Hywel Dafi, St Cynog of Merthyr Cynog

Later fifteenth-century poem to Cynog, surviving in a number of manuscripts.


The text describes how Cynog, having ruled as a king in Ireland, renounces his throne for an eremitical life, comes to Wales, and battles giants and monsters on behalf of the local population. He triumphs with the aid of a heaven-sent weapon, a marvellous torque. Ultimately, however, he is martyred by decapitation, though he survives for a time with his head attached by a cord.

Seintiau y cyfeirir atynt yn y ffynhonnell hon.

Cynog

Safleoedd y cyfeirir atynt yn y ffynhonnell hon.

Ffynonellau perthynol


Barry J. Lewis (ed.) Medieval Welsh Poems to Saints and Shrines (Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 2015), 242⁠–52
Testunau wedi'u golygu
Barry J. Lewis (ed.) Medieval Welsh Poems to Saints and Shrines (Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 2015), 102⁠–5
Testunau wedi'u cyfieithu
Barry J. Lewis (ed.) Medieval Welsh Poems to Saints and Shrines (Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 2015), 373⁠–6
Darllen pellach
Barry J. Lewis (ed.) Medieval Welsh Poems to Saints and Shrines (Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 2015), 242⁠–52
Argraffiadau
Barry J. Lewis (ed.) Medieval Welsh Poems to Saints and Shrines (Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 2015), 102⁠–5
Cyfieithiadau
Barry J. Lewis (ed.) Medieval Welsh Poems to Saints and Shrines (Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 2015), 373⁠–6