"CHILD'S CRY. LLYWELYN SEARCHED AND DISCOVERED HIS BOY UNHARMED BUT NEAR BY LAY THE BODY OF A MIGHTY WOLF WHICH GELERT HAD SLAIN, THE PRINCE FILLED WITH REMORSE IS SAID NEVER TO HAVE SMILED AGAIN. HE BURIED GELERT HERE. THE SPOT IS CALLED BEDDGELERT. Gelert Gelert () is a legendary dog associated with the village of Beddgelert (whose name means ""Gelert's Grave"") in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. The story of Gelert is a variation on the well-worn ""Faithful Hound"" folk-tale motif, which lives on as an urban legend. It is classified as Aarne–Thompson type 178A. Here, the dog is alleged to"
"screams were heard. When he was found, he mentioned only the dog. Several days later he died. The gwyllgi (; compound noun of either gwyllt ""wild"" or gwyll ""twilight"" + ci ""dog""[1]) is a mythical dog from Wales that appears as a frightful apparition of a mastiff with baleful breath and blazing red eyes. It is referred to as ""The Dog of Darkness"" or ""The Black Hound of Destiny"", the apparition's favourite haunt being lonely roads at night. The yeth hound, also called the yell hound is a Black dog found in Devon folklore. According to Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase"
"Saint Gelert Saint Gelert, also known as Celer, Celert or Kellarth (see below), was an early Celtic saint. Several locations in Wales are believed to bear his name. They include Beddgelert (""Gelert's grave"") and the surrounding Gelert Valley and Llangeler (""Gelert's church"") where there is a church dedicated to him. Through the promotional efforts of an innkeeper in the early 1790s, St. Gelert, the human, has become much conflated with the legend of a saintly dog putatively from the same region, Gelert. The name ""Gelert"" is a cymricized variant of Celert or Cilert (also written ""Cylart"", ""Kelert"", ""Kilart"", or ""Kylart"")"
"of Wales in 2008. Other notable residents have also included the Bishop of Bangor the Right Reverend Andrew John, Mike Jenkins author, poet and father of Bethan Jenkins AM who was brought up in the village as a boy, and Eurfyl ap Gwilym a Welsh economist was originally from Penparcau. One of the more unusual residents is the headless dog of Penparcau. The myth tells of how a giant, going to his father's rescue, rode at such a rate that his dog could not keep up with him and its head came off in the leash. The dog now roams,"
"well, of which the ruins still remain. It is believed that Gelert was at some time a missionary, evangelizing in Llangeler and Beddgelert. According to modern historical belief, he was martyred in Beddgelert, although this is a misconception simply based on the town name's meaning (""Gelert's grave""). It is believed, however, that Gelert was martyred. Local Welsh legend more often identifies Gelert as a dog rather than a human. Unlike the dog-saint St. Guinefort, who was in fact an actual dog 'sainted' via folk belief for his reputed protection of children, St. Gelert was a man whose human identity has"
"commemorates ""Carlo the Red Setter"", a dog shot accidentally by his master while hunting on the 12 August 1864. Co-ordinates for the Dog Stone 51.45'15.58N 3.05'08.81W. Other notable tops include those of Mulfran (524m) (Welsh for ""cormorant"", pronounced 'me-al-vran') which overlooks the town of Brynmawr and Mynydd James immediately east of the town of Blaina. Much of the mountain, including the summit is included in the Blaenavon Industrial Landscape World Heritage Site, and a labyrinth of coal mines, including Big Pit National Coal Museum lies under the mountain. The hill is formed from a succession of Carboniferous age sandstones and"
"Beddgelert Beddgelert is a village and community in the Snowdonia area of Gwynedd, Wales. The population of the community taken at the 2011 census was 455. It is reputed to be named after the legendary hound Gelert. It stands in a valley at the confluence of the River Glaslyn and River Colwyn. Just above the confluence of the rivers, in the centre of the village, is the old stone bridge with two arches. The River Gwynant also exists in the area; coinciding with the River Colwyn under what locals know as ‘Pont Bren’; creating the River Glaslyn. Many of the"
"home to a Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) Good Beer Guide recognised public house, ""The Prince of Wales"". The town has a local rugby union team called Mynydd-y-Garreg RFC. They have a training/playing ground with a clubhouse located in the village The village is famous for being home to the late Welsh rugby union legend Ray Gravell. A road in the village had been named after him and after his death serves as a reminder of one of the village's most famous residents. A sculpture erected in his honour at the Llanelli Scarlets' stadium Parc y Scarlets stands on a"
