Moel Offrwm (bare hill of sacrifice) - that bumpy hill in the distance - offering up two hillforts - one Iron Age and one possibly Bronze Age for #HillfortWednesday

COVER REVEAL! My next novel, The Animals We Became, retells the medieval Welsh tale 'Math fab Mathonwy'. It's a book about gender, trauma, and compulsory heterosexuality expressed through non-consensual animal transformations and some deeply unreliable narration... finnlongman.com/books/the-an...

Gair y dydd! Word of the day! darth (tarth) = vapour, steam, haze, mist, fog, gas, smoke, fume -œs na darth 'no? = is there a smoke there?

Marvelling at the late medieval and baroque woodwork that cover a lot of the walls at Plas Newydd, the Gothic-style house famous for being the home of the “Ladies of Llangollen" 🤯 🧵 #medievalsky

#TombTuesday a summit cairn for the Bronze Age dead at Moel y Llyn, Ceredigion, high above Cardigan Bay. Not a bad spot for the ancestors to rest.. 📷 My own, April 2022

Coron Eisteddfod y Garreg Las i Martin Huws Llwyddiant i gyn-newyddiadurwr o Ffynnon Taf am bryddest neu gasgliad o gerddi “ysgytwol” ar y testun ‘Adnabod’ ✍️ Dylan Wyn

Coron Eisteddfod y Garreg Las i Martin Huws

Llwyddiant i gyn-newyddiadurwr o Ffynnon Taf am bryddest neu gasgliad o gerddi “ysgytwol” ar y testun ‘Adnabod’

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This week I came across a version of the Cantre'r Gwaelod tale with a mermaid named Morwen in Myra Evans' Casgliad o Chwedlau Newydd from 1935.

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The Welsh may not have dozens of mermaid legends, but the surviving stories are haunting and morally complex. The ‘môr-forwyn’ meaning ‘sea maiden’ was a supernatural being capable of rewarding kindness, punishing cruelty and reminding people that the sea demands respect ✍️ Graham Loveluck-Edwards

Coedwig hynafol #Borth / A section of the ancient petrified forest in Borth #Ceredigion #Cymru #Wales

Plus there's some coelbren on the stones.

Dr Toby Driver@drtobydriver.bsky.social · 4d ago

Bore da / good morning on #StandingStoneSunday Here are the Gorsedd stones inside Aberystwyth Castle at dusk; they were erected in 1914 for the Eisteddfod. It is the only Gorsedd circle in Wales to include a stone from every county 😮 🤔 coflein.gov.uk/en/sites/800... 📷 My own, last night

The Welsh may not have dozens of mermaid legends, but the surviving stories are haunting and morally complex. The ‘môr-forwyn’ meaning ‘sea maiden’ was a supernatural being capable of rewarding kindness, punishing cruelty and reminding people that the sea demands respect ✍️ Graham Loveluck-Edwards

Fishing for Wales’ forgotten mermaids

Graham Loveluck-Edwards Sometimes the best discoveries are the ones you weren’t looking for. Recently, while researching for an upcoming television project, I found myself following an unexpected trai...

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Before the National Eisteddfod became one of Wales' biggest summer celebrations, 1 August marked the beginning of the traditional harvest festival known as Calan Awst or Gŵyl Awst

Calan Awst: The ancient Welsh harvest festival celebrated on 1 August

Nation.Cymru Staff Before the National Eisteddfod became one of Wales’ biggest summer celebrations, 1 August marked the beginning of the traditional harvest festival known as Calan Awst, or Gŵyl Awst....

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On this day in #Wales in games, La-Mulana 2 was released eight years ago on 30th July 2018. One location in this challenging side-scrolling platformer comes from the mythical #Welsh Otherworld, Annwfn.

Branwen outside Cardiff Central station, with a starling in her lap, waiting for the train.

