Taliesin; or, The bards and druids of Britain. A tr. of the remains of the earliest Welsh bards, and an examination of the bardic mysteries, by D.W. Nash, Page 511858 |
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... kings , and the fables of the Welsh Triads , with Hu Gadarn or the Mighty , " who first conducted the nation of the Cymry from Deffrobani , that is , the place where Con- stantinople now stands , " to the Isle of Britain , and Dyfnwal ...
... kings , and the fables of the Welsh Triads , with Hu Gadarn or the Mighty , " who first conducted the nation of the Cymry from Deffrobani , that is , the place where Con- stantinople now stands , " to the Isle of Britain , and Dyfnwal ...
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... King Arthur , by asserting that Gildas cast his ' authentic history ' of this renowned prince and his nation into the sea ; but the same misfortune appears to have fallen on all the British annals of the next three centuries . British ...
... King Arthur , by asserting that Gildas cast his ' authentic history ' of this renowned prince and his nation into the sea ; but the same misfortune appears to have fallen on all the British annals of the next three centuries . British ...
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... kings , and the superhuman actions of Arthur and his valorous knights commanded the admiration of Europe , few caring to question the truth of tales which suited the taste of the age , and filled their readers with delight . The ...
... kings , and the superhuman actions of Arthur and his valorous knights commanded the admiration of Europe , few caring to question the truth of tales which suited the taste of the age , and filled their readers with delight . The ...
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... King Arthur the representative of Noah ; while a certain Hu Gadarn , whose history is to be found in the Welsh Historical Triads , was also an impersonation of the Patriarch , deified and worshipped by Welshmen in the thirteenth century ...
... King Arthur the representative of Noah ; while a certain Hu Gadarn , whose history is to be found in the Welsh Historical Triads , was also an impersonation of the Patriarch , deified and worshipped by Welshmen in the thirteenth century ...
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... kings of this city , and superintendents of the temple , succeeding each other by birthright . " If , " says the Archdeacon , " Hecatæus derived his informa- tion on this important subject from the Phocœan merchants who 10 INTRODUCTION .
... kings of this city , and superintendents of the temple , succeeding each other by birthright . " If , " says the Archdeacon , " Hecatæus derived his informa- tion on this important subject from the Phocœan merchants who 10 INTRODUCTION .
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