"2002 the ""Incredible Story Studios"" made a short film called ""The Return of Gelert"", written by a Welsh schoolchild, which depicts the ghost of Gelert returning to haunt early 21st century Beddgelert. It is now accepted that the village of Beddgelert took its name from an early saint named Kilart or Celert, rather than from the dog. The ""grave"" mound is ascribed to David Prichard, landlord of the Goat Hotel in Beddgelert in the late eighteenth century, who connected the legend to the village to encourage tourism. On the supposed grave of Gelert there are two slate memorials, one in"
"grandmother, Haer, daughter and heiress of Gillyn, son of Blaidd Rhudd (meaning ""the Bloody Wolf"") of Gest in Eifionydd. There are a number of traditions and legends associated with Rhiwaedog. One such legend speaks of an egg-sized crystal which was passed from generation to generation, and is said to have had the power to foretell the death of the head of the household when its brilliant colour became clouded. Rhiwaedog Rhiwaedog is the name of an ancient estate in North Wales, located in the Penllyn forest near Bala, Gwynedd. It gives its name today to two hills, Rhiwaedog-is-Afon and Rhiwaedog-uwch-Afon,"
"Orray Ticknor and the dramatic poem ""Llewellyn"" by Walter Richard Cassels. The tale is also alluded to by John Critchley Prince in lines 24 to 29 of his poem ""North Wales:"" ""Thou hast not trod with pilgrim foot the ground / Where sleeps the canine martyr of distrust, / Poor Gelert, famed in song, as brave a hound / As ever guarded homestead, hut, or hall, / Or leapt exulting at the hunter’s call; / As ever grateful man consigned to dust."" Despite this, and despite the presence of a raised mound in the village called Gelert's Grave, historians do"
"name 'Carn Cafal' is shown to come from a carn (or pile of stones) which mark the footprint of Arthur's dog Cafal. Gerald of Wales mentions numerous aspects of current Welsh mythology and folklore in his books ""Itinerarium Cambriae"" (1191) and ""Descriptio Cambriae"" (1194) While the following works are considered histories, they recount what would become a common myth of origin for the Welsh. Welsh mythology Welsh mythology consists of both folk traditions developed in Wales, and traditions developed by the Celtic Britons elsewhere before the end of the first millennium. Like most predominately oral societies found in the prehistoric"
"also occurs, with a happy ending, in the Disney film ""Lady and the Tramp"" (1955). The story is often used in culture as an exemplum cautioning against hasty action. In addition, it also serves as shorthand for sin, regret and grief. In Welsh it became the story of the nobleman Llywelyn who kills his loyal dog, Gelert. It was later interpreted as a legend about a true event, and small shrines to the dog exist in Wales (such as in the village of Beddgelert, ""Gelert's grave""). In France a similar metamorphosis took larger proportions, and the story became the cult"
"the more unusual residents of Penparcau village, the headless dog of King Maelor's son Cornippyn. The myth tells of how a giant, going to his father's rescue, rode at such a rate that his dog could not keep up with him and its head came off in the leash. The dog now roams, mournfully crying and looking for its long-lost owner. Maelor Gawr Maelor Gawr is an early Celtic king and giant of Welsh folklore, who lived in Castell Maelor, Pen Dinas also known as (Dinas Maelor) in Penparcau, a village near Aberystwyth before ""the coming of Brutus to this"
"church is called Eglwys St Doged, after whom the village is named. The church is part of the diocese of St Asaph within the Church in Wales. Services are conducted Bilingually every Sunday from 9:30 to 10:30. Every year the village is host to 'Ras fawr Llanddoged' (Welsh for: ""Llanddoged's Great Race""). The race is run over a vigorous 10 km, mostly uphill, course. Approximately 60 people race each year. The race was started by the late Arfon Jones, Ffrith Galed. More information can be found here: rasfawrllanddoged.co.uk/haneshisory Saint Doged's Church, set in a circular churchyard in Llanddoged, was rebuilt"
"Gwyllgi The gwyllgi (; compound noun of either ""gwyllt"" ""wild"" or ""gwyll"" ""twilight"" + ""ci"" ""dog"") is a mythical dog from Wales that appears as a frightful apparition of a mastiff or Black Wolf (similar to a Dire wolf) with baleful breath and blazing red eyes. It is often referred to as ""The Dog of Darkness"" or ""The Black Hound of Destiny"", the apparition's favorite haunt being lonely roads at night. There have been many sighting of this beast in the north east of Wales. Specifically, the Nant y Garth pass located near Llandegla in Denbighshire. It has even been"
"in Ireland, again with Roy, equalling the record of three wins with three different dogs. He had previously won in 1999, with an earlier dog named Roy, and in 2000 with Llangwm Bob. Llangwm, Conwy Llangwm is a village and community in Conwy County Borough, in Wales. It is located in the valley of the Afon Medrad, close to the borders with Denbighshire and Gwynedd, south of Cerrigydrudion, west of Corwen and south east of Conwy. At the 2001 census the community had a population of 516, decreasing to 470 at the 2011 census. It is one of three communities"
