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Joy Parry @joy13.bsky.social · 17h

#WyrdWednesday
King Arthur's quest was in search of the magical Cauldron of Dyrnwch - folklore said that the cauldron would only boil to provide food for the brave, it would never boil for those who were cowardly.

Joy Parry @joy13.bsky.social · Jun 15

#BookWormSat
"Tri lloneit prytwen yd aetham ni idi
Nam seith ny dyrreith ogaer sidi."
[Three fulnesses of Prydwen we went into it.
Except seven none rose up from the Fortress of the Mound"]

Arthur leads 3 boatloads of men into the Underworld, from which only 7 men returned.
from Preiddeu Annwn

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Welsh Myth and Legend and Magic @mythwelsh.bsky.social · 1d

I don't look at them once they're published. Just think about the next book.

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 2d

A 6th century pillar at St Llawddog's #Cilgerran #SirBenfro with a Latin inscription:

TRENEGUSSI FILI MACUTRENI HIC IACIT

'Trenegussus son of Ma(r)cus Treni, here he lies’

and one in og(h)am:

TRENAGUS MAQI MAQITRENI

'Trenagus son of Mac-Treni’

📷 Aug 2015

#EpigraphyTuesday #TombTuesday

A stone grave marker inscribed in Latin stands in a grass covered cemetery

A stone grave marker with church in the background

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Dr Tess Machling @tessmachling.bsky.social · 2d

Awful news! Following the theft of the Ely Bronze Age torc & a Bronze Age bracelet in 2024,now more Bronze Age gold has been stolen from St Fagans Museum in Cardiff. 😔

#Archaeology 🏺 #Gold #Torcs

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Bronze age gold jewellery stolen in raid on St Fagans museum in Cardiff

South Wales police issue public appeal for information after burglary at one of Wales’s most beloved museums

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · Sep 7

For those unfamiliar with the tale, I can think of no better place to start than W. Jenkyn Thomas’s delightful retelling from ‘The Welsh Fairy Book’ (1907), or the original account by the Rev Edmund Jones in his seminal ‘A Relation of Apparitions…’ (1780) - both of which are freely available online.

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Canolfan Uwchefrydiau Cymreig a Cheltaidd / CAWCS @yganolfangeltaidd.bsky.social · 7d

Last chance to listen to Rhys Kaminski-Jones from CAWCS talking with Vaughan Roderick about his new book, Welsh Revivalism in Imperial Britain 1707–1819: True Britons and Celtic Empires. (43:44 minutes into the programme) @rhyskamjones.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Sunday Supplement - Mandelson, political violence, S4C, Welsh Labour and Welsh Revivalism in Imperial Britain - BBC Sounds

Political news, discussions and analysis, plus a review of the Sunday papers.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Welsh Myth and Legend and Magic @mythwelsh.bsky.social · 9d

and unfair.

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Welsh Myth and Legend and Magic @mythwelsh.bsky.social · 9d

I was born in Barry too so how come i don't get to be the Australian PM for a few years?

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Welsh Myth and Legend and Magic @mythwelsh.bsky.social · 10d

Medi (September) gan/by Waldo Williams

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Welsh Myth and Legend and Magic @mythwelsh.bsky.social · 10d

Uchel yw pren y bydoedd
A Medi ydywr’r mis
Y plyg yr haul mawr aeddfed
Ei ystwyth cainc yn is.

A than ei thrymlwyth hithau
Mae cainc o’r pren sy’n hŷn
Yn gŵyro trwy’r llonyddwch
I lawr at galon dyn.

A rhwng tymohrau daear
Ymrithia amgen wedd.
Ynghanol oesol ryfel
Mihangel y mae hedd.

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 11d

#StandingStoneSunday 7:00am yesterday morning on moorland above Aberystwyth..

There was just time to snap my local standing stones, Buwch a'r llo, at sunrise on the way to Butser

..and no filter - this is what came out of the camera 😮🌞

Have a fab Sunday everyone

Two standing stones on moorland in the morning gloom

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Hwch Ddu Gwta fka Mochyn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏳️‍🌈 @mochyn.bsky.social · 23d

Every day living with the US is just finding out about some new twat called Zac Limmers and his army of right wing fembois that is for some reason allowed to kick people off the voting register

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Welsh Myth and Legend and Magic @mythwelsh.bsky.social · 12d

I haven't read this myself, but it's great that there's a Welsh folklore horror anthology comic being published.
www.afterlightcomics.com/product-page...

The Dark Chronicles of Cymru - Volume 2 | Afterlight Comics

It's the second issue of the Horror comic anthology of stories which features tales of Cymru, a land rich with folklore and mystery. 24 Pages total. Y Cyhyraeth [6 PAGES] - Writer | Paul Evans. Artis...

www.afterlightcomics.com

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 12d

How is this not front page news?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Reform UK's ex-Wales leader Nathan Gill admits pro-Russia bribery

Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Welsh Myth and Legend and Magic @mythwelsh.bsky.social · 12d

I love his translation of the Oresteia.

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Welsh Myth and Legend and Magic @mythwelsh.bsky.social · 14d

No, no, it's the very first time anyone has come up with rats.

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Welsh Myth and Legend and Magic @mythwelsh.bsky.social · 14d

Cozy horror is real. You're siting in an armchair reading a book with a snuggly blanket over you. You look down and realise that rats have eaten your legs.

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Myriah Williams @myriahwilliams.bsky.social · 17d

Is a dragon plaguing your land? A fix from medieval Wales:

1. Dig a hole, fill it w/mead, & cover w/a sheet.

2. Wait for the dragon to tire itself out & turn into a pig.

3. Let the pig fall in the hole, get wrapped in the sheet & drink all the mead.

4. Capture the drunk pig in a chest & bury it.

Oxford, Jesus College MS 111, fol. 130r. A drawing of a two-legged dragon in red, marking a run-on at the bottom of a page. His long tail is curled behind him and in front of him is the run-on and a red rectangle with some cross hatching. Three lines of text in Middle Welsh are visible above the dragon.

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 17d

A Welsh mountain landscape to start the working week ⛰️

Low cloud over the summit of Cader Idris, from Llyn Cau

📷 My own, 4th September

A wide mountain lake surrounded by brown shaggy moorland

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Chicago Tafia Welsh Society @chicagotafia.bsky.social · 19d

🏴‍☠️ Fancy a bit of swashbuckling Welsh history?

Welsh Pirates by Dafydd Meirion is a brilliant little book from @ylolfa.bsky.social - packed with tales of real-life Welsh buccaneers who ruled the high seas!

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Welsh Myth and Legend and Magic @mythwelsh.bsky.social · 23d

I'm from Penarth and visiting Cornwall, so this is important to me

Welsh Bollocks @welshbollocks.bsky.social · 23d

Following last nights winds twitchers are flocking to Penarth after a “Lesser Used Cornish Trampoline” was spotted passing through overnight. Rarely spotted north of St Ives it’s thought it may overwinter in Wentloog.

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Welsh Myth and Legend and Magic @mythwelsh.bsky.social · 26d

I thought PC had wanted STV but Labour gave them an ultimatum.

Welsh Myth and Legend and Magic @mythwelsh.bsky.social · 26d

that's awful

Welsh Myth and Legend and Magic @mythwelsh.bsky.social · 26d

What happens if a Tory gets in and then defects to Reform? The vote was only for the Tory Party. Do Reform get an extra SM or does the next Tory on the list get the seat?

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Welsh Myth and Legend and Magic @mythwelsh.bsky.social · 27d

GPC gives "to play strings, string playing" as a meaning of teimlo (to feel in modern Welsh). The boy is playing a harp.

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