Gwyn ap Nudd and the Old North

[lorna]

Hello! This is a link to my outline of a new area of research for me and project of the (in Heron's words) 'imaginative recall' of Gwyn ap Nudd's neglected connections with 'The Old North.' I also mention P.K. Page's translation of religion as 're-legere' - to 'read again'. Thus re-reading and re-imagining become a religious duty to one's land, gods and ancestors.

lornasmithers.wordpress.com/2015/02/16/gwyn-ap-nudd-and-the-old-north/

[lorna]

A couple of updates...

Grounding this in my locality: lornasmithers.wordpress.com/2015/02/20/the-old-north-from-peneverdant/

As a begining to my research on Gwyn ap Nudd and the Old North, some initial findings and thoughts relating to Gwyn's role at the Battle of Arfderydd (in the modern Parish of Arthuret, 573 AD) and his relationships with the 'Pagan' ruler Gwenddolau and the northern British wildman, poet and prophet Myrddin Wyllt (later identified with King Arthur's advisor, Merlin!).

lornasmithers.wordpress.com/2015/03/01/the-brightness-beyond-endurance-gwyn-ap-nudd-and-the-battle-of-arfderydd/

[lorna]

Notes and photographs from this weekend's visit to the site of the Battle of Arfderydd where Gwyn ap Nudd stated his presence at the death of Gwenddolau, who was possibly one of the last pagan Brythonic kings and Myrddin Wyllt went mad.

lornasmithers.wordpress.com/2015/03/17/forgotten-arfderydd-and-the-hearsay-of-corvids/

[lorna]

This is a follow-up post to my piece on the site of the Battle of Arfderydd, tracing Gwyn ap Nudd's lost connections with the north. I guessed there may be a link between the river Nith and Nudd / Nodens through the likeness in sound but had not strong expectations. When I got to the estuary I was blown away by the beauty of the landscape, barnacle geese flying toward Solway Firth and a sense of the presence of Nudd and his son. This is a write-up of my experiences and further musings on onomatopoeic links between Nudd, be-neath / under-neath and netherworlds... and there are not only barnacle geese but whooper swans too

lornasmithers.wordpress.com/2015/03/29/niths-estuary/