Myrddin Wyllt
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title:
Myrddin Wyllt
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Myrddin Wyllt is a figure in medieval Welsh legend. In Middle Welsh poetry he is accounted a chief bard, the speaker of several poems in The Black Book of Carmarthen and The Red Book of Hergest. He is called Wyllt—"the Wild"—by Elis Gruffydd, and elsewhere Myrddin Emrys ("Ambrosius"), Merlinus Caledonensis or Merlin Sylvestris ("of the woods").
Myrddin Wylt was born in 540 CE. Although his legend centres on a known Celtic theme, Myrddin's legend is rooted in history, for he is said to have gone
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Welsh poet and astrologer (b. 540 CE)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrddin_Wyllt
date created:
2004-03-15T02:54:40Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T01:23:25Z
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