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Legends of

Wales

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King Henry VII, 1485

-The red dragon is the symbol of Wales.

- When King Henry VII was crowed as the King of England in 1485, it is said that he ordered the Red Dragon to become part of the official flag of the principality of Wales.

-'Y Ddraig Goch a ddyry Gychwyn' - the Red Dragon will show the way. And he most certainly has!

ST. DAVID'S CATHEDRAL

St David is the Patron saint of Wales .

David learned at the hand of a blind teacher named Paulinus, and it was due to this teacher that David discovered his gift for helping people.

He laid his hands over the eyes of the teacher and restored his sight.

While David was speaking to a flock of the faithful, the ground rose up and lifted him to heights where he could be seen and heard by all.

God came to David and told him to build a monastery in the Glyn Rhoysn valley.

March I - St. David's day.

MABINOGION

Harlech Castle was where, according to the tales of the Mabinogion, Matholwch, King of Ireland, arrived to marry the giant Bendigeidran’s sister Branwen.

But the ill fated marriage resulted in warfare between the two countries and the death and carnage broke Branwen’s heart and she was buried on the banks of the river Alaw.

The village Beddgelert is located in the BEDDGELERT National Park of Snowdonia.

Beddgelert - a village of Beddgelert, in the National Park of Snowdonia.

Prince Llywelyn’s favourite was Gelert.

One day Llewelyn and his wife went out hunting, leaving their baby son with a nurse and a servant to look after him. After a while he noticed that Gelert wasn’t with the pack. The Prince called off the hunt and headed back home.

Gelert came running out of the lodge towards his master, covered in blood.

Llewelyn rushed into the baby's room to find the cradle overturned, the bloodstained bedclothes thrown all over the floor - and no sign of his son.

He killed Gelert. When Llewelyn pulled aside the cradle he found his son unharmed and the body of a huge wolf next to him. Gelert had in fact killed the wolf as it tried to attack Llewelyn's son.

Llewelyn buried Gelert in a meadow nearby. The village of Beddgelert (Gelert's grave) owes its name to this site.