What is the English name for what the Welsh call Llyn Tegid?
"Ceridwen Ceridwen ( ""Ce-rid-wen"") was an enchantress in Welsh medieval legend. She was the mother of a hideous son, Morfran, and a beautiful daughter, Creirwy. Her husband was Tegid Foel, and they lived near Bala Lake (""Llyn Tegid"") in north Wales. Medieval Welsh poetry refers to her as possessing the cauldron of poetic inspiration (Awen) and the Tale of Taliesin recounts her swallowing her servant Gwion Bach who is then reborn through her as the poet Taliesin. Ceridwen is regarded by many modern Pagans as the Celtic goddess of rebirth, transformation, and inspiration. The earliest documented spelling of the name"
"Tylwyth Teg Tylwyth Teg (Middle Welsh for ""Fair Family"" ) is the most usual term in Wales for the mythological creatures corresponding to the fairy folk of English and Continental folklore and the Irish ""Aos Sí"". Other names for them include Bendith y Mamau (""Blessing of the Mothers""), Gwyllion and Ellyllon. The term ""tylwyth teg"" is first attested in a poem attributed to the fourteenth-century Dafydd ap Gwilym, in which the principal character gets perilously but comically lost while going to visit his girlfriend: """"Hudol gwan yn ehedeg, | hir barthlwyth y Tylwyth Teg"" (""(The) weak enchantment (now) flees, /"
"This has been criticised by Welsh comedian Tudur Owen as ""erasing history"". Llyn Bochlwyd Llyn Bochlwyd () is a lake in Snowdonia, Wales, in Conwy County Borough. It lies in Cwm Bochlwyd, near Llyn Ogwen in the Glyderau mountain range. The Welsh name of the lake means ""Greycheek Lake"". According to a local legend, this is based on a story of an old grey stag that was hunted but miraculously escaped through swimming to safety in the lake while holding its grey cheeks above the surface. The lake's shape is often thought to resemble that of Australia, which has led"
"(""Brigid's Hill""), such as Knockbridge in Louth and Knockbride in Cavan. In Wales, the villages of Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain, Llansantffraed and Llansantffraid, Ceredigion are named after her; ""llan"" meaning ""church of"" and ""Ffraid"" or ""Ffraed"" being the Welsh for ""Bride"". In Scotland, East Kilbride and West Kilbride are called after Brigid. Lhanbryde, near Elgin, Scotland is thought to be Pictish for ""Church of Brigid"". The Biddy is honoured every year at the weekend closest to the feast day of St Brigid, 1 February in the mid-Kerry region, with Biddy groups visiting rural and public houses. They carry a hay-stuffed ""Brídeóg"" doll with"
"Llyn Bochlwyd Llyn Bochlwyd () is a lake in Snowdonia, Wales, in Conwy County Borough. It lies in Cwm Bochlwyd, near Llyn Ogwen in the Glyderau mountain range. The Welsh name of the lake means ""Greycheek Lake"". According to a local legend, this is based on a story of an old grey stag that was hunted but miraculously escaped through swimming to safety in the lake while holding its grey cheeks above the surface. The lake's shape is often thought to resemble that of Australia, which has led to some guidebooks calling it Lake Australia instead of its Welsh name."
