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The Welsh Dragon (Welsh: y Ddraig Goch, meaning 'the red dragon'; pronounced[əˈðraiɡˈɡoːχ]) is a heraldic symbol that represents Wales and appears on the national flag of Wales.
Ancient leaders of the Celtic Britons that are personified as dragons include Maelgwn Gwynedd, Mynyddog Mwynfawr and Urien Rheged. Later Welsh "dragons" include Owain Gwynedd, Llywelyn ap Gruffydd and Owain Glyndŵr.
The red dragon appears in the ancient Mabinogion story of Lludd and Llefelys where it is confined, battling with an invading white dragon, at Dinas Emrys. The story continues in the Historia Brittonum, written around AD 829, where Gwrtheyrn, King of the Britons is frustrated in attempts to build a fort at Dinas Emrys. He is told by a boy, Emrys, to dig up two dragons fighting beneath the castle. He discovers the white dragon representing the Anglo-Saxons, which is soon to be defeated by the red dragon of Wales.
The red dragon is now seen as symbolising Wales, present on the current national flag of Wales, which became an official flag in 1959.
The WelshDragon (Welsh: y Ddraig Goch, meaning 'the red dragon'; pronounced [ə ˈðraiɡ ˈɡoːχ]) is a heraldic symbol that represents Wales and appears...
The flag of Wales (Welsh: Baner Cymru or Y Ddraig Goch, meaning 'the red dragon') consists of a red dragon passant on a green and white field. As with...
red dragon features on, and is the name of, the national flag of Wales (Y Ddraig Goch, "the red dragon"). Early Welsh writing associates dragons with...
The white dragon (Welsh: Y Ddraig Wen) is a symbol associated in Welsh mythology with the Anglo-Saxons. The earliest usage of the white dragon as a symbol...
and politics. Wales is primarily represented by the symbol of the red WelshDragon, but other national emblems include the leek and the daffodil. Although...
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said she would consider a redesign of the Union Flag to incorporate the Welshdragon, during a debate in the House of Commons on the frequency with which...
the 15th century onwards. Until then, the Welsh had a patronymic naming system. In 1292, 48 per cent of Welsh names were patronymics and, in some parishes...
4: Edwin of Tegeingl; Key features shown are the predominance of the Welshdragon, the use of colour differences to distinguish branches of a family, and...
official languages of the Senedd (Welsh Parliament) are also Welsh and English. According to the 2021 census, the Welsh-speaking population of Wales aged...
all-red. The crest of the Football Association of Wales features a rampant WelshDragon on a white shield. From 1920, the shield was surrounded by a red border...
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instead represented heraldically by two royal badges, which use the Welshdragon and the coat of arms of Llywelyn ab Iorwerth respectively. At the centre...
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with England) the concept of national flags was in its infancy. The WelshDragon was, however, adopted as a supporter in the royal coat of arms of England...