Enid (given name) years in print. Enid (given name) Enid ( ; ) is a feminine given name. The origin is Middle Welsh "eneit", meaning "spirit, life" (from Proto-Celtic "*ana-ti̯o-", compare Gaulish "anatia" "souls" attested on the Larzac tablet, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root "*h₂enh₁-" "to breathe, blow"; "cf." the modern Welsh "anadl", "breath" or "wind"). Alternatively Enid may be derived from "Enaid" or "Enit" meaning "woodlark". Enid was the Celtic goddess and Arthurian name of the 19th century following Alfred Lord Tennyson's Arthurian epic "Idylls of the King" (1859) and its medieval Welsh source, the "Mabinogi" tale of "Geraint and Enid." Enid
The Ingoldsby Legends The Ingoldsby Legends The Ingoldsby Legends (full title: "The Ingoldsby Legends, or Mirth and Marvels") is a collection of myths, legends, ghost stories and poetry written supposedly by Thomas Ingoldsby of Tappington Manor, actually a pen-name of an English clergyman named Richard Harris Barham. The legends were first printed during 1837 as a regular series in the magazine "Bentley's Miscellany" and later in "New Monthly Magazine". They proved immensely popular and were compiled into books published in 1840, 1842 and 1847 by Richard Bentley. They remained popular during the 19th century, when they ran through many editions. They were illustrated