"been overshadowed by hucksterism about a mythical martyred dog. According to folklore promoted by an innkeeper in Beddgelert, Gelert the dog was an wolfhound unjustly killed by his owner, Prince Llywelyn the Great, when found with bloody maws near the empty cradle of Llywelyn's son. When the scene was investigated, the body of a wolf was found, which the dog Gelert had killed to save the baby's life. One modern writer offers this concise explanation of Beddgelert's connection to the ""obscure, early-medieval, local saint"": The Welsh dog-hero/saint Gelert, associated with Prince Llywelyn the Great (1173-1240), is, however, a romantic fiction"
"is claimed as a secular witness to its donation. In the Black Book of Carmarthen, Dormarch, Gwyn ap Nudd's favourite hound, is recorded as previously belonging to Maelgwn Gwynedd. This is significant in relation to the mythological role of his new master in the Wild Hunt. As a famous king of the past, Maelgwn's name figures strongly in Welsh legend. It is used more often than most in questionable accounts of history and in genuine efforts at history that either invent fictions of their own, or repeat the fictions of others as though they were true. Some of the most"
"Scotland up until the 18th century, and a tale even exists of one being seen as late as 1888. In the Welsh tale of ""Gelert"", Llywelyn the Great, Prince of Gwynedd, killed his faithful dog Gelert after finding him covered in blood which he presumed belonged to his baby son. Only later does he discover that his son is still alive, and that the blood belonged to a wolf which Gelert killed in defence of the young prince. In Welsh mythology, both St. Ciwa the ""Wolf Girl"" and Bairre (an ancestor of Amergin Glúingel) are said to have been suckled"
"a mongoose. Aesop included a dog-and-snake version. An early Welsh version of the tale appears in the Mabinogion. Other cultures provide other substitutions; even Disney added a non-fatal version of the legend to ""Lady and the Tramp"". Saint Gelert Saint Gelert, also known as Celer, Celert or Kellarth (see below), was an early Celtic saint. Several locations in Wales are believed to bear his name. They include Beddgelert (""Gelert's grave"") and the surrounding Gelert Valley and Llangeler (""Gelert's church"") where there is a church dedicated to him. Through the promotional efforts of an innkeeper in the early 1790s, St. Gelert,"
"and the whole town unveils a statue of Red Dog, a statue which still stands today. Red Dog (c. 1971 – 21 November 1979) was a Kelpie/cattle dog cross who was well known for his travels through Western Australia's Pilbara region. There is a statue in his memory in Dampier, which is one of the towns to which he often returned. Red Dog is believed to have been born in the town of Paraburdoo in 1971 and had a variety of names to those who knew him, including: Bluey, Tally Ho, and Dog of the Northwest. Soon after Red's death"
"Anglian poet and songwriter, Martin Newell, wrote about the discovery and retold some of the stories he heard from locals while preparing his epic poem, ""Black Shuck: The Ghost Dog of Eastern England"": Black Shuck Black Shuck, Old Shuck, Old Shock or simply Shuck is the name given to a ghostly black dog which is said to roam the coastline and countryside of East Anglia, one of many ghostly black dogs recorded in folklore across the British Isles. Accounts of Black Shuck form part of the folklore of Norfolk, Suffolk, the Cambridgeshire fens and Essex, and descriptions of the creature's"
"great grandson of Cunedda, Maelgwn was buried on ""Ynys Seiriol"" (now known as Puffin Island in English), off the eastern tip of Anglesey, having died of the ""yellow plague""; quite probably the arrival of Justinian's Plague in Britain. Maelgwn (IPA: ) in Welsh literally means ""Princely Hound"" and is composed of the elements ""mael"" ""prince"" (""*maglo-"" in earlier, Common Brittonic) and ""cwn"", the old oblique case form of ""ci"" ""hound, dog"" (from Common Brittonic nominative singular ""*cū"", oblique ""*cun-""). As ""hound"" was sometimes used as a kenning for a warrior in early Welsh poetry, the name may also be translated"
"Rhiwaedog Rhiwaedog is the name of an ancient estate in North Wales, located in the Penllyn forest near Bala, Gwynedd. It gives its name today to two hills, Rhiwaedog-is-Afon and Rhiwaedog-uwch-Afon, meaning ""Rhiwaedog below the river"" and ""Rhiwaedog above the river"" respectively. There is also the ancient manor house Plas Rhiwaedog, from which Rhirid Flaidd (also known as Rhirid ap Gwrgenau) (fl. 1160) ruled his demesne. According to Welsh tradition, Rhirid was the son of Gwrgenau, who is supported by an obscure and doubtful pedigree going back to Cunedda Wledig. The appellation of ""blaidd"" (wolf) was inherited from his maternal"
