The legend of the Giants of Mount Bay
The area of Mount Bay used to be a forest which is now submerged. Legend tells that in the forest lived a giant called Cormoran and his wife Cormelian.
Cormoran wanted to build a mound in the middle of the bay in order to reside there, using heavy granite and the help of his wife to carry it. Cormoran, who wasn’t a very pleasant giant, told his wife Cormelian to do the heavy lifting while he went for a nap.
Instead of the heavy granite, Cormelian decided to carry greenstone, a lighter material. As she did, Cormoran woke up and caught Cormelian in the act. He pushed her and the greenstone scattered across the bay😵. To this day, if you look close enough you can still find a piece of the greenstone hidden in the path leading to what we know today as St Michael’s Mount.
Some time later, the bay got flooded and Cormoran was on his own on the island. He was a constant nuisance to fellow giants and as so locals were fed up with his behaviour. A reward was offered for killing Cormoran the giant. Jack, a young boy, stepped up to the challenge and when Cormoran was fast asleep one night, Jack had dug a deep pit on one side of the island, and on the next morning the giant fell in it.
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