Dinas Emrys

Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx

• attestation: Here then the guardians of the treasure are creatures of a supernatural kind, as in many other instances, and especially that of Dinas Emrys to be mentioned presently (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter VIII: Welsh Cave Legends)

  "Here then the guardians of the treasure are creatures of a supernatural kind, as in many other instances, and especially that of Dinas Emrys to be mentioned presently."

• attribution: 331, makes ur and his following set out from Dinas Emrys and cross Hafod y Borth mountain for a place above the upper reach of Cwmttan, called Tregalan (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter VIII: Welsh Cave Legends)

  "For a writer who has already sen quoted from the Brython for 1861, p. 331, makes ur and his following set out from Dinas Emrys and cross Hafod y Borth mountain for a place above the upper reach of Cwmttan, called Tregalan. where they found their antagonists."

• attestation: Originally the armed warriors were in some instances presumably the henchmen of a sleeping divinity, as in the story told to Demetrius; but perhaps oftener they were the guardians of treasure, just as (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter VIII: Welsh Cave Legends)

  "Originally the armed warriors were in some instances presumably the henchmen of a sleeping divinity, as in the story told to Demetrius; but perhaps oftener they were the guardians of treasure, just as much as the invisible agencies are, which bring on thunder and lightning and portents when any one begins to dig at Dinas Emrys or other spots where ancient treasure lies hidden."

• relationship: The next story ^ points to a spot between y Dinas or Dinas Emrys and Eyn y Dinas as containing the grave of Owen yMhacsen, that is to say, ' Owen son of Maxen/ Owen had been fighting with a giant — ^w (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter X: Difficulties of the Folklorist)

  "The next story ^ points to a spot between y Dinas or Dinas Emrys and Eyn y Dinas as containing the grave of Owen yMhacsen, that is to say, ' Owen son of Maxen/ Owen had been fighting with a giant — ^whose name local tradition takes for granted — with balls of steel; and there are depressions {panylau ^ still to be seen in the ground where each of the combatants took his stand."