On the beach at Llangrannog in Ceredigion stands a tall, jagged outcrop of rock known as Carreg Bica, or 'Bica's Tooth'. According to local legend it takes its name from Bica, a giant who lived in the hills overlooking the village and watched over its people. One day Bica was struck down by an agonising toothache, and in his fury he wrenched out the offending tooth and spat it down onto the sands, where it lodged upright and has remained ever since.
The story
A related tale ties Bica to the small headland and island just north of the village. In gratitude to a companion, Lochtyn, who had helped free him from his toothache, Bica is said to have run his finger along the coastline to carve out a peninsula and create an island just for him — the rocky promontory and tidal islet still known today as Ynys Lochtyn. Both landmarks remain popular stops on the Ceredigion coast path, where the giant's 'tooth' towers over walkers on the beach below.