Welsh Myth and Legend and Magic
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Mytholeg Cymreig. Welsh myth, legend, folklore and magic beyond the Mabinogion. Quite a huge dose of Welsh magic to be honest with you. Twitter profile was @mythwelsh
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Cefn Caer Euni Round Cairn 1: Situated along the Cefn Caer Euni (an undulating ridge 369.2m at its highest) and with Llyn Caer Euni visible to the west the cairn occupies a natural shelf on otherwise westerly sloping ground.
November 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Cefn Caer Euni Round Cairn 1: Situated along the Cefn Caer Euni (an undulating ridge 369.2m at its highest) and with Llyn Caer Euni visible to the west the cairn occupies a natural shelf on otherwise westerly sloping ground.
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Gwefl son of Gwastad: when he was sad he would let his one lip droop down to his navel and the other would be a cowl on his head.
Gỽeuyl mab gỽestat. y dyd y bei drist y gollyngei y lleill weuyl idaỽ y waeret hyt y uogel. ar llall a uydei yn pennguch ar y penn.
Gỽeuyl mab gỽestat. y dyd y bei drist y gollyngei y lleill weuyl idaỽ y waeret hyt y uogel. ar llall a uydei yn pennguch ar y penn.
November 21, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Gwefl son of Gwastad: when he was sad he would let his one lip droop down to his navel and the other would be a cowl on his head.
Gỽeuyl mab gỽestat. y dyd y bei drist y gollyngei y lleill weuyl idaỽ y waeret hyt y uogel. ar llall a uydei yn pennguch ar y penn.
Gỽeuyl mab gỽestat. y dyd y bei drist y gollyngei y lleill weuyl idaỽ y waeret hyt y uogel. ar llall a uydei yn pennguch ar y penn.
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For #HillfortsWednesday a magnificent aerial view of Foel Drygarn Hillfort courtesy of superdove #Cymru
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 AM
For #HillfortsWednesday a magnificent aerial view of Foel Drygarn Hillfort courtesy of superdove #Cymru
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A fun afternoon yesterday with the @rialibrary.bsky.social Stowe Missal! MS D ii 3 dates to the late 8th/early 9th centuries, and contains excerpts from the Gospel of St John and a Latin Missal. The last folio features Irish charms to protect against loss of eyesight and urinal diseases! 📜🎉
November 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A fun afternoon yesterday with the @rialibrary.bsky.social Stowe Missal! MS D ii 3 dates to the late 8th/early 9th centuries, and contains excerpts from the Gospel of St John and a Latin Missal. The last folio features Irish charms to protect against loss of eyesight and urinal diseases! 📜🎉
According to Gwyneth Lewis' 2007 review of Sioned Davies' Mabinogion, "One of the corridors in Cardiff's teaching hospital is decorated with paintings depicting Mabinogion legends."
Are those still there, and in what department? www.theguardian.com/books/2007/m...
Are those still there, and in what department? www.theguardian.com/books/2007/m...
Review: The Mabinogion by Sioned Davies
Gwyneth Lewis applauds Sioned Davies's stripped-down translation of The Mabinogion.
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
According to Gwyneth Lewis' 2007 review of Sioned Davies' Mabinogion, "One of the corridors in Cardiff's teaching hospital is decorated with paintings depicting Mabinogion legends."
Are those still there, and in what department? www.theguardian.com/books/2007/m...
Are those still there, and in what department? www.theguardian.com/books/2007/m...
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Prosiect ymchwil newydd yn archwilio rôl gwydr lliw mewn cymunedau lleol. Rhagor o fanylion 👇
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Prosiect ymchwil newydd yn archwilio rôl gwydr lliw mewn cymunedau lleol
Prosiect ymchwil newydd yn archwilio rôl gwydr lliw mewn cymunedau lleol
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November 26, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Prosiect ymchwil newydd yn archwilio rôl gwydr lliw mewn cymunedau lleol. Rhagor o fanylion 👇
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www.uwtsd.ac.uk/cy/news/pros...
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For a chilly 🥶 #HillfortsWednesday I thought everyone could warm their toes on this Iron Age fire, crackling & smoking inside the Bryn Eryr roundhouse at St Fagans Museum yesterday 🥰🔥
Despite having only one fire this double roundhouse was warm & cosy, a pretty good place to live!
🎥 My own
Despite having only one fire this double roundhouse was warm & cosy, a pretty good place to live!
🎥 My own
November 26, 2025 at 6:20 AM
For a chilly 🥶 #HillfortsWednesday I thought everyone could warm their toes on this Iron Age fire, crackling & smoking inside the Bryn Eryr roundhouse at St Fagans Museum yesterday 🥰🔥
Despite having only one fire this double roundhouse was warm & cosy, a pretty good place to live!
🎥 My own
Despite having only one fire this double roundhouse was warm & cosy, a pretty good place to live!
🎥 My own
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Llinellau cerddi Beirdd y Tywysogion yn nhrefn yr wyddor / lines from the poems of the Poets of the Princes, in alphabetical order. @yganolfangeltaidd.bsky.social
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Beirdd y Tywysogion (c.1100–c.1282/3)
Dyma restr yn nhrefn yr wyddor o linellau cerddi Beirdd y Tywysogion i chi gael ei lawrlwytho os gall fod yn ddefnyddiol i chi. Fe'i defnyddiaf i adnabod cerddi mewn llawysgrifau - yn enwedig drylliau...
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November 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Llinellau cerddi Beirdd y Tywysogion yn nhrefn yr wyddor / lines from the poems of the Poets of the Princes, in alphabetical order. @yganolfangeltaidd.bsky.social
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Plumtree is a liability
November 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Plumtree is a liability
We saw Matthew Rhys in Playing Burton this afternoon. He was terrific and it bodes well for the new National Theatre. On stage he was very funny and quite a physical actor, which I wouldn't have guessed from his tv work.
November 21, 2025 at 5:35 PM
We saw Matthew Rhys in Playing Burton this afternoon. He was terrific and it bodes well for the new National Theatre. On stage he was very funny and quite a physical actor, which I wouldn't have guessed from his tv work.
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I was hoping to have gotten set up for Christmas markets and with a website but it's been a rough year! Mari Lwyd and other keyrings/bag charms inspired by iron age/Romano-British artefacts). £15 each or two for £25 (UK postage only im afraid). Let me know below if you are interested.
November 20, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I was hoping to have gotten set up for Christmas markets and with a website but it's been a rough year! Mari Lwyd and other keyrings/bag charms inspired by iron age/Romano-British artefacts). £15 each or two for £25 (UK postage only im afraid). Let me know below if you are interested.
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#WyrdWednesday
In Welsh mythology, white is traditionally the colour of the beasts of Annwn, the Otherworld.
It is the colour of Rhiannon's magical steed, the enchanted boar tracked by Pryderi and Manawydan, and the white-furred, red-eared Cŵn Annwn, dubbed "Hell Hounds" by Christian storytellers.
In Welsh mythology, white is traditionally the colour of the beasts of Annwn, the Otherworld.
It is the colour of Rhiannon's magical steed, the enchanted boar tracked by Pryderi and Manawydan, and the white-furred, red-eared Cŵn Annwn, dubbed "Hell Hounds" by Christian storytellers.
November 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
#WyrdWednesday
In Welsh mythology, white is traditionally the colour of the beasts of Annwn, the Otherworld.
It is the colour of Rhiannon's magical steed, the enchanted boar tracked by Pryderi and Manawydan, and the white-furred, red-eared Cŵn Annwn, dubbed "Hell Hounds" by Christian storytellers.
In Welsh mythology, white is traditionally the colour of the beasts of Annwn, the Otherworld.
It is the colour of Rhiannon's magical steed, the enchanted boar tracked by Pryderi and Manawydan, and the white-furred, red-eared Cŵn Annwn, dubbed "Hell Hounds" by Christian storytellers.
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"cantiori hic iacit venedotis cive fuit [c]onsobrino ma[g]li magistrati"
('Cantiori here lies, of Gwynedd a citizen he was, a cousin of Maglus the magistrate')
Still fascinated by the 6th-cent. Cantiorix Inscription, from sub-Roman north Wales, bearing the first mention of the Kingdom of Gwynedd.
('Cantiori here lies, of Gwynedd a citizen he was, a cousin of Maglus the magistrate')
Still fascinated by the 6th-cent. Cantiorix Inscription, from sub-Roman north Wales, bearing the first mention of the Kingdom of Gwynedd.
November 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
"cantiori hic iacit venedotis cive fuit [c]onsobrino ma[g]li magistrati"
('Cantiori here lies, of Gwynedd a citizen he was, a cousin of Maglus the magistrate')
Still fascinated by the 6th-cent. Cantiorix Inscription, from sub-Roman north Wales, bearing the first mention of the Kingdom of Gwynedd.
('Cantiori here lies, of Gwynedd a citizen he was, a cousin of Maglus the magistrate')
Still fascinated by the 6th-cent. Cantiorix Inscription, from sub-Roman north Wales, bearing the first mention of the Kingdom of Gwynedd.
