The Gododdin
The Gododdin

Author: Gillian Clarke

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Published: 2021-05-04

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 0571352138

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The Gododdin charts the rise and fall of 363 warriors in the battle of Catraeth, around the year 600AD. The men of the Brittonic kingdom of Gododdin rose to unite the Welsh and the Picts against the English, only to meet a devastating fate. Composed by the poet Aneirin, the poem was originally orally transmitted as a sung elegy, passed down for seven centuries before being written down by two medieval scribes. It is comprised of one hundred laments to the named characters who fell, and follows a sophisticated alliterative poetics. Former National Poet of Wales Gillian Clarke is the first poet to create a translation. She animates this historical epic with a modern musicality, making it live in the language of today.

The Gododdin
The Gododdin

Author: Aneirin

Publisher: Llanerch Publishers

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13:

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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Goddodin
Goddodin

Author: John T. Koch

Publisher: Celtic Studies Publications

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13:

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A poem called the Gododdin was composed by Aneurin sometime around 600 AD, but the poem of that name preserved in a 13th century manuscript probably had a history of oral and scribal transmission, and will have undergone changes. Here, Koch establishes the historical context, investigates the process of the poem's transmission and restores the text to its original form. This tranlation of the Book of Aneurin differs from earlier presentations by providing a reconstructed text recovered through principles of textual criticism and historical linguistics. This procedure allows one to separate earlier material from later modifications. The author also provides substantial linguistic notes.

The History of Wales in Twelve Poems
The History of Wales in Twelve Poems

Author: M. Wynn Thomas

Publisher: University of Wales Press

Published: 2021-09-15

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 1786837684

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Down the centuries, poets have provided Wales with a window onto its own distinctive world. This book gives a sense of the view seen through that special window in twelve illustrated poems, each bringing very different periods and aspects of the Welsh past into focus. Together, they give the flavour of a poetic tradition, both ancient and modern, in the Welsh language and in English, that is internationally renowned for its distinction and continuing vibrancy.

Celtic Linguistics / Ieithyddiaeth Geltaidd
Celtic Linguistics / Ieithyddiaeth Geltaidd

Author: Martin J. Ball

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 1990-01-01

Total Pages: 496

ISBN-13: 902727830X

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This collection of papers on the Brythonic languages of the Celtic group is divided into four parts: Welsh linguistics, Breton and Cornish linguistics, literary linguistics, and historical linguistics. This has resulted in a book providing a thorough and comprehensive coverage of this branch of Celtic studies prepared by leading scholars in the field.

Land of the Gods
Land of the Gods

Author: Philip Coppens

Publisher: Adventures Unlimited Press

Published: 2015-02-25

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 9781931882699

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Land of the Gods is the historical, archeological story of the ancient inhabitants of Scotland, the Lothians and the Borders tribes, whom the Romans called the Goddodin. The Romans did not conquer these ancient inhabitants, though when they retreated from Britain, neighboring tribes tried to lay claim to their lands. Then a magnificent warrior emerged from these ancient Scottish tribes. Remembered as Arthur, he fought for the survival of his land and won, and his Camelot was the Lothians and Borders region. After his reign, the region was finally overrun and his people fled to Wales, where over time, the story of their magical kingdom to the north and their mythical hero coalesced into the myth of Camelot and King Arthur. Today, remnants of the spiritual architecture of these tribes are visible in Cairnpapple, Traprain Law and other ancient Scottish monuments. They accentuated their region's unique volcanic landscape to reflect their mythology, which spoke of gods descending to Earth from the sun god Loth.

Arthur and the Lost Kingdoms
Arthur and the Lost Kingdoms

Author: Alistair Moffat

Publisher: Birlinn

Published: 2012-11-01

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 0857902261

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The Holy Grail, the kingdom of Camelot, The Knights of the Round Table and the magical sword Excalibur are all key ingredients of the legends surrounding King Arthur. But who was he really, where did he come from, and how much of what we read about him in stories that date back to the Dark Ages is true? So far historians have failed to show that King Arthur really existed at all, for a good reason - they have been looking in the wrong place. In this fascinating and thought-provoking book, Alistair Moffat shatters all existing assumptions about Britain's most enigmatic hero. With reference to literary sources and historical documents, to archaeology and the ancient names of rivers, hills and forts, he strips away a thousand years of myth to unveil the real King Arthur. And in doing so he solves one of the greatest riddles of them all - the site of Camelot itself.

The Role of the Poet in Early Societies
The Role of the Poet in Early Societies

Author: Morton W. Bloomfield

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 9780859913478

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This study draws on a wide range of texts — early Irish, pre-modern Scottish Gaelic, early Welsh, Early Norse, Old English —to illustrate the role of the poet as a tool of power, as seer, and as ceremonial figure.

The Lords of Battle
The Lords of Battle

Author: Stephen S. Evans

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

Published: 1998-09-10

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 9780851156620

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In examining the image of the "comitatus", or war-band, as it is portrayed in literary and historical sources from Britain's early-medieval period, this work attempts to determine the extent to which this image reflects an historical reality.