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.
Saints referenced in this source
CynogSites referenced in this source
Related sources
Barry J. Lewis (ed.) Medieval Welsh Poems to Saints and Shrines (Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 2015), 242–52 |
Edited texts |
Barry J. Lewis (ed.) Medieval Welsh Poems to Saints and Shrines (Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 2015), 102–5 |
Translated texts |
Barry J. Lewis (ed.) Medieval Welsh Poems to Saints and Shrines (Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 2015), 373–6 |
Further reading |
Barry J. Lewis (ed.) Medieval Welsh Poems to Saints and Shrines (Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 2015), 242–52 |
Editions |
Barry J. Lewis (ed.) Medieval Welsh Poems to Saints and Shrines (Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 2015), 102–5 |
Translations |
Barry J. Lewis (ed.) Medieval Welsh Poems to Saints and Shrines (Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 2015), 373–6 |