of the world,..."
- from Celtic Myth and Legend
by Charles Squire (1905)
#thirteen #treasures #britain #merlin