With regard to Old Oswestry being the place "where King Arthur's Guinevere was born", this is an intriguing claim...! Thomas Pennant, an >
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> him w/ Castell y Cnwclas (Knucklas Castle) going back to the 15thC, w/ following tale recorded of there in 16thC:pic.twitter.com/t9YeIrkYU9
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Worth noting, btw, that Arthur+Gwenhwyfar both portrayed as Giants in Welsh folklore sometimes--Myrddin Fardd, 19thC:pic.twitter.com/wYcPFVllSr
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See further C. Grooms, _Giants of Wales. Cewri Cymru_ Welsh Studies vol 10 (Lampeter, 1993) for discussion+catalogue of Welsh giant lore :)
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@caitlinrgreen I love that Arthurian tales stretch Cumbria-Cornwall. Each "pocket" of native pop recalling that story of resistance. -
@STORI3D_PAST Well, it's an interesting one---earliest evidence suggests Arthur known in S. Wales and S. Scotland in 6thC! Question is, > -
@STORI3D_PAST > what was he famous for? He's absent from Armes Prydein, the great poem of resistance etc, after all, and Saxons get no > -
@STORI3D_PAST > mention in the non-historical materials, so was he famous generally for the non-historical bits? The giant-killing, boar > -
@STORI3D_PAST > hunting, witch slaying and the like of Culhwch, Pa Gur and the like?! An interesting conundrum! :) - 4 more replies
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