Dinas Emrys (Welsh for 'Emrys's city') is a rocky and wooded hillock near Beddgelert in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. Rising some 76 m (250 ft) above the...
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Emrys is a Welsh name (the Welsh form of Ambrose) and may refer to: Allan Emrys Blakeney (1925–2011), tenth Premier of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan...
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the Britons is frustrated in attempts to build a fort at Dinas Emrys. He is told by a boy, Emrys, to dig up two dragons fighting beneath the castle. He...
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Ambrosius Aurelianus (redirect from Emrys Wledig)
Ambrosius Aurelianus (Welsh: Emrys Wledig; Anglicised as Ambrose Aurelian and called Aurelius Ambrosius in the Historia Regum Britanniae and elsewhere)...
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Merlin (redirect from Myrddin emrys)
King of the Britons, Vortigern, attempted to erect a tower at Dinas Emrys (City of Emrys). More than once, the tower collapsed before completion. Vortigen's...
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is found in the Historia Brittonum. The relevant story takes place at Dinas Emrys when Vortigern tries to build a castle there. Every night, unseen forces...
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Llyn Dinas is a lake near Beddgelert, Gwynedd in north Wales. It is formed by the River Glaslyn. Llyn Dinas lies on the valley floor a few miles north...
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Craig Rhiwarth in the Berwyn Range and Dinas Emrys near Beddgelert in Gwynedd. In the east are Castell Dinas Brân itself, Caer Drewyn, Caer Euni and...
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Pembrokeshire Dinas Island, (Ynys Dinas) a peninsula in the community of Dinas Cross Dinas Dinlle, a small settlement in Gwynedd Dinas Emrys, a hillock near...
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Llyn Gwynant, then beside the Nant Gwynant river to Llyn Dinas and passing below Dinas Emrys to Beddgelert. The road continues through the Aberglaslyn...
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Britons from Powys is interrupted whilst attempting to build a fort at Dinas Emrys. He is told by Merlin/Ambrosius (Welsh: Myrddin) to dig up two dragons...
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eradicated by catching the dragons and burying both of them in a rock pit at Dinas Emrys in Snowdonia, north Wales, the securest place in Britain at that time...
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rumored location is Snowdonia and is said to be the original placename of Dinas Emrys. Emain Ablach A mythical island paradise in Irish mythology. Fintan's...
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Britons from Powys is interrupted whilst attempting to build fort at Dinas Emrys. He is told by Merlin/Ambrosius (Welsh: Myrddin) to dig up two dragons...
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Celtic Britons, is interrupted whilst attempting to build a fort at Dinas Emrys. He is told by Ambrosius to dig up two dragons beneath the castle. He...
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He is captured by Vortigern who is attempting to build a fortress at Dinas Emrys – but each night the newly built walls collapse. The king's mystics say...
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traditions about the god Moloch. In Britain, the medieval legends of Dinas Emrys and of Saint Oran of Iona mention foundation sacrifices, whereby people...
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Castle Builth Castle Buddugre Castle Burfa Castle Castell Crugerydd Castell Dinas Castell Du Castle Kinsey Castle Nimble Clyro Castle Colwyn Castle Crug Eryr...
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affinity dating from the post-Roman period. The post-Roman hillfort of Dinas Emrys also dates to this time. Churches were introduced to the region in the...
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The tale of Ambrosius Aurelianus and the two dragons found beneath Dinas Emrys. The Historia Brittonum relates four battles occurring in Kent, apparently...
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and Television Trail run by the Wales Screen Commission. Snowdon and Dinas Emrys from above Beddgelert – William Turner – Tate Britain In January and...
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Vortigern finally finds such a boy, Emrys (Ambrosius Aurelianus, identified with Merlin in later versions), but Emrys reveals the real reason for the collapsing...
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about Vortigern says he tried to build a stronghold near Snowdon called Dinas Emrys, only to have his building materials disappear every time he tried. His...
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-4.3347), contour fort Dinas Dinorwig (53°09′54″N 4°10′15″W / 53.1651°N 4.1707°W / 53.1651; -4.1707), contour fort Dinas Emrys (53°01′19″N 4°04′44″W...
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the white dragon (representing the invading Saxons) fighting beneath Dinas Emrys.: §40-43 A version of this particular legend also features in the Mabinogion...
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Cumbria, England is the likely location of Corbenic, the Grail Castle Dinas Emrys (Iron Age hill fort in Gwynedd said to have been a place of refuge of...
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dragons fighting. He gets the dragons drunk on mead and buries them in Dinas Emrys in what is now North Wales. He then overcomes the wizard who is stealing...
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size of these varied considerably from smaller fortifications, such as Dinas Emrys in Snowdonia, to more substantial castles like Dinefwr and the largest...
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proceeded to torture him for information about Emrys. When Gaius inevitably gave in and told Alator Emrys' true identity as well as the prophecies about...
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Bedivere /ˈbɛdɪvɪər/ Bors Bors /ˈbɔːrz/ Dagonet Dagonet /ˈdæɡənɛt/ Dynas Dinas Emrys Elaine Elaine /ɪˈleɪn/ Gaheris Gaheris /ɡəˈhɛrɪs/ Galahad Galahad /ˈɡæləhæd/...
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