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Cad Goddeu (Middle Welsh: Kat Godeu, English: The Battle of the Trees) is a medieval Welsh poem preserved in the 14th-century manuscript known as the Book of Taliesin. The poem refers to a traditional story in which the legendary enchanter Gwydion animates the trees of the forest to fight as his army. The poem is especially notable for its ...
Caer Sidi (or Caer Siddi) is the name of a legendary otherworld fortress mentioned in Middle Welsh mythological poems in the Book of Taliesin (14th century). The poem of Taliesin Preiddeu Annwfn contains the fullest description of the Briton “other world” that mythological literature can provide. It has been collated by Charles Squire (1905 ...
Taliesin won the contest and Elffin's freedom, and also (correctly) prophesied Maelgwn's death from a swamp-born pestilence. The poems Prifardd ydwyf i Elffin ( Primary Chief Bard am I to Elffin ) and Cân y Gwynt ( Song to the Wind ), which are later medieval poems attributed to Taliesin, are amongst those that, according to some versions of ...
Medieval Welsh poetry refers to her as possessing the cauldron of poetic inspiration 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.
Taliesin (/ ˌ t æ l ˈ j ɛ s ɪ n / tal-YES-in, Welsh: [talˈjɛsɪn]; fl. 6th century AD) was an early Brittonic poet of Sub-Roman Britain whose work has possibly survived in a Middle Welsh manuscript, the Book of Taliesin. Taliesin was a renowned bard who is believed to have sung at the courts of at least three kings.
Facsimile from Book of Taliesin Armes Prydein ( Welsh pronunciation: [ˈarmɛs ˈprədəin] , The Prophecy of Britain ) is an early 10th-century Welsh prophetic poem from the Book of Taliesin .
Taliesin Williams (bardic name Taliesin ab Iolo or Ab Iolo; 9 July 1787 – 16 February 1847) was a Welsh poet and author, and son of the notable Iolo Morganwg. [ 1 ] He was born in Cardiff , went to school in Cowbridge , and became an assistant teacher at a boarding school run by Reverend David Davies in Neath .
Tre-Taliesin is a village in Ceredigion, Wales, on the A487 road, 9 miles north of Aberystwyth and 9 miles south of Machynlleth. It is in the parish of Llangynfelyn . The village is known for the Bedd Taliesin , a hilltop Bronze Age tumulus which is traditionally regarded as the site for the grave of the Welsh bard, Taliesin .