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The Barddas of Iolo Morganwg, Vol. I., ed. by J. Williams Ab Ithel, [1862], at sacred-texts.com


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Tair rhagoriaeth Barddas: hoffeiddiaw wyfyrdawd; helaethu addysg; a gwerinaw moes a defod.

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CONTENTS.

 

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xi

Preface

xiii

Llywelyn Sion

lxxxiii


Symbol.

 

The Origin of Letters, Roll, and Paper.--The Virtue of Letters

11

The Origin and Progress of Letters.--The Name of God.--The Bardic Secret

17

The first Inventors of Letters.--Improvers of the Alphabet.--Invention of the Roll and Plagawd.--Obligation of a Bard to hold a Chair and Gorsedd

33

Origin of Letters

39

The Inventor of Vocal Song.--The first Recorders of Bardism.--Its first Systematizers.--Their Regulations.--Mode of inscribing the primary Letters.--Origin of their Form and Sound.--The three Menws

41

The principal Elements of various things.--The Gogyrvens

47

The Invention of Letters by Einigan and Menw.--The Secret of Bardism

49

Cuttings: Foundations of Awen

51

Origin and Progress of Letters.--Einigan the Giant.--The Gwyddoniaid.--Systems of Letters

53

The Origin of Letters and Books.--Their Introduction into Britain.--The Coelbren

55

The primary Letters.--Improvement of the Alphabet

57

Primary Cuttings.--Improvement of the Coelbren.--Its Restoration

69

Recovery of the Old Cymraeg

61

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The primary Letters.--Their Augmentation.--Restoration of the Coelbren

63

The Bardic Secret

65

The Sacred Symbol

67

The primary Letters.--Improvement of the Alphabet

67

Gogyrvens.--Writing with Ink

69

Gogyrvens

69

Gogyrvens

69

Gogyrvens

69

The Three First Words of the Cymraeg

69

The primary Letters.--Names of the Coelbren

71

Classification of the Letters

73

The Bardic Secret.--Formation of Letters

77

The Vowels

77

The primary Letters

79

Variations of Letters

81

The Sixteen Primary Symbols

81

Introduction of Letters.--Original Country of the Cymry.--Their Arrival in Britain.--Augmentation of the Alphabet

83

Coelbren of the Bards, according to the arrangement of Llawdden

85

The Symbols of Literary Sciences: Improvement of the Coelbren.--Metrical Canons.--Dissolution of the Monastery of Pen Rhys

89

The Pillars of Memory.--The Symbols

93

The Birds of Rhianon

95

The Five Ages of Letters

95

The Three Symbols of Sciences

97

The three Primitive Symbols.--The three Coelbren Symbols

99

Numbers

103

The Nine Degrees of Numerals

107

The System of Numerals

109

Arithmetic

109

The System of Numerals

109

Numerals

111

The Numerals

113

The Arithmetical Characters of the Ancient Cymry; that is, the Numerals

113

The Three Symbols

115

The Materials of Language and Speech

115

The three Wreathed Bards

115

Coelbren of the Bards

117

Coelbren of the Bards

133

Coelbren of the Bards

143

Peithynen

151

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Coelbren of the Bards

153

Secret Coelbren.--Secret Coelvain.--Coelvain of History

155

Burning the Letters

155

Coelbren of Simple Letters

157

Palm Coelbren

157

Peithyn Coelbren.--Palm Coelbren

157

Peithynvain

159

Memorials

161

Plagawd

163

The three principal Materials of Knowledge

163

The Herald-bard

163

Dasgubell Rodd

165


Theology

 

Triads of Bardism

169

Theological Triads

181

Theological Triads

197

Theological Triads

199

Theological Triads

201

Theological Triads

201

Theological Triads

205

Druidism

205

God

213

Cythraul

213

Ceugant.--Duration.--God

213

The three Imperceptibilities of God

215

The Bards' Enigma

215

The twelve primary Negatives

217

Bardic Aphorisms

219

The Divine Names

219

Iau

221

Hu the Mighty

221

The Circles

223

The Book of Bardism

225

Abred.--Gwynvyd.--Awen

235

The Three States

241

Annwn.--Life.--Death

243

Abred

243

The Origin of Man.--Jesus Christ.--Creation

245

The Creation.--The First Man.--The primary Letters

249

The Discipline of Bardism. (The Creation.)

255

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The Creation.--Worship.--Vocal Song.--Gwyddoniaid

257

The Material of the World

261

The Fall in Abred

263

God in the Sun

263

God in the Light

265

Triads of Bardism

267

God; and the Faculties of the Soul

267

Sentences of Bardism

271

The Ten Commandments of the Bards

275

The Ten Commandments of the Bards

285

The Rudiments of Theology

289

The Triads of St. Paul

291

The Triads of St. Paul

323

The Triads of St. Paul and Bardism

339

Triads of Bardism and Usages

345

Triads of Bardism

357

The Mode of taking Food and Drink

359

The Gorsedd Prayer

361

The Prediction of Peredur, the Bard of Prydain

365

The Stanza of the Gorsedd Chair of the Winter Solstice

367


Wisdom.

 

Triads of Wisdom

369

The Elements

371

Triads of Bardism. (The Elements.)

371

The Triads of Bardism, called the Triads of Ionabwy. (The Elements.)

377

Bardism, &c. (The Elements.)

379

The Elements

381

The Elements

381

The Elements

381

Bardism. (The Elements.)

383

The Materials

383

The Elements

385

The Elements

387

The Materials of Man

387

The Eight Materials of Man

389

The Seven Materials of Man

389

The Seven primary Materials of the World

391

The Eight Materials of Man

391

The Parts of the Human Body in which are the Faculties

391

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The Philosophy of the Blue Bard of the Chair

393

Particular Triads

395

Triads of Ten Numbers

397

Mutual reasoning between a Disciple and his Teacher

399

The Stars

403

Astronomy

403

Chronology

405

Chronology

407

The Memorial of Computation..--The Memorial of Country

409

Memorial and Computation

409

The Cycle of Time

411

The Months

411

The beginning of the Year

417

The three Circles of the Sun

417

The Four Quarters of the Year

417

The Albans

419

The Divisions of the Year

419

The Divisions of the Year

419

The Divisions of the Year

419

The Divisions of the Year

419

The Divisions of the Year

421

The Divisions of the Day

421

The Divisions of the Day

421

The Divisions of the Day

421

The Divisions of the Day

423

The Divisions of the Day

423

Years of the Sun and Moon

423

Years of the Sun and Moon

423

Years of the Sun and Moon

425

Days of Days

425

 


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