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