"Lewys Glyn Cothi Lewys Glyn Cothi (c. 1420 – 1490), also known as Llywelyn y Glyn, was a prominent 15th century Welsh poet who composed numerous poems in the Welsh language. He is one of the most important representatives of the ""Beirdd yr Uchelwyr"" (""Poets of the Nobility"") or ""Cywyddwyr"" (""cywydd-men""), the itinerant professional poets of the period between the 1284 Statute of Rhuddlan and c. 1600. He was born in c.1420, possibly at Pwllcynbyd farm, near the remote hamlet of Rhydycymerau in the parish of Llanybydder in south-west Wales: he took his bardic name from the nearby forest of"
"and Kentigern"", but the alternative name may already be present in the 12th-century dialogue of Myrddin with his twin sister Gwendydd (or Gwenddydd or Languoreth), for she addresses him several times as ""Llallwg"", for which the diminutive would be ""Llallwgan"". Scholars differ as to the independence or identity of Lailoken and Myrddin, though there is more agreement as to Myrddin's original independence from later Welsh legends. Myrddin's grave is reputed to lie near the River Tweed in the village of Drumelzier near Peebles, although nothing remains above ground level at the site. The earliest (pre-12th century) Welsh poems about the"
"(female fairies of the lakes and streams) and the Gwyllion (mountain fairies more akin to hags). The ellyllon (singular ""ellyll"") inhabit groves and valleys and are similar to English elves. Their food consists of toadstools and fairy butter (a type of fungus) and they wear digitalis bell flowers as gloves. They are ruled by Queen Mab and bring prosperity to those they favour. Tylwyth Teg Tylwyth Teg (Middle Welsh for ""Fair Family"" ) is the most usual term in Wales for the mythological creatures corresponding to the fairy folk of English and Continental folklore and the Irish ""Aos Sí"". Other"
"Creirwy and a son Morfran, called Afagddu (""utter darkness"") because of his dark skin and hideous looks. Tegid's name is mentioned several times in Welsh literature in the patronymic of his more famous son Mofran; it appears in the ""Mabinogion"" tales ""Culhwch and Olwen"" and ""The Dream of Rhonabwy"", and in Welsh Triads 24 and 41. Apart from Creirwy and Morfran the Welsh genealogies also name other children of Tegid. The ""Vitae Sanctorum Britanniae et Genealogiae"" gives the following lineage: ""Afan Buellt son of Cedig son of Ceredig son of Cunedda Wledig by Degfed [""Tenth""] daughter of Tegid Foel""; Rawlins"
"of the sixth century. She also notes that the Halliwell Manuscript gives Helig the title ""Lord of Cantre'r Gwaelod"". In the book ""New Directions In Celtic Studies"" Antone Minard wrote that ""The Welsh legends of Cantre'r Gwaelod and Llys Helig (Helig's Court) contain the same details of audible bells beneath the waves and ruins which are visible at the equinoctial tides, which are the anchors of credulity in the story"". Llys Helig Llys Helig is the name of a natural rock formation off the coast at Penmaenmawr, north Wales. There is a possible fish weir south of this which tradition"
"Idris to the west. North-east of the summit is a lake, Llyn Lliwbran. Aran Benllyn Aran Benllyn is a subsidiary summit of Aran Fawddwy in southern Snowdonia, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom. It is the second highest peak in the Aran mountain range. It rises from the south shore of Llyn Tegid, and tops the northern point on the main Aran ridge. In between it and Aran Fawddwy lies another summit: Erw y Ddafad-ddu. The summit has a few rocky outcrops and is marked by a small cairn. The view include: Llyn Tegid to the north, Foel y Geifr to"
"Nodens. ""Gwyn"" is in everyday use as a common noun and adjective: it also remains a popular personal name. The Brythonic form of this name would have been *""Windos"". Especially in Old and Middle Welsh, ""gwyn"" also has the connotations of ""pure, sacred, holy"". The feminine form, ""gwen"", is the root of ""Gwenhwyfar"", the original Welsh form of Guinevere. Gwyn ap Nudd Gwyn ap Nudd (, sometimes found with the antiquated spelling Gwynn ap Nudd) is a Welsh mythological figure, the king of the ""Tylwyth Teg"" or ""fair folk"" and ruler of the Welsh Otherworld, Annwn, and whose name means"
