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St. David’s Society of Wyoming Valley announced a meaningful gift to the Osterhout Free Library of four Welsh children’s ...
However, in the earlier Welsh texts, Arthur is a warrior who takes on not only the impending Saxon invasions, but also cat-monsters, dragons, giants, witches, and other fantastical beasts. In what ...
The emblem has been used in Wales since the reign of Cadwaladr more than 1,300 years ago and dragons are ubiquitous in Wales' myths and folklore.
The Welsh flag in its current format – with "a red ffyry dragon peyntid upon white and greene sarcenet" ("a red fiery dragon painted upon white and green silk") – dates back to Aug. 22, 1485 ...
HMS Dragon is the only ship in the Royal Navy to have such adornments on its bows and, in 2014, there was some doubt as to whether the dragons could be replaced following the refit.
The term was used as the Arthurian legends developed in Welsh literature. Pendragon, or Pen Draig, meant head dragon, or chief dragon, often in reference to a standard held aloft in battle.
The Welsh flag still features a picture of a dragon, he said. "They are so prevalent," he said, "they may have a basis in reality." ...