The Origins of The Red Dragon (Y Ddraig Goch) | Cornel Stori
Added 2022-09-24 22:42:58 +0000 UTCSu'mai!
Today's Cornel Stori is the tale of Y Ddraig Goch and the prophecy that came from it. This tale involves King Vortigern (a King of the Britons from the 5th Century), the Saxon rulers of Lloegr (England), Myrddin (Merlin), and King Arthur.
I got a little carried away at the end there, but I guess I just needed to let some feelings out. This prophecy fills me with so much hope for the future, I'll let video Leigh explain.
Further Reading;
- 'Historia Brittonum (History of the Britons)' by Nennius, translated by J. A. Giles: https://www.yorku.ca/inpar/nennius_giles.pdf
- It's also referenced in the prequel tale of 'Cryfanc Lludd a Llefelys (Lludd and Llefelys) ' which survived intact in Llyfr Goch Hergest (The Red Book of Hergest) and in fragments in Llyfr Gwyn Rhydderch (The White Book of Rhydderch) found in The Mabinogion: http://www.ancienttexts.org/library/celtic/welsh/mab/lluddandllefelys.html
- Y Mab Dargon is the central figure in the 10th Century prophetic poem 'Armes Prydain (The Prophecy of Britain)' found in The Book of Taliesin
- Armes Prydein Vawr (The Great Prophecy of Britain)
+ Cymraeg: https://www.ancienttexts.org/library/celtic/ctexts/t06w.html
+ English: https://www.ancienttexts.org/library/celtic/ctexts/t06.html
- Armes Prydein Bychan (The Lesser Prophecy of Britain)
+ Cymraeg: https://www.ancienttexts.org/library/celtic/ctexts/t47w.html
+ English: https://www.ancienttexts.org/library/celtic/ctexts/t47.html
- The Welsh Fairy Book by W. Jenkyn Thomas
- Waterstones: The Welsh Fairy Book by W.Jenkyn Thomas | Waterstones
- WHSmith: The Welsh Fairy Book: (Dover Children's Classics New edition) by W.Jenkyn Thomas | WHSmith
Mwynha! :)
