Welsh mythology: everything you wanted to know
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🗓️ 6 April 2024
⏱️ 50 minutes
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| 0:35.0 | Welcome to the History Extra podcast, fascinating historical conversations from the makers of BBC History Magazine. |
| 0:44.2 | What do white horses symbolise in Welsh mythology? |
| 0:48.8 | What is the Mabinogion? |
| 0:51.5 | And was King Arthur from Wales? |
| 0:53.9 | Well, today we're delving into the weird and wonderful |
| 0:56.6 | world of Welsh mythology to find out. Eleanor Evans was joined by Mark Rees, an expert on folklore, |
| 1:03.9 | myths and ghost stories of the country to learn more about dragons, fairy folk and giant beaver |
| 1:10.8 | crocodiles and the incredible landscapes that shaped |
| 1:13.9 | them. Welcome to today's episode of everything you wanted to know about, and today's subject is |
| 1:19.3 | wealth mythology. I am really pleased to be joined by author and journalist Mark Rees, |
| 1:23.7 | who specialises in Welsh folklore, ghosts and culture. Thank you so much, Mark, for joining us for |
| 1:28.3 | today's episode. Thank you so much for inviting me. It's lovely to be, Helena. Wonderful. So we have |
| 1:33.6 | some listener questions we are going to dig into. We're going to start with the most obvious one. |
| 1:38.5 | It's there on the flag. Mark, where does the dragon come from in Welsh mythology? |
| 1:43.6 | Well, the dragon is an excellent one to kick things off with. The dragon, I mean, the dragon come from in Welsh mythology? Well, the dragon is an excellent one to kick |
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