Myrddin Wyllt
Welsh single tradition · 1
Myrddin Wyllt is a prophetic wild man figure in medieval Welsh poetry. He is considered the prototype of Merlin. The Welsh word chwyfleian, meaning "a wanderer of pallid countenance", was originally applied as an epithet to Myrddin Wyllt.
When
- First attested
- 500 CE
- Attested period
- 500 – 1500
- Historical notes
- Figure in medieval Welsh poetry.
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wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“Arthurian scholar A. O. H. Jarman, following suggestions first made in the 19th century, proposed that the name Viviane used in French Arthurian romances, was ultimately derived from (and a corruption of) the Welsh word chwyfleian (also spelled hwimleian and chwibleian in medieval Welsh sources), meaning "a wanderer of pallid countenance", which was originally applied as an epithet to the famous prototype of Merlin, a prophetic wild man figure Myrddin Wyllt in medieval Welsh poetry.”
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