In Mother’s version of the story, the virgin sings and the afanc is so mesmerized, he crawls from the water and lays his head down in the virgin’s lap to sleep, trustful as a child. When the villagers emerge to bind the afanc, the afanc’s struggles crush the virgin. In the end, the afanc is taken to a new and better lake. The villagers have their village back. Only the virgin dies.