"Llanrhydd Llanrhydd or Llanrhudd is a parish one and a half miles south-west of Ruthin in Denbighshire, Wales; 'rhudd' being the Welsh name for 'red' – the colour of the local sandstone. In a tiny rural hamlet a mile or so from the town centre, St Meugan’s was the original mother-church of the Welsh settlement which became Ruthin. The pretty little 15th century building (dedicated to a hermit-saint from Caerleon in Gwent) contains many notable furnishings – above all the ‘rood screen’ which once supported a ‘rood’ or crucifix (also at Derwen). The church probably dates back to the early"
"Powys and Rheged, in the Hen Ogledd (modern northern England/southern Scotland). He became a figure of legend in medieval Wales and his association with Elffin ap Gwyddno, son of the king of the fabled Cantre'r Gwaelod, off the coast of Ceredigion, may account for the monument's name. Local folklore has it that if you spend a night there you will awake a poet or a madman. Bedd Taliesin Bedd Taliesin is the legendary grave (""bedd"") of the poet Taliesin, located in Ceredigion, Wales. The Bronze Age round cairn is a listed Historic Monument (map ref: SN671912). It is a round-kerb"
"history, both in the Welsh language and in English: other names include the lake's original Welsh name, Llyn Syfaddon/Syfaddan, and Brycheiniog Mere. The name Llangorse Lake is comparatively recent. Llangorse Lake is a eutrophic glacial lake with a circumference covering an area of . The lake is long and above sea level. The lake is sited between the basins of the River Wye to the north and the River Usk to the south, and occupies a glacially scoured rock basin partly enhanced by morainic debris. The Afon Llynfi provides the main input of water into the lake and continues as"
"Elenydd Elenydd () is an upland area of west-central Wales, extending across parts of northern and eastern Ceredigion and Powys between Aberystwyth and Rhayader. Elenydd is also a name given to the medieval commote of Cwmwd Deuddwr which covered approximately the same area. The area is an upland plateau within the Cambrian Mountains, source of the rivers Elan, Severn, Teifi, Towy and Wye. Elenydd is generally interpreted to mean the upland area between Pumlumon in the north and Mynydd Epynt in the south. The term ""Desert of Wales"" is sometimes applied to this or a wider area. Much of Elenydd"
"Taliesin Memorial by Llyn Geirionydd. Richard Owen Roberts, the father of Gwilym Roberts the storyteller, was born in Llanrhychwyn. Today many walkers pass through Llanrhychwyn on their way to or from the Gwydir Forest, a popular area of lakes and forest walks. The lane through Llanrhychwyn continues from Trefriw or Llanrwst (via several gates) to Llyn Geirionydd, one of the most popular lakes in the area. Over the hill (Mynydd Deulyn) from Llyn Geirionydd is Llyn Crafnant, reached only by car from Trefriw, and regarded by many as one of the most beautiful spots in Wales. Most of the tourist"
"Gwragedd Annwn In Welsh folklore the Gwragedd Annwn (singular ""gwraig annwn"") are beautiful female fairies who live beneath lakes and rivers and are counted among the Tylwyth Teg or Welsh fairy folk. They are also known as Lake Maidens. The Gwragedd Annwn sometimes become the wives of human men. One such tale recorded by John Rhys in ""Celtic Folklore"", considered by him to be the most complete and representative of its type, recounts how in the twelfth century there lived a widow at Blaensawdde near Llanddeusant, Carmarthenshire. One day she sent her son to graze their cattle on the Black"
"the Pengwern region, and the elegy ""Geraint son of Erbin"", concerning the Battle of Llongborth, are also associated indirectly with Llywarch. Works attributed to him include: Llywarch Hen Llywarch Hen (, ""Llywarch the Old""; c. 534 – c. 608), was a prince and poet of the Brythonic kingdom of Rheged, a ruling family in the Hen Ogledd or ""Old North"" of Britain (modern southern Scotland and northern England). Along with Taliesin, Aneirin, and Myrddin, he is held to be one of the four great bards of early Welsh poetry. Whether he actually wrote the poems attributed to him is unknown,"
