National symbols of Wales: