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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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#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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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.
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'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.
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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 canolfan@cymru.ac.uk 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 canolfan@cymru.ac.uk 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 canolfan@cymru.ac.uk 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 canolfan@cymru.ac.uk 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.
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Cultural appropriation
November 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Cultural appropriation
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'The fort opposite the oakwood,
Once it was Bruidge’s, it was Cathal’s
It was Aed’s, it was Ailill’s,
It was Conaing’s, it was Cuiline’s
and it was Maeldúin’s
The fort remains after each in his turn
and the kings asleep in the ground'.
c.8th century Irish poem describing this ringfort at Rathangan
Once it was Bruidge’s, it was Cathal’s
It was Aed’s, it was Ailill’s,
It was Conaing’s, it was Cuiline’s
and it was Maeldúin’s
The fort remains after each in his turn
and the kings asleep in the ground'.
c.8th century Irish poem describing this ringfort at Rathangan
November 2, 2025 at 8:26 PM
'The fort opposite the oakwood,
Once it was Bruidge’s, it was Cathal’s
It was Aed’s, it was Ailill’s,
It was Conaing’s, it was Cuiline’s
and it was Maeldúin’s
The fort remains after each in his turn
and the kings asleep in the ground'.
c.8th century Irish poem describing this ringfort at Rathangan
Once it was Bruidge’s, it was Cathal’s
It was Aed’s, it was Ailill’s,
It was Conaing’s, it was Cuiline’s
and it was Maeldúin’s
The fort remains after each in his turn
and the kings asleep in the ground'.
c.8th century Irish poem describing this ringfort at Rathangan
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Nos Calan Gaeaf • A Welsh Halloween 💀
"All those who had been drowned in the sea came up to ride over the waves on white horses, and held remarkable revels."
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#Wales #History #Halloween
"All those who had been drowned in the sea came up to ride over the waves on white horses, and held remarkable revels."
hellohistoria.blogspot.com/2016/10/nos-...
#Wales #History #Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Nos Calan Gaeaf • A Welsh Halloween 💀
"All those who had been drowned in the sea came up to ride over the waves on white horses, and held remarkable revels."
hellohistoria.blogspot.com/2016/10/nos-...
#Wales #History #Halloween
"All those who had been drowned in the sea came up to ride over the waves on white horses, and held remarkable revels."
hellohistoria.blogspot.com/2016/10/nos-...
#Wales #History #Halloween
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#Halloween 🎃
The Yew was regarded as the gentle guardian of the dead 💀
It was formerly revered so much in Wales that to cut it down was considered an act of desecration, while to burn any part of it was looked upon as sacrilege 🔥
#Wales #History
The Yew was regarded as the gentle guardian of the dead 💀
It was formerly revered so much in Wales that to cut it down was considered an act of desecration, while to burn any part of it was looked upon as sacrilege 🔥
#Wales #History
October 31, 2025 at 8:35 PM
#Halloween 🎃
The Yew was regarded as the gentle guardian of the dead 💀
It was formerly revered so much in Wales that to cut it down was considered an act of desecration, while to burn any part of it was looked upon as sacrilege 🔥
#Wales #History
The Yew was regarded as the gentle guardian of the dead 💀
It was formerly revered so much in Wales that to cut it down was considered an act of desecration, while to burn any part of it was looked upon as sacrilege 🔥
#Wales #History
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A spooky Nos Galan Gaeaf to you all 🎃
While lacking ancient provenance, this winter’s eve was the eeriest of the ‘tair ysbrydnos’ (three spirit nights), where the veil between worlds was at its thinnest and the wind blowing over the feet of corpses bore sighs to the homes of those destined to die…
While lacking ancient provenance, this winter’s eve was the eeriest of the ‘tair ysbrydnos’ (three spirit nights), where the veil between worlds was at its thinnest and the wind blowing over the feet of corpses bore sighs to the homes of those destined to die…
October 31, 2025 at 8:41 PM
A spooky Nos Galan Gaeaf to you all 🎃