"Taliesin and the same phrase is repeated in a poem by Llywelyn Fardd. Llefelys Llefelys (Middle Welsh orthography ""Llevelys"", ""Lleuelys"", ""Llefelis"") is a character in Welsh mythology appearing in the medieval Welsh tale ""Cyfranc Lludd a Llefelys"". In the tale, Llefelys is king of France while his brother Lludd is king of Britain. The tale appears in the Red Book of Hergest and the White Book of Rhydderch, the source texts for the ""Mabinogion"", and embedded into various versions of the ""Brut y Brenhinedd"", the Welsh adaptation of Geoffrey of Monmouth's ""Historia Regum Britanniae"". The name Llefelys seems to have"
"1950s, and lived in Glyn Ceiriog at the time of his death in 1975. Glyn Ceiriog Glyn Ceiriog is the principal settlement of the Ceiriog Valley. Glyn Ceiriog translates simply as Ceiriog Valley, though there are other villages in the valley. The village and community is technically known, in traditional Welsh naming style, as Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog or sometimes Llansanffraid Glyn Ceiriog, which means church of St Ffraid (the Welsh name of St Bridget) in the Ceiriog Valley, but it has come to be known simply as Glyn Ceiriog, or even Glyn for short. The name Llansanffraid is now more"
"The present school in Tegryn is Ysgol Clydau Primary School. A 2008-9 Estyn report described the school as having a strong Welsh ethos; there were 63 pupils between 4 and 11 years old, and a third of pupils used Welsh as a main language at home. In 2014 there were 53 children at the school. A Welsh Independent chapel was established at Llwyn-yr-hwrdd to the south of the village in 1805. It was rebuilt in 1817 and 1846, and in 1873 it had a membership of 335. Tegryn Tegryn is a hilltop linear village in north Pembrokeshire, Wales, in the"
"the level of water in Llyn Celyn, water can flow either into or out of the lake at the normal outflow point. In the 1990s the lake suffered from blooms of blue-green algae which indicated a significant and worrying eutrophication of the lake. Investigation by the Environment Agency in partnership with the water industry, the farming community and others has put in place a plan for reducing pollution inputs to the lake. In the legend of the History of Taliesin, the character ""Tegid Foel"" (""Bald Tegid"") was the husband of the goddess or witch Ceridwen. The place where his court"
"Lludd Llaw Eraint Lludd Llaw Ereint, ""Lludd of the Silver Hand"", son of Beli Mawr, is a legendary hero from Welsh mythology. As Nudd Llaw Ereint (the earlier form of his name, cognate of the Irish Nuada Airgetlám, derived from the pre-Roman Celtic god Nodens) he is the father of Gwyn ap Nudd. He is probably the source of king Lud from Geoffrey of Monmouth's ""History of the Kings of Britain"". In the ""Mabinogion"" tale of ""Lludd and Llefelys"", which seems heavily influenced by Geoffrey of Monmouth's work, he is the ruler of Britain while his brother Llefelys ruled Gaul."
"poems called ""tomamond"". More or less elaborate 11th- or 12th-century narratives have survived around Galway Bay, Lough Neagh and Lough Ree, which seem to be related to similar (though less ancient) stories in Wales (Cantre'r Gwaelod, Llys Helig, Bala Lake, Llynclys), Cornwall (Lyonesse), Brittany (Ys) and Normandy (Forêt de Scissy). A late 16th-century Frisian legend, probably borrowed from Irish examples, refers to the origins of the Zuiderzee. Other Irish texts refer to the eruption of the River Boyne and other rivers. The poems of the lake-burst of Lough Erne and the eruption of Brí (where the legendary character Midir lived)"
"to the Tewkesbury-based Cotteswold Dairy. The town's rugby union team competes in the SWALEC Division 4 (West). Llanybydder's soccer teams play in Division 1 and (reserves) Division 2 of the Costcutter Ceredigion League. One of Wales's most important medieval poets, Lewys Glyn Cothi, is thought to have been born in the parish in c.1420. Llanybydder Llanybydder (, sometimes formerly spelt ""Llanybyther"") is a market town and community straddling the River Teifi in Carmarthenshire, West Wales. At the 2011 Census, the population of the community was 1,638, an increase from 1,423 at the 2001 Census. The name may be a corruption"
