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Thirteen Treasures of the Island of Britain, the Glossary

The Thirteen Treasures of the Island of Britain (Welsh: Tri Thlws ar Ddeg Ynys Prydain) are a series of items in late-medieval Welsh tradition.^[1]

56 relations: Annwn, Études Celtiques, Bedivere, Brân the Blessed, British Library, Brittonic languages, Caradoc, Cassivellaunus, Celtic Otherworld, Cloak of invisibility, Clydno Eidyn, Crock (dishware), Culhwch, Culhwch and Olwen, Cynwyd, Denbighshire, Edward Jones (harpist), Euhemerism, Excalibur, Four Treasures of the Tuatha Dé Danann, Gruffudd Hiraethog, Guto'r Glyn, Gwenddoleu ap Ceidio, Gwyddno Garanhir, Hamper, Hen Ogledd, Hercules, King Arthur, Lady Charlotte Guest, Llawfrodedd Farfog, Llywarch Hen, Magic ring, Mantle (clothing), Mayor, Middle Welsh, Morgan ab Athrwys, Myrddin Wyllt, Nessus (mythology), Northern England, Olwen, Owain mab Urien, Padarn Beisrudd, Preiddeu Annwfn, Prydwen, Rachel Bromwich, Rheged, Rhydderch Hael, Saint Eluned, Taliesin, Tegau Eurfron, The Chronicles of Prydain, ... Expand index (6 more) »
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Annwn

Annwn, Annwfn, or Annwfyn (Annwvn, Annwyn, Annwyfn, Annwvyn, or Annwfyn) is the Otherworld in Welsh mythology. Thirteen Treasures of the Island of Britain and Annwn are Welsh mythology.

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Études Celtiques

Études Celtiques (EC) (Celtic Studies) is a French academic journal based in Paris.

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Bedivere (or; Bedwyr; Beduerus; Bédoier, also Bedevere and other spellings) is one of the earliest characters to be featured in the legend of King Arthur, originally described in several Welsh texts as the one-handed great warrior named Bedwyr Bedrydant.

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Brân the Blessed

Brân the Blessed (Bendigeidfran or Brân Fendigaidd, literally "Blessed Crow") is a giant and king of Britain in Welsh mythology. Thirteen Treasures of the Island of Britain and Brân the Blessed are Welsh mythology.

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British Library

The British Library is a research library in London that is the national library of the United Kingdom.

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Brittonic languages

The Brittonic languages (also Brythonic or British Celtic; ieithoedd Brythonaidd/Prydeinig; yethow brythonek/predennek; and yezhoù predenek) form one of the two branches of the Insular Celtic language family; the other is Goidelic.

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Caradoc

Caradoc Vreichvras (Modern Caradog Freichfras) was a semi-legendary ancestor to the kings of Gwent.

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Cassivellaunus

Cassivellaunus was a historical British military leader who led the defence against Julius Caesar's second expedition to Britain in 54 BC.

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Celtic Otherworld

In Celtic mythology, the Otherworld is the realm of the deities and possibly also the dead.

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Cloak of invisibility

A cloak of invisibility is an item that prevents the wearer from being seen.

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Clydno Eidyn

Clydno Eidyn was a ruler of Eidyn, the district around modern Edinburgh, in the 6th century.

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Crock (dishware)

A crock is a pottery container sometimes used for food and water, synonymous with the word pot, and sometimes used for chemicals.

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Culhwch

Culhwch (with the final consonant sounding like Scottish "loch"), in Welsh mythology, is the son of Cilydd son of Celyddon and Goleuddydd, a cousin of Arthur and the protagonist of the story Culhwch and Olwen (the earliest of the medieval Welsh tales appended to Lady Charlotte Guest's edition of the Mabinogion). Thirteen Treasures of the Island of Britain and Culhwch are Welsh mythology.

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Culhwch and Olwen

Culhwch and Olwen (Culhwch ac Olwen) is a Welsh tale that survives in only two manuscripts about a hero connected with Arthur and his warriors: a complete version in the Red Book of Hergest,, and a fragmented version in the White Book of Rhydderch,. Thirteen Treasures of the Island of Britain and Culhwch and Olwen are medieval Welsh literature and Welsh mythology.

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Cynwyd, Denbighshire

Cynwyd is a small village and community in the Edeirnion area of Denbighshire in Wales, located about south west of the town of Corwen.

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Edward Jones (harpist)

Edward Jones (March 1752 – 18 April 1824) was a Welsh harpist, bard, performer, composer, arranger, and collector of music.