"named after and dedicated to him. Another notable church he founded is at the village of Nevern. This is approximately 20 miles north west of Llanboidy and is overlooked by Carn Ingli (said by some to mean Mountain of Angels). Llanboidy then became an important drovers road route in the Middle Ages and once had four taverns. It has a sports and social club and a football (soccer) team. There is a village Post office and the school has recently been re-built. The church graveyard holds a very precious statue, called 'the Grief', by the Cardiff born Sculptor Sir William"
"generally considered to be a part of Bethesda rather than a separate entity. Villagers will variously say that they are from either Rachub, Llanllechid or Bethesda, depending on whichever one takes their fancy at the time. Gruff Rhys, the Super Furry Animals' lead singer, is perhaps the village's most famous export. The Welsh-language band, Celt, are a very popular band in the Welsh music scene, also hail from the village. Rachub Rachub is a small village of about 900 people in Dyffryn Ogwen (Ogwen Valley), Gwynedd, Wales, about half a mile away from the nearby, larger village of Bethesda. It"
"Cwm, Blaenau Gwent Cwm () is a former coal mining village, community and electoral ward south of Ebbw Vale in the county borough of Blaenau Gwent, Wales, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire, United Kingdom. The name Cwm is thought to have derived from the farm on the present day nature reserve (Silent Valley), Cwm Merddog. Cwm is the Welsh word for valley and the name Merddog is believed to be a corruption of the name of the old farm that used to be here, Troed y Rhiw y Myrdd Fach, which translated means 'the foot of the myriad little"
"the greatest warrior legends of that era. Bran and Sceolan were the most famous dogs of the poet warrior, Fionn mac Cumhaill. The mother of Bran and Sceolan was Tuiren, Fionn Mac Cumhaill's aunt, transformed into a hound by a Sidhe woman Uct Dealbh, irritated by Tuiren's marriage with Uct Dealbh's husband. (Audio podcast of one version of Bran's first adventures with Fionn Mac Cumhaill at http://www.podcasts.ie/armchair-ireland/myths-legends/) In Welsh mythology, Gwyn ap Nudd was the ruler of Annwn (the Underworld) and escorted the souls of the dead there, leading a pack of supernatural hounds, called the ""Cŵn Annwn"" (Hounds of"
"of Wales was a frequent competitor at the races, on one occasion breaking his collar bone in a fall from a horse. The races discontinued after World War II. Mapmakers, from Thomas Jefferys in 1765 to the Ordnance Survey in 2006, have consistently written the word ""Billington"" next to the settlement by the church and the words ""Little Billington"" next to the hamlet of that name. In the 1990s, there was a campaign by villagers to use the name ""Great Billington"", with a claim that it was always used historically. This is not the case in most books on local"
"hunt the back mountain roads of Kentucky and West Virginia. It's likely this legend stems from earlier Scots Irish and Welsh folklore though some claim to see it still today. Barghest, Bargtjest, Bo-guest, Bargest or Barguest is the name often given in the north of England, especially in Yorkshire, to a legendary monstrous black dog with huge teeth and claws, though in other cases the name can refer to a ghost or household elf, especially in Northumberland and Durham (see Cauld Lad of Hylton). One is said to frequent a remote gorge named Troller's Gill. There is also a story"
"Bedd-y-Cawr Hillfort Bedd-y-Cawr Hillfort, or Bedd y Cawr Hillfort, is an iron age hillfort on a natural inland promontory in the community of Cefnmeiriadog in Denbighshire in North Wales. The name of the hillfort translates from the Welsh as ""Giant's Tomb"". Bedd-y-Cawr Hillfort is a scheduled monument that lies approximately west of St Asaph and north of Henllan. The hillfort is sited at the end of the Cefn Meiriadog ridge of the Rhos Hills which offers views over the River Elwy valley in an area dominated by hillforts. The hillfort is roughly rectangular measuring approximately by with an area of"
"Bedd-y-Cawr, St Asaph Bedd-y-Cawr Hillfort, or Bedd y Cawr Hillfort, is an iron age hillfort on a natural inland promontory in the community of Cefnmeiriadog in Denbighshire in North Wales. The name of the hillfort translates from the Welsh as ""Giant's Tomb"". Bedd-y-Cawr Hillfort is a scheduled monument that lies approximately west of St Asaph and north of Henllan. The hillfort is sited at the end of the Cefn Meiriadog ridge of the Rhos Hills which offers views over the River Elwy valley in an area dominated by hillforts. The hillfort is roughly rectangular measuring approximately by with an area"