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Taliesin’s Tale

I don’t think I’ve said that much about the legendary bard Taliesin, although I’ve come across him when researching other British mythology. I tend to subconsciously associate him with Tam Lin and Thomas the Rhymer, I guess because they’re also … Continue reading →

Posted in Arthurian Legend, British, Celtic, Etymology, Finnish, Greek Mythology, History, Magic, Music, Mythology, Names, Poetry, Uncategorized, Welsh | Tagged amaetheon fab don, annwn, arawn, bards, bible, bran the blessed, cad goddeu, cerridwen, chronicles of prydain, crewarwy, deer, dogs, elffin ap gwyddno, fflewddur fflam, fionn mac cumhaill, giants, gwion bach ap gwreang, gwydion fab don, king arthur, king urien, lloyd alexander, merlin, morfran, myrddin wyllt, ogham, orpheus, potions, salmon of knowledge, taliesin, trees, vainamoinen, witches |

Give Me Back My Name

A subject I’ve sometimes seen come up on Dragon Quest fan communities is that of the names in DQ2. You give the hero, the Prince of Midenhall, whatever name you want, and that somehow determines the names of your companions, … Continue reading →

Posted in Arthurian Legend, British, Buddhism, Comics, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Food, History, Holy Roman Empire, Language, Mythology, Names, Norse, Religion, United Kingdom, Video Games | Tagged alefgard, bran the blessed, cain and abel, charlemagne, conan the barbarian, dragon quest ii, dragon quest iii, dragon quest ix: sentinels of the starry skies, dragon quest of the stars, dragon quest vi, early modern english, eleanor of aquitaine, emblem of roto, erdrick, ernest tonnelat, final fantasy iv, fortune street, game boy, game boy color, kain highwind, king arthur, king lars, king lorik, knights of the round table, lady lora, loran, lorasia, manga, nintendo entertainment system, orfeo, orpheus, prince of cannock, prince of midenhall, princess gwaelin, princess of moonbrooke, queen guinevere, satori, sir gareth, sukesan, tantegel castle, tonnura |

Land of Dairy Milk Bars and Honey

Tonight, I’m going to take a look at British Israelism, the movement popular in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that insisted the British were descended from refugees from Israel. This was essentially a way to be pro-Semitic and … Continue reading →

Posted in Arthurian Legend, British, Christianity, Conspiracy Theories, England, Ethnicity, History, Judaism, Language, Middle East, Mythology, Religion | Tagged aeneas, beli mawr, bran the blessed, british israelism, bron, brutus of britain, cimmerians, conan the barbarian, dan, elaine of escalot, emperor constantine, enygeus, ephraim, fisher king, geoffrey of monmouth, glastonbury, heli, house of tudor, igraine, ireland, israel, jeremiah, jerusalem, jesus, john of glastonbury, joseph of arimathea, judah, king arthur, king coel, king henry vii of england, king james i of england, king leir, king uther pendragon, king zedekiah of judah, lost ten tribes, nebuchadnezzar, pellas, robert e. howard, scota, scotland, sir galahad, sir lancelot, sir percival, t.h. white, tea tephi, the once and future king, william blake |

The Other Leading Bran

Today I’d like to take a look at one of the mythical Kings of Britain, the giant Bran Fendigaid, or Bran the Blessed. His name can mean “raven” or “crow,” and he was large enough to wade through seas. Exactly … Continue reading →

Posted in British, Celtic, Mythology | Tagged bran fendigaid, bran the blessed, branwen, efnisien, giants, lloyd alexander, mabinogion, matholwch, sons of don, sons of llyr, the black cauldron, tower of london |

The King of Fishful Thinking

In Arthurian legend, the Fisher King was the guardian of the Holy Grail, but I wasn’t sure how he came by his aquatic nickname until I looked it up today. Since he was severely wounded in either the legs or … Continue reading →

Posted in British, Mythology, Welsh | Tagged bran the blessed, fisher king, holy grail, holy spear, joseph of arimathea, king arthur, king pelles, mabiongion, maimed king, sir bors, sir galahad, sir perceval |