{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/eng/prwe/prwe052.htm","path":"neu/eng/prwe/prwe052.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/prwe/prwe052.htm","text":"THE MURYANS' BANK [a]\n The ant is called by the peasantry a Muryan. Believing that they are the Small\n People in their state of decay from off the earth, it is deemed most unlucky\n to destroy a colony of ants. If you place a oiece of tin in a bank of Muryans\n at a certain age of the moon, it will be turned into silver.\n[a] Murrian, Welsh, \"Crig-murrian,\" the hill of ants.","title":"Popular Romances of the West of England: The Fairies: The...","type":"page"}