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The number of treasures is always given as thirteen, but some later versions list different items, replacing or combining entries to maintain the number. [2] Later versions also supplement the plainlist with explanatory comments about each treasure. The standard version of the list includes the following treasures:
The coat of Padarn is one of the Thirteen Treasures of the Island of Britain. The coat is said to perfectly fit any well-born nobleman, but not a churl. The Life of Saint Padarn confuses this Padarn with the saint, and contains a story about how King Arthur tried to steal his tunic and became a Christian afterward.
Gwyddno Garanhir was the supposed ruler of a sunken land off the coast of Wales, known as Cantre'r Gwaelod.He was the father of Elffin ap Gwyddno, the foster-father of the famous Welsh poet Taliesin in the legendary account given in the late medieval Chwedl Taliesin (Ystoria Taliesin/Hanes Taliesin; "The Tale of Taliesin").
To the monastic writers of the Middle Ages she was most notable for three things: her cloak (or mantle; one of the Thirteen Treasures of Britain), her loyalty and her seafaring. She is described as Caradoc's wife in the French Romances, Livre de Carados (The Book of Caradoc) and Le Manteau Mal Taillé (The Badly Tailored Mantle) , short stories ...
Clochoderick rocking stone in Renfrewshire, Scotland. This stone is said to mark the burial place of Rhydderch. Rhydderch Hael (English: Rhydderch the Generous), Riderch I of Alt Clut, or Rhydderch of Strathclyde, (fl. 580 – c. 614) was a ruler of Alt Clut, a Brittonic kingdom in the Hen Ogledd or "Old North" of Britain.
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A wonderful secondary source for the original attested mentions of the treasures and the people associated with them is- Trioedd Ynys Prydein, edited and translated by Rachel Bromwich in 1961 (and I think there was a 2nd edition later, if memory serves me correctly). I have it here, and will use it in working on the article.
13 Treasures is a 2009 juvenile fantasy novel written by Michelle Harrison; [1] it is the first entry in the trilogy "The Thirteen Treasures". It follows a young girl named Tanya, [ 1 ] who has the ability to see mythical creatures.