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An archive of Glynn Vivian Art Gallery talks, interviews, guides and music, ranging from historical to contemporary subjects, led by artists, curators, educators and historians. Glynn Vivian Art Gallery is is part of the City & County of Swansea and is supported by the Arts Council of Wales and through grant aid from CyMAL.
The Welsh Dragon in Legend and History, with Professor Helen Fulton
Glynn Vivian Art Gallery - On Air
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The Welsh Dragon in Legend and History, with Professor Helen Fulton
Why does Wales have a red dragon on its flag? This talk explains the origins of the Welsh dragon in early British legend and why it is different from other dragons.
Find out how it came to represent the Welsh nation within the British empire, and why it is still used today as a symbol of national pride.
Professor Helen Fulton is Chair in Medieval Literature at the University of Bristol. She has published widely on medieval Welsh literature and history, and is the co-editor of the Cambridge History of Welsh Literature (2019) and the Historical Map of Swansea and the Mumbles (2023).
Image: Dragons fighting over Oxford, by George Sheringham. Mabinogion Series. 1938. Glynn Vivian Art Gallery Collection: Swansea Council
The Welsh Dragon in Legend and History gyda’r Athro Helen Fulton
Pam mae draig goch ar faner Cymru? Mae’r sgwrs hon yn esbonio tarddiad y ddraig goch yn chwedlau cynnar Prydain a pham y mae’r ddraig hon yn wahanol i ddreigiau eraill.
Gallwch gael gwybodaeth am sut y daeth yn symbol ar gyfer cenedl Cymru yn yr Ymerodraeth Brydeinig a pham ei fod yn cael ei defnyddio fel symbol o falchder cenedlaethol hyd heddiw.
Athro Cadeiriol mewn Llenyddiaeth Ganoloesol ym Mhrifysgol Bryste yw’r Athro Helen Fulton. Mae wedi cyhoeddi’n helaeth am lenyddiaeth Gymraeg a hanes y Gymraeg yn yr Oesoedd Canol, a hi yw cyd-olygydd The Cambridge History of Welsh Literature (2019) ac An Historical Map of Swansea and the Mumbles (2023).
Llun: Dragons fighting over Oxford, by George Sheringham. Mabinogion Series. 1938. Glynn Vivian Art Gallery Collection: Swansea Council
Glynn Vivian Art Gallery - On Air
An archive of Glynn Vivian Art Gallery talks, interviews, guides and music, ranging from historical to contemporary subjects, led by artists, curators, educators and historians. Glynn Vivian Art Gallery is is part of the City & County of Swansea and is supported by the Arts Council of Wales and through grant aid from CyMAL.
