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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... twelfth , thirteenth , or fourteenth centuries . The explanation of this fact is , not only that many of the Taliesin ballads are later in date than the twelfth century , but that they were the compositions of comparatively unlettered ...
... twelfth , thirteenth , or fourteenth centuries . The explanation of this fact is , not only that many of the Taliesin ballads are later in date than the twelfth century , but that they were the compositions of comparatively unlettered ...
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... century - The Song of the Horses - Songs relating to Alexander the Great - The Ape of the Sanctuary - The Mystery of ... TWELFTH , THIRTEENTH , AND FOURTEENTH CENTURIES • PAGE 122-238 239-306 307-320 CHAPTER VII . THE WELSH ROMANCES ...
... century - The Song of the Horses - Songs relating to Alexander the Great - The Ape of the Sanctuary - The Mystery of ... TWELFTH , THIRTEENTH , AND FOURTEENTH CENTURIES • PAGE 122-238 239-306 307-320 CHAPTER VII . THE WELSH ROMANCES ...
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... twelfth century , its contents were found to be so flattering to national vanity , that it was soon received as an authentic record of facts , to the disadvantage of other records of a less pretending nature . For a long time , implicit ...
... twelfth century , its contents were found to be so flattering to national vanity , that it was soon received as an authentic record of facts , to the disadvantage of other records of a less pretending nature . For a long time , implicit ...
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... twelfth century , but from materials of an older date . Charters contained in it relate to grants of lands to the church , professedly by personages of the sixth century . The laws of Howel Dda , compiled in the tenth century ; the ...
... twelfth century , but from materials of an older date . Charters contained in it relate to grants of lands to the church , professedly by personages of the sixth century . The laws of Howel Dda , compiled in the tenth century ; the ...
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... 12. The Song to the Lord Rhys . As far , therefore , as the evidence on this subject goes , the greater part of the poems ascribed to Taliesin had not been reduced to writing in the twelfth century . They are found in the Red Book of ...
... 12. The Song to the Lord Rhys . As far , therefore , as the evidence on this subject goes , the greater part of the poems ascribed to Taliesin had not been reduced to writing in the twelfth century . They are found in the Red Book of ...
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allusions ancient Annwn antiquity Archæology Archdeacon Arthur Awen ballad Bardic Bards battle Beirdd Britain British Britons Cad Goddeu Caer celebrated Ceridwen chief chieftains Christ Christian cloth compositions contain Cunedda Cymry Davies Druidic Druidism Druids Elegy Elphin English evidence fydd Gododin goreu Gwallawg gwawd Gwyddno Gwydion Gwynedd gwyr heaven Hu Gadarn Iolo Iolo Morganwg Irish J. O. HALLIWELL King land language lines Lleenawg Llyr Llywarch Hen Llywelyn Lord Mabinogion Maelgwn Maelgwn Gwynedd Mawr minstrels mystery Myvyrian Archæology Nennius Neo-Druidism original price Owain Owen Pan yw piece poems poet poetry Post 8vo praise prince rhag Rhys Brydydd romance Saint Saxon sixth century song stanzas story supposed sydd thirteenth translation Triads twelfth century Urien Rheged Wales Welsh Bards Welsh language Welsh romances Williams wledig word
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