The monumental King's Quoit chambered tomb at Manorbier, Pembrokeshire, yesterday 😮🥰 A sub megalithic structure with a vast slab prised from the coastal bedrock propped on low uprights. It is set on coastal cliffs with wide sea views for the dead 🌊 📷 My own, yesterday

Bizarre! I'll have a look at these tomorrow.

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Visitors passing through the Welsh capital can take a seat alongside five iconic women from Welsh history and mythology who helped shape Wales, thanks to a series of life-sized sculptures which have appeared in the heart of the city

Mae Pliny'n dweud yr un peth.

Ann Parry Owen@collen105.bsky.social · 2mo ago

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Cofnod o’r Oesoedd Canol yn disgrifio tywydd eithriadol 1252 gyda gwres mawr yn yr haf yn cael ei ddilyn gan lifogydd gwael. (Rydw i wedi diweddaru’r sillafu.)

Medieval Welsh literature is still right there, waiting… Want to see King Arthur’s court populated with guys who wear their lip as a hood or who roll around instead of walking? How about Cai riding a giant ancient salmon? Arthur in climactic battle with an old woman? cc @rhyskamjones.bsky.social

Tim Marchman@timmarchman.bsky.social · 2w ago

Superheroes are dead now, so Hollywood has no choice but to stage incredibly elaborate adaptations of unfilmable science fiction classics. The masses need The Book of the New Sun!

A princess. A warrior. A legend. This week on Time Between Times, we journey to the mistshrouded fields of Maes Gwenllian, where history tells of a Welsh princess who gave her life for her people… and folklore whispers that she still rides under the moon open.spotify.com/episode/4MLi...

Time between Times Storytelling with Owen Staton. The White Rider of Maes Gwenllian

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With @csanaceltic.bsky.social (The Celtic Studies Association of North America) now on Bluesky, it seems like a good time to re-share the Celtic Studies starter pack I started awhile back. I’ve tried to keep it updated but if I’ve missed anyone please let me know!

What secrets are hidden in Wales' ancient standing stones? Jon Gower follows a trail stretching back thousands of years wp.me/p8Mk4U-1pnb

#MythologyMonday In the depths of Cardigan Bay, if stories are to be believed, lies the lost land of Cantre'r Gwaelod. According to the 'Black Book of Carmarthen', when a careless well-maid neglected her duty, the waters overflowed and drowned the surrounding lands. 1/2

The Silent Sentinel of the Bwlch A haunting journey along the old Bwlch Road between Baglan and Cwmavon, where local legend tells of a silent figure forever pointing towards the forgotten mine workings beneath the mountain open.spotify.com/episode/3EsyvT…

Coetan Arthur, Penmaen Dewi / St Davids Head #Stunday #StandingStoneSunday #LandscapePhotography

#BookWormSat The Mabinogion is set in a society of courts, hunts, feasts, and obligations. But it rarely explains them, assuming an audience already familiar with its customs. Instead, the stories' values are revealed through its heroes' actions: honour, kinship, justice, and duty.

There's an Ivor Davies exhibition opening at Art Central (the library) in Barry on Saturday. artcentralfriends.org/index.php/20...

A genuine tradition that Iolo Morganwg adapted.

Joy Parry@joy13.bsky.social · 3w ago

#FairyTaleTuesday The river dwelling Afanc was the scourge of the Conwy Valley, causing flooding & dragging off unsuspecting victims. Lured onto land by a young woman, the Afanc was secured in the deep Llyn Ffynnon-y-Gwas - where it remains ... 🎨Graham Howells * Elle Wilson * Eryri National Park

I spent this morning writing about John Thomas, the Royal Harpist. Never in my life did I think I'd be an 'expert' on a harpist 🎶 Here are a few pages from his scrapbook 📚 #Wales #History

Weird synchronicity which I didn't notice until a little later: I pointed out to a friend that the kiosk at the Hayes had a copy of the Morning Starm. About 10 minutes later a guy walked past me who was dressed like Fidel Castro.

Today's Welsh translation: a long and elaborate 19th century ritual to lift a curse placed in a cursing well.