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A storm cloud looms over one of the ramparts round the vastest hillfort in #Wales, Penycloddiau, in the Clwydian Range. Taken last summer, I really thought I was going to get heavily p*ssed on, but it passed over and did so on the other side of the hills instead.
#HillfortsWednesday #IronAge
#HillfortsWednesday #IronAge
November 19, 2025 at 10:11 AM
A storm cloud looms over one of the ramparts round the vastest hillfort in #Wales, Penycloddiau, in the Clwydian Range. Taken last summer, I really thought I was going to get heavily p*ssed on, but it passed over and did so on the other side of the hills instead.
#HillfortsWednesday #IronAge
#HillfortsWednesday #IronAge
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The dinky chambered tomb of Maen y Bardd, 'The Poet's Stone', that stands beside the southernmost of two east-west (or west-east) prehistoric tracks through the #Conwy mountains of North #Wales. #Legend had it anyone sleeping in the cromlech would wake up either a poet or mad.
#TombTuesday #folklore
#TombTuesday #folklore
November 18, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The dinky chambered tomb of Maen y Bardd, 'The Poet's Stone', that stands beside the southernmost of two east-west (or west-east) prehistoric tracks through the #Conwy mountains of North #Wales. #Legend had it anyone sleeping in the cromlech would wake up either a poet or mad.
#TombTuesday #folklore
#TombTuesday #folklore
Anthony Hopkins' first professional performance was in a play named Have a Cigarette in Swansea. It seems this was Saunders Lewis' own translation of his play Gymerwch Chi Sigaret?
A typescript exists of his translation but it was never published.
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A typescript exists of his translation but it was never published.
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'Have a Cigarette' by Saunders Lewis - Archives Hub
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November 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Anthony Hopkins' first professional performance was in a play named Have a Cigarette in Swansea. It seems this was Saunders Lewis' own translation of his play Gymerwch Chi Sigaret?
A typescript exists of his translation but it was never published.
archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archi...
A typescript exists of his translation but it was never published.
archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archi...
Tarot Cymraeg: Yr Acarna Fawr
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Tarot Cymraeg — Diwydiant Bythynnod - Cottage Industry Cymru
Archeb ymlaen llaw o Y Tarot Cymraeg, yr Arcana Fawr. Ailddychymyg o 22 cerdyn yr Arcana Fawr trwy lens Gymreig. Wedi'i argraffu ar Tusker Black Cored Heavy-Duty Playing Card Stock, 4...
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November 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Tarot Cymraeg: Yr Acarna Fawr
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A must have rarity, Pryderi & His Pigs! My local record shop has it for £50. Christine Pritchard, Ray Handy, Eilian Wyn and Olwen Rees. A company of actors assembled in 1973 at the suggestion of the Welsh Arts Council to perform the works of Welsh poets and writers. Has anyone heard it?
November 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
A must have rarity, Pryderi & His Pigs! My local record shop has it for £50. Christine Pritchard, Ray Handy, Eilian Wyn and Olwen Rees. A company of actors assembled in 1973 at the suggestion of the Welsh Arts Council to perform the works of Welsh poets and writers. Has anyone heard it?
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Mae'r Ganolfan, Cyfnewidfa Lên Cymru a Llenyddiaeth ar draws Ffiniau'n falch o fod yn rhan o'r bartneriaeth luniodd y cais sy'n cynnwys Cyngor Tref Aberystwyth, Prifysgol Aberystwyth, Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru, Cyngor Sir Ceredigion, a Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru.
www.bbc.co.uk/cymrufyw/ert...
www.bbc.co.uk/cymrufyw/ert...
'Aberystwyth Ceredigion' yn ennill statws Dinas Llên UNESCO
Mae 'Aberystwyth Ceredigion' wedi cael ei dynodi yn Ddinas Llên UNESCO - y man cyntaf yng Nghymru i dderbyn statws o'r fath.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Mae'r Ganolfan, Cyfnewidfa Lên Cymru a Llenyddiaeth ar draws Ffiniau'n falch o fod yn rhan o'r bartneriaeth luniodd y cais sy'n cynnwys Cyngor Tref Aberystwyth, Prifysgol Aberystwyth, Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru, Cyngor Sir Ceredigion, a Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru.
www.bbc.co.uk/cymrufyw/ert...
www.bbc.co.uk/cymrufyw/ert...
