• mythology appearing in the medieval Welsh tale Cyfranc Lludd a Llefelys. In the tale, Llefelys is king of Gaul while his brother Lludd is king of Britain...
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    Lludd and Llefelys (Welsh: Cyfranc Lludd a Llefelys, "The adventure or encounter of Lludd and Llefelys") is a Middle Welsh prose tale written down in the...
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    Llaw Eraint. An independent Welsh tale, Cyfranc Lludd a Llefelys (The Tale of Lludd and Llefelys), is appended into some versions of the Brut. It also survives...
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  • and Llefelys, which influenced Geoffrey of Monmouth's work, he is the ruler of Britain while his brother Llefelys ruled Gaul. Lludd calls on Llefelys to...
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    Macsen Wledig ("The Dream of Macsen Wledig") Cyfranc Lludd a Llefelys ("Lludd and Llefelys) the Welsh Triads Brut y Brenhinedd Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia...
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    in the Mabinogion is the tale of Lludd and Llefelys. Lludd is king of Britain, and his brother, Llefelys, is king of France. Lludd's kingdom is beset...
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    sought counsel on this and other matters from his brother Llefelys, a King of Gaul. Llefelys furnished the information that the scream was caused by battling...
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    Breuddwyd Macsen Wledig (The Dream of Macsen Wledig) Lludd a Llefelys (Lludd and Llefelys) Culhwch ac Olwen (Culhwch and Olwen) Breuddwyd Rhonabwy (The...
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    Glyndŵr. The red dragon appears in the ancient Mabinogion story of Lludd and Llefelys where it is confined, battling with an invading white dragon, at Dinas...
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    white and red dragons fighting is found in the medieval romance Lludd and Llefelys, although in this case the dragons are not used to symbolize Britons or...
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  • their conversation, Lludd asks his brother Llefelys, king of France, for advice on the problem. Llefelys tells him that a certain insect crushed up and...
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    mentioned in the tale Lludd and Llefelys, which features his two brothers Lludd Llaw Eraint (Geoffrey's Lud) and Llefelys. Caswallawn is referenced frequently...
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  • versions interpolate the story of Cyfranc Lludd a Llefelys and add a fourth brother named Llefelys, as already noted. According to the Old Norse translation...
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  • Digueillus (also Cligueillus or Eligueillus; Welsh: Llefelys) was a legendary king of the Brythons according to Geoffrey of Monmouth. He was the son of...
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    Nudd and would thus be grandson to Beli Mawr and nephew of Arianrhod, Llefelys, Penarddun, Afallach, Gofannon, Nynniaw, Peibaw, and Caswallawn. Based...
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    of red to the colour of the dragon in Y Gododdin. The story of Lludd a Llefelys in the Mabinogion wrote that the red dragon of the Celtic Britons was in...
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    such as Branwen ferch Llŷr, the Dream of Macsen Wledig, and Lludd and Llefelys, the Historia Brittonum's "Bellinus son of Minocannus" was transformed...
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    figures of the same name, such as the son of Beli Mawr in Cyfranc Lludd a Llefelys. J. R. R. Tolkien, invited to investigate the Latin inscription at Lydney...
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    particular legend also features in the Mabinogion in the story of Lludd and Llefelys. It is said that a very old snake can transform into an ala. Some depictions...
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    from across the sea on May 1st. It is associated with the tale of Lludd a Llefelys, where, in more recent translations, the first plague fought by King Lludd...
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  • tales embodying traditions about the early history of Britain: Lludd and Llefelys; The Dream of Maxen. The final three are the Arthurian Welsh Romances,...
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    544 or 545, when it reached Ireland. The later medieval Welsh Lludd and Llefelys mentions a series of three plagues affecting the British of London. According...
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    several manuscripts include a version of the tale known as Lludd and Llefelys inserted in the segment about Lludd Llaw Eraint; the presence or absence...
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  • Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, December 1971 Cyfranc Lludd a Llefelys (Mediaeval & Modern Welsh), Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1975...
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  • Dashwood, OBE, Chief Accountant, Great Western Railway Company. James Llefelys Davies, Assistant General Manager, Milk Marketing Board. Jesse Cooper Dawes...
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