While lacking ancient provenance, this winter’s eve was the eeriest of the ‘tair ysbrydnos’ (three spirit nights), where the veil between worlds was at its thinnest and the wind blowing over the feet of corpses bore sighs to the homes of those destined to die…
While lacking ancient provenance, this winter’s eve was the eeriest of the ‘tair ysbrydnos’ (three spirit nights), where the veil between worlds was at its thinnest and the wind blowing over the feet of corpses bore sighs to the homes of those destined to die…
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How would Welsh people have celebrated Nos Galan Gaeaf in former centuries? What is its origin? And has it always been intrinsically linked to Halloween? ✍️Simon Rodway, Aberystwyth University wp.me/p8Mk4U-17ZB
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October 30, 2025 at 8:45 PM
How would Welsh people have celebrated Nos Galan Gaeaf in former centuries? What is its origin? And has it always been intrinsically linked to Halloween? ✍️Simon Rodway, Aberystwyth University wp.me/p8Mk4U-17ZB
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Looking to add a hauntingly unique vibe to your Halloween party? Then look no further than these 21 Welsh-language songs that span genres from rock and indie to folk and electronic, perfect for creating an atmospheric playlist that’s uniquely Welsh
Nos Calan Gaeaf: 21 Welsh language tracks to get the Halloween party started
Welsh Words Looking to add a hauntingly unique vibe to your Halloween party? Look no further than these Welsh-language songs that span genres from rock and indie to folk and electronic, perfect for cr...
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October 31, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Looking to add a hauntingly unique vibe to your Halloween party? Then look no further than these 21 Welsh-language songs that span genres from rock and indie to folk and electronic, perfect for creating an atmospheric playlist that’s uniquely Welsh
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Nos Calan Gaeaf • A Welsh Halloween 💀
"All those who had been drowned in the sea came up to ride over the waves on white horses, and held remarkable revels."
hellohistoria.blogspot.com/2016/10/nos-...
#Wales #History
"All those who had been drowned in the sea came up to ride over the waves on white horses, and held remarkable revels."
hellohistoria.blogspot.com/2016/10/nos-...
#Wales #History
October 27, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Nos Calan Gaeaf • A Welsh Halloween 💀
"All those who had been drowned in the sea came up to ride over the waves on white horses, and held remarkable revels."
hellohistoria.blogspot.com/2016/10/nos-...
#Wales #History
"All those who had been drowned in the sea came up to ride over the waves on white horses, and held remarkable revels."
hellohistoria.blogspot.com/2016/10/nos-...
#Wales #History
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Sin-eating & Singing | A Welsh Funeral ⚰️
"The night before ye Burying all the neighbours & friends of ye Deceased come & watch his Body & to say their prayers."
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#Wales #History
"The night before ye Burying all the neighbours & friends of ye Deceased come & watch his Body & to say their prayers."
hellohistoria.substack.com/p/sin-eating...
#Wales #History
Sin-eating & Singing | A Welsh Funeral.
From Ty Corff to Sin-eating, I'll be exploring death, burial and mourning customs/ traditions relating to Wales.
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October 27, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Sin-eating & Singing | A Welsh Funeral ⚰️
"The night before ye Burying all the neighbours & friends of ye Deceased come & watch his Body & to say their prayers."
hellohistoria.substack.com/p/sin-eating...
#Wales #History
"The night before ye Burying all the neighbours & friends of ye Deceased come & watch his Body & to say their prayers."
hellohistoria.substack.com/p/sin-eating...
#Wales #History
There's a book launch for this today, at King's Yard in Cardiff.
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October 24, 2025 at 9:51 AM
There's a book launch for this today, at King's Yard in Cardiff.
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www.facebook.com/events/79496...
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Early Irish research seminar today:
Nia Wyn Jones is speaking about Trioedd Ynys Prydein, the legendary Welsh "Triads of Britain".
Nia Wyn Jones is speaking about Trioedd Ynys Prydein, the legendary Welsh "Triads of Britain".
October 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Early Irish research seminar today:
Nia Wyn Jones is speaking about Trioedd Ynys Prydein, the legendary Welsh "Triads of Britain".
Nia Wyn Jones is speaking about Trioedd Ynys Prydein, the legendary Welsh "Triads of Britain".