Guide

Gelert: The Martyred Hound

Prince Llywelyn had a favourite, greyhound named Gelert that had been given him by his father-in-law, King John of England.

Why the Red Dragon is the Emblem of Wales

Tales such as Why the Red Dragon is the Emblem of Wales attempt to explain the events of the post-Roman period.

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read more about the Meddygon Myddfai legend

Later legends show Breton influence and incorporate the elements of courtly love, Arthurian tales and pageantry. Other tales incorporate fairies and the supernatural and relate them to features of the landscape. For example the legend of the 'Meddygon Myddfai' relates that a farmer in the parish of

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The Tale of Elidurus

The Tale of Elidurus is another typical story of an earthling joining the fairy people dating from the twelfth-century.

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