Cynon fab Clydno
Cynon fab Clydno [ 'kɘnon vaːb' klɘdno ] is the name of a prince mentioned in some Welsh sagas . The Celtologist Ifor Williams equates him with Clydno Eiddin, a prince from the Hen Ogledd ( Welsh : "the old north"), where Eiddyn is the Cumbrian name of Edinburgh .
mythology
In Y Gododdin ("the Gododdin") Cynon fab Clydno is named as one of the leaders of the 300 warriors who fight against the Anglo-Saxons in the Battle of Catraeth (Cataractonium, Catterick , Yorkshire ) under the princes Rhydderch Hael , Urien von Rheged and others and fall.
In the story Iarlles y Ffynnawn ("The Countess of the Well"), one of the Y Tair Rhamant ("The Three Romances"), he is mentioned as a knight at the court of King Arthur , who through his story about the mystical spring Initiates action.
- “And I followed the path until I got to the top of the hill, and from there I saw everything as the black man had told me. And I got to the tree, and I saw the fountain under it and next to it the marble stone and the silver bowl on the chain. "
In the Trioedd Ynys Prydein ("Welsh Triads") his love for Morfudd ferch Urien , the daughter of the above-mentioned King Urien, is reported. However, apart from this mention, no Welsh saga has been found on the subject.
See also
literature
- Helmut Birkhan : Celtic stories from the emperor Arthur. Part 1, Lit-Verlag, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-8258-7562-8 .
- Rachel Bromwich: Cynon fab Clydno. In: Bromwich / Jones / Foster (eds.): Astudiaethau ar yr hengerdd. Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru, 1978, p. 151 ff.
- Bernhard Maier : Lexicon of Celtic Religion and Culture (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 466). Kröner, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-520-46601-5 , p. 94.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article Clydno Eiddin in the English language Wikipedia.
- ↑ Helmut Birkhan: Celtic stories from the emperor Arthur. Part 1, p. 73.