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Euhemerism

Euhemerism is an approach to the interpretation of mythology in which mythological accounts are presumed to have originated from real historical events or personages.

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Excalibur

Excalibur is the mythical sword of King Arthur that may possess magical powers or be associated with the rightful sovereignty of Britain. Thirteen Treasures of the Island of Britain and Excalibur are Arthurian legend and Welsh mythology.

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Four Treasures of the Tuatha Dé Danann

In the Mythological Cycle of early Irish literature, the four treasures of the Tuatha Dé Danann are four magical items which the mythological Tuatha Dé Danann are supposed to have brought with them from the four island cities Murias, Falias, Gorias, and Findias when they arrived in Ireland. Thirteen Treasures of the Island of Britain and four Treasures of the Tuatha Dé Danann are legendary treasures and mythological objects.

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Gruffudd Hiraethog

Gruffudd Hiraethog (died 1564) was a 16th-century Welsh-language poet, born in Llangollen, north-east Wales.

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Guto'r Glyn

Guto'r Glyn (c. 1412 – c. 1493) was a Welsh language poet and soldier of the era of the Beirdd yr Uchelwyr ("Poets of the Nobility") or Cywyddwyr ("cywydd-men"), the itinerant professional poets of the later Middle Ages.

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Gwenddoleu ap Ceidio

Gwenddoleu ap Ceidio (died c. 573) or Gwenddolau was a Brythonic king who ruled in Arfderydd (now Arthuret).

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Gwyddno Garanhir

Gwyddno Garanhir was the supposed ruler of a sunken land off the coast of Wales, known as Cantre'r Gwaelod.

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Hamper

A hamper refers to one of several related basket-like items.

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Hen Ogledd

Yr Hen Ogledd, meaning the Old North, is the historical region that was inhabited by the Brittonic people of sub-Roman Britain in the Early Middle Ages, now Northern England and the southern Scottish Lowlands, alongside the fellow Brittonic Celtic Kingdom of Elmet.

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Hercules

Hercules is the Roman equivalent of the Greek divine hero Heracles, son of Jupiter and the mortal Alcmena.

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King Arthur

King Arthur (Brenin Arthur, Arthur Gernow, Roue Arzhur, Roi Arthur), according to legends, was a king of Britain. Thirteen Treasures of the Island of Britain and king Arthur are Arthurian legend and Welsh mythology.

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Lady Charlotte Guest

Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Guest (née Bertie; 19 May 1812 – 15 January 1895), later Lady Charlotte Schreiber, was an English aristocrat who is best known as the first publisher in modern print format of the Mabinogion, the earliest prose literature of Britain.

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Llawfrodedd Farfog

Llawfrodedd Farfog or Llawfrodedd Farchog (Middle Welsh) is a hero of Welsh tradition. Thirteen Treasures of the Island of Britain and Llawfrodedd Farfog are medieval Welsh literature.

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Llywarch Hen

Llywarch Hen ("Llywarch the Old"; c. 534 – c. 608), was a prince and poet of the Brythonic kingdom of Rheged, a ruling family in the Hen Ogledd or "Old North" of Britain (modern southern Scotland and northern England).

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Magic ring

A magic ring is a mythical, folkloric or fictional piece of jewelry, usually a finger ring, that is purported to have supernatural properties or powers.

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Mantle (clothing)

A mantle (from old French mantel, from mantellum, the Latin term for a cloak) is a type of loose garment usually worn over indoor clothing to serve the same purpose as an overcoat.

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Mayor

In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town.

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Middle Welsh

Middle Welsh (Cymraeg Canol, Kymraec) is the label attached to the Welsh language of the 12th to 15th centuries, of which much more remains than for any earlier period.

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Morgan ab Athrwys

Morgan ap Athrwys or Morgan Mwynfawr ('Morgan the Generous'; fl.) was a king of Gwent and Glywysing (i.e., Morgannwg) in southeast Wales.

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Myrddin Wyllt

Myrddin Wyllt (—"Myrddin the Wild", Merdhyn Gwyls, Marzhin Gouez) is a figure in medieval Welsh legend. Thirteen Treasures of the Island of Britain and Myrddin Wyllt are Arthurian legend.

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Nessus (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Nessus (Nessos) was a famous centaur who was killed by Heracles, and whose poisoned blood in turn killed Heracles.

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Northern England

Northern England, or the North of England, is a region that forms the northern part of England and mainly corresponds to the historic counties of Cheshire, Cumberland, Durham, Lancashire, Northumberland, Westmorland and Yorkshire.

