# The Stony Folk — The Water of the Wondrous Isles character guide

> The Stony Folk in The Water of the Wondrous Isles by William Morris.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Stony Folk

**First appearance:** 0030-ix-how-birdalone-came-to-the-isle-of-the-young-and-the-old

## Who they are

A group of people encountered on the Isle of the Young and the Old.

## In the story

### [X: Of Birdalone’s Flitting from the Isle of Nothing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_water_of_the_wondrous_isles_se/chapters/x-of-birdalone-s-flitting-from-the-isle-of-nothing)

The inhabitants of the Isle of Nothing who befriend Birdalone, provide provisions, and later revere her as a goddess.

### [XIII: Coming to the Isle of the Young and the Old, Birdalone Findeth It Peopled with Children](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_water_of_the_wondrous_isles_se/chapters/xiii-coming-to-the-isle-of-the-young-and-the-old-birdalone-findeth-it-peopled-with-children)

The children of the isle, living without adults, who swarm around Birdalone and watch her departure.

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