"appointment. Llanrhydd Llanrhydd or Llanrhudd is a parish one and a half miles south-west of Ruthin in Denbighshire, Wales; 'rhudd' being the Welsh name for 'red' – the colour of the local sandstone. In a tiny rural hamlet a mile or so from the town centre, St Meugan’s was the original mother-church of the Welsh settlement which became Ruthin. The pretty little 15th century building (dedicated to a hermit-saint from Caerleon in Gwent) contains many notable furnishings – above all the ‘rood screen’ which once supported a ‘rood’ or crucifix (also at Derwen). The church probably dates back to the"
"apologised. Geraint Lloyd Owen Geraint Lloyd Owen (born 15 May 1941)is a Welsh-language poet, also known by his bardic name Geraint Llifon. He is a retired head teacher and is the Archdruid of the Gorsedd between 2016 and 2019. He was born in a farmhouse between Llandderfel and Sarnau, Meirionnydd, before moving to his mother's family home in Sarnau village. He attended the local school, then Ysgol Tŷ-tan-domen, Bala, and trained as a secondary-school teacher at the Heath College, Cardiff. He taught at Machynlleth. He won numerous local eisteddfod chairs, including Pontrhydfendigaid, Lampeter, Gŵyl Fawr Aberteifi (Cardigan), Powys and the"
"Cenydd Saint Cenydd (Modern ; ; century), sometimes Anglicized as Saint Kenneth, was a Christian hermit on the Gower Peninsula in Wales, where he is credited with the foundation of the church at Llangennith. In Brittany, he is chiefly associated with Languidic, but there is a chapel dedicated to him in Ploumelin. Liturgical calendars and place-name evidence suggest the historical existence of Cenydd. His legend, however, is too late and too obviously derivative to be relied upon. According to Welsh sources collected in the 15th century by John Capgrave and published in the ""Nova Legenda Angliae"", Cenydd was a Breton"
"Glyn Ceiriog Glyn Ceiriog is the principal settlement of the Ceiriog Valley. Glyn Ceiriog translates simply as Ceiriog Valley, though there are other villages in the valley. The village and community is technically known, in traditional Welsh naming style, as Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog or sometimes Llansanffraid Glyn Ceiriog, which means church of St Ffraid (the Welsh name of St Bridget) in the Ceiriog Valley, but it has come to be known simply as Glyn Ceiriog, or even Glyn for short. The name Llansanffraid is now more associated with other villages of the same name. Glyn Ceiriog is a local government"
"Brocéliande. The name ""Merlin"" is derived from the Welsh ""Myrddin"", the name of the bard who was one of the chief sources for the later legendary figure. Geoffrey of Monmouth Latinised the name to Merlinus in his works. Medievalist Gaston Paris suggests that Geoffrey chose the form ""Merlinus"" rather than the regular ""Merdinus"" to avoid a resemblance to the Anglo-Norman word ""merde"" (from Latin ""merda"") for feces. Clas Myrddin or ""Merlin's Enclosure"" is an early name for Great Britain stated in the Third Series of Welsh Triads. Celticist A. O. H. Jarman suggests that the Welsh name """" () was"
"culture and the Welsh Eisteddfod. His bardic name was taken from neighbouring Llyn Cowlyd. Llyn Cowlyd Llyn Cowlyd is the deepest lake in northern Wales. It lies in the Snowdonia National Park at the upper end of Cwm Cowlyd on the south-eastern edge of the Carneddau range of mountains, at a height of above sea level. The lake is long and narrow, measuring nearly long and about a third of a mile (500 m) wide, and covers an area of . It has a mean depth of and at its deepest has given soundings of , this being some greater"
"Llywarch Hen Llywarch Hen (, ""Llywarch the Old""; c. 534 – c. 608), was a prince and poet of the Brythonic kingdom of Rheged, a ruling family in the Hen Ogledd or ""Old North"" of Britain (modern southern Scotland and northern England). Along with Taliesin, Aneirin, and Myrddin, he is held to be one of the four great bards of early Welsh poetry. Whether he actually wrote the poems attributed to him is unknown, and most of what is known about his life is derived from early medieval poems which may or may not be historically accurate. Llywarch Hen was"