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Olwen

In Welsh mythology, Olwen (or Olwyn) is the daughter of the giant Ysbaddaden and cousin of Goreu. Thirteen Treasures of the Island of Britain and Olwen are Welsh mythology.

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Owain mab Urien

Owain mab Urien (Middle Welsh Owein) (died c. 595) was the son of Urien, king of Rheged c. 590, and fought with his father against the Angles of Bernicia.

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Padarn Beisrudd

Padarn Beisrudd ap Tegid (lit. Paternus of the Scarlet Robe, son of Tegid) was the son of a Bishop named Tegid ap Iago, who may have been born with the Roman name of Tacitus.

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Preiddeu Annwfn

Preiddeu Annwfn or Preiddeu Annwn (The Spoils of Annwfn) is a cryptic poem of sixty lines in Middle Welsh, found in the Book of Taliesin. Thirteen Treasures of the Island of Britain and Preiddeu Annwfn are medieval Welsh literature.

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Prydwen

Prydwen plays a part in the early Welsh poem Preiddeu Annwfn as King Arthur's ship, which bears him to the Celtic otherworld Annwn, while in Culhwch and Olwen he sails in it on expeditions to Ireland. Thirteen Treasures of the Island of Britain and Prydwen are Arthurian legend.

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Rachel Bromwich

Rachel Bromwich (30 July 1915 – 15 December 2010) born Rachel Sheldon Amos, was a British scholar.

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Rheged

Rheged was one of the kingdoms of the Hen Ogledd ("Old North"), the Brittonic-speaking region of what is now Northern England and southern Scotland, during the post-Roman era and Early Middle Ages. Thirteen Treasures of the Island of Britain and Rheged are hen Ogledd.

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Rhydderch Hael

Rhydderch Hael (Rhydderch the Generous), Riderch I of Alt Clut, or Rhydderch of Strathclyde, (''fl.'' 580 – c. 614) was a ruler of Alt Clut, a Brittonic kingdom in the Hen Ogledd or "Old North" of Britain.

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Saint Eluned

Saint Eluned (Eiliwedd; Almedha or Elevetha), also known as Aled and by other names, was a 5th- or 6th-century virgin martyr from the area of modern Breconshire. Thirteen Treasures of the Island of Britain and Saint Eluned are Welsh mythology.

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Taliesin

Taliesin (6th century AD) was an early Brittonic poet of Sub-Roman Britain whose work has possibly survived in a Middle Welsh manuscript, the Book of Taliesin. Thirteen Treasures of the Island of Britain and Taliesin are Welsh mythology.

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Tegau Eurfron

Tegau Eurfron was a legendary Celtic queen of the Early Christian era who was the wife King Caradoc Vreichvras, whose kingdom is disputed but may have been Gwent or one of the Breton kingdoms.

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The Chronicles of Prydain

The Chronicles of Prydain is a pentalogy of children's high fantasy Bildungsroman novels written by American author Lloyd Alexander and published by Henry Holt and Company.

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The Dream of Rhonabwy

The Dream of Rhonabwy (Breuddwyd Rhonabwy) is a Middle Welsh prose tale. Thirteen Treasures of the Island of Britain and The Dream of Rhonabwy are medieval Welsh literature.

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Tudur Aled

Tudur Aled (c. 1465 – 1525) was a late medieval Welsh poet, born in Llansannan, Denbighshire (Sir Ddinbych).

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Tutagual of Alt Clut

Tutagual (Tudwal) is thought to have been a ruler of the kingdom of Alt Clut, later known as Strathclyde, a Brittonic kingdom in the Hen Ogledd or "Old North" of Britain.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Welsh language

Welsh (Cymraeg or y Gymraeg) is a Celtic language of the Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people.

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Welsh Triads

The Welsh Triads (Trioedd Ynys Prydein, "Triads of the Island of Britain") are a group of related texts in medieval manuscripts which preserve fragments of Welsh folklore, mythology and traditional history in groups of three. Thirteen Treasures of the Island of Britain and Welsh Triads are medieval Welsh literature and Welsh mythology.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteen_Treasures_of_the_Island_of_Britain

Also known as 13 Treasures of Britain, 13 Treasures of the Island of Britain, Drynwyn, Dyrnwyn, Horn of Bran the Niggard, The Cauldron of Dyrnwch the Giant, The Horn of Bran the Niggard from the North, The Thirteen Treasures of the Island of Britain, Thirteen Treasures of Britain, Treasures of Britain.

, The Dream of Rhonabwy, Tudur Aled, Tutagual of Alt Clut, Wales, Welsh language, Welsh Triads.

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Hen Ogledd

Legendary treasures

Mythological objects

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