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Post by Blackbird on Mar 21, 2006 14:29:23 GMT -1
Great (Does it suit me?) From which poem come the following (translated) lines? "Yellow gold's splendour in the hall Rich the defender of Aeron Great his passion for songsters and stags Great, ferocious, his wrath against foes, Great his might on the side of the Britons."
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Post by Brochfael on Apr 4, 2006 11:52:09 GMT -1
Wild guess here: Y Gododdin?
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Post by Blackbird on Apr 5, 2006 16:04:59 GMT -1
Nope... as a big clue, the rest of the verse runs: Like a flaming wheel crossing the world Like a wave, rightful lord of Llwyfenydd Like a song, fit for prayer and battle Like a treasure-rich sea is Urien
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Post by Brochfael on Apr 11, 2006 9:05:40 GMT -1
Could it be the death song of Urien Rheged?
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Post by Blackbird on Apr 11, 2006 11:33:06 GMT -1
I'll give you that, as you're on the right lines. It's from a poem called 'The Spoils of Taliesin' - it's a gorgeous bit of writing, which I should stick up on the Bardic page... I hand you the torc
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Post by Brochfael on May 4, 2006 8:42:21 GMT -1
Who was the 'master of every kind of magic' in Arthur's court according to the story of Culhwch and Olwen?
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Post by Blackbird on May 20, 2006 6:37:58 GMT -1
We've lost the momentum on this!
Anyone going to have a stab at it?
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Post by Heron on May 22, 2006 18:48:01 GMT -1
Who was the 'master of every kind of magic' in Arthur's court according to the story of Culhwch and Olwen? I've been right through that three-page list of Arthur's retinue and their various attributes that Culhwch recites when he enters Arthur's court to enlist his help, but can't find the reference in there. So either it's buried somewhere else in the story and I don't remember it, or it's not the exact quote you're asking for but a quality that will fit it. Such as Menw fab Teirgwaedd who can cast an illusion over the questers so that none might see them, while they could see everyone. But then Kai and Bedwyr and Gwrhyr Gwalstawt Ieithoedd might all have a claim on that basis so.....
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Post by Brochfael on May 27, 2006 18:09:17 GMT -1
It is indeed Menw ap Teirgwaedd. I can't remember the text in the Jones & Jones version but Robin Williamson's version describes him in exactly these words.
Virtual horn of mead to you and we eagerly await your question.
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Post by Heron on Jun 8, 2006 21:51:55 GMT -1
Cheers/Iechyd Da (pauses to drink deeply)
Who was regarded as being "Profound of Counsel" according to The Black Book of Carmarthen?
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Post by Blackbird on Jun 16, 2006 13:28:51 GMT -1
Been looking through, but haven't found the answer yet... (I've only got Merion Pennar's selections though, so I may not have the relevant bit...)
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Post by littleraven on Jun 16, 2006 14:21:32 GMT -1
Manawydan isn't it?
LR
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Post by Heron on Jun 16, 2006 14:23:05 GMT -1
A different translation renders it as "his counsel was weighty". Or perhaps I should also give the original: "oet duis y cusil". Any help?
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Post by Heron on Jun 16, 2006 14:27:08 GMT -1
Indeed it is, and posted just as I was providing extra clues. So the laurels pass to you, and the next question.
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Post by littleraven on Jun 16, 2006 15:52:23 GMT -1
Righty ho then, an nice easy one.
Where can you find the road to the brother of Arianrhod?
LR
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Post by Brochfael on Jun 24, 2006 12:26:50 GMT -1
Would it be in Eryri
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Post by littleraven on Jun 29, 2006 22:09:58 GMT -1
Nope, sorry.
C'mon, it's easy really
LR
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Post by Heron on Jun 30, 2006 12:42:08 GMT -1
I was going to keep out of this as I gave the last one, but, as no-one else is getting anywhere, I'll offer the Milky Way.
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Post by littleraven on Jun 30, 2006 21:21:51 GMT -1
I was going to keep out of this as I gave the last one, but, as no-one else is getting anywhere, I'll offer the Milky Way. Also known as ... LR
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