Cwm Pwca is a motley and hideaway of the Pooka of Cymru.
Overview[]
The pooka of Wales have formed a loose alliance and have a hidden meeting place in the forests of south Gwynedd; they use the term Cwm Pwca to refer both to their motley and their hideaway. Any pooka in Cymru, visitor or native, is an honorary member, though some are more active than others. The pooka particularly enjoy all the tourists who come to the Conwy Vale; these hapless victims provide an endless series of targets for jokes. Some pooka go to such extremes as making up fancy full-color brochures advertising hiking trails to lure off the unsuspecting into sheep pastures during breeding season and so on. Most of these pranks are pretty amusing, but a few turn sour. Children have become lost after dark due to a few Unseelie antics, and no one finds such tricks entertaining in the end.
References[]
- CTD. Isle of the Mighty, p. 161.