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📢Seminar Hybrid
🗓13 Tachwedd🕔5.00yh
🗣 Simon Rodway
‘Gwlithod Blewog a Mygydau Barddol: Golwg Newydd ar Garchariad Aneirin yn y Tŷ Deyerin’
📍Yn Ystafell Seminar y Ganolfan ac ar lein drwy Zoom
📧E-bostiwch [email protected] i gofrestru.
Croeso cynnes i bawb!
🗓13 Tachwedd🕔5.00yh
🗣 Simon Rodway
‘Gwlithod Blewog a Mygydau Barddol: Golwg Newydd ar Garchariad Aneirin yn y Tŷ Deyerin’
📍Yn Ystafell Seminar y Ganolfan ac ar lein drwy Zoom
📧E-bostiwch [email protected] i gofrestru.
Croeso cynnes i bawb!
November 4, 2025 at 10:44 AM
📢Seminar Hybrid
🗓13 Tachwedd🕔5.00yh
🗣 Simon Rodway
‘Gwlithod Blewog a Mygydau Barddol: Golwg Newydd ar Garchariad Aneirin yn y Tŷ Deyerin’
📍Yn Ystafell Seminar y Ganolfan ac ar lein drwy Zoom
📧E-bostiwch [email protected] i gofrestru.
Croeso cynnes i bawb!
🗓13 Tachwedd🕔5.00yh
🗣 Simon Rodway
‘Gwlithod Blewog a Mygydau Barddol: Golwg Newydd ar Garchariad Aneirin yn y Tŷ Deyerin’
📍Yn Ystafell Seminar y Ganolfan ac ar lein drwy Zoom
📧E-bostiwch [email protected] i gofrestru.
Croeso cynnes i bawb!
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...rhywbeth dwi wedi bod yn ysu am ei weld,
Pen yr Hendy o Oes yr Efydd
Pen yr Hendy o Oes yr Efydd
November 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
...rhywbeth dwi wedi bod yn ysu am ei weld,
Pen yr Hendy o Oes yr Efydd
Pen yr Hendy o Oes yr Efydd
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Every museum object is important but these are the cultural soul of Amgueddfa Cymru / National Museum of Wales. A representation of the beating heart of a nation.
Search continues for Bronze Age artefacts stolen from St Fagans - BBC News share.google/9qJAUhEXkXo6...
Search continues for Bronze Age artefacts stolen from St Fagans - BBC News share.google/9qJAUhEXkXo6...
Search continues for Bronze Age artefacts stolen from St Fagans - BBC News
Two men have been charged with burglary, but "invaluable" items are still missing from St Fagans collection.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Every museum object is important but these are the cultural soul of Amgueddfa Cymru / National Museum of Wales. A representation of the beating heart of a nation.
Search continues for Bronze Age artefacts stolen from St Fagans - BBC News share.google/9qJAUhEXkXo6...
Search continues for Bronze Age artefacts stolen from St Fagans - BBC News share.google/9qJAUhEXkXo6...
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This week's Substack: an excerpt from Francesca Brooks' article 'A Quest for the Camaldolese Grail in the footsteps of Lynette Roberts', published in our recent PN Review 285, September - October 2025.
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A Quest for the Camaldolese Grail in the footsteps of Lynette Roberts by Francesa Brooks
PN Review 285, September - October 2025
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November 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
This week's Substack: an excerpt from Francesca Brooks' article 'A Quest for the Camaldolese Grail in the footsteps of Lynette Roberts', published in our recent PN Review 285, September - October 2025.
Read here:
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One night a Mr Harry was making his way down the valley of the Ebwy Fawr, South #Wales, when a spectral fire leapt up in his path. He tried to dodge past it but a huge Hell Hound appeared on the other side, growling at him. He had no choice but to turn around and trudge back up again.
#WyrdWednesday
#WyrdWednesday
November 5, 2025 at 11:54 AM
One night a Mr Harry was making his way down the valley of the Ebwy Fawr, South #Wales, when a spectral fire leapt up in his path. He tried to dodge past it but a huge Hell Hound appeared on the other side, growling at him. He had no choice but to turn around and trudge back up again.
#WyrdWednesday
#WyrdWednesday
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No less curiously, in the 1870s strange globes of light were reported by numerous witnesses rising out of the sea night after night along the same stretch of the North Wales coastline, (eg near Harlech, Barmouth and Pwllheli). They were of varying colours and brightness and sometimes floated inland.
November 5, 2025 at 9:39 AM
No less curiously, in the 1870s strange globes of light were reported by numerous witnesses rising out of the sea night after night along the same stretch of the North Wales coastline, (eg near Harlech, Barmouth and Pwllheli). They were of varying colours and brightness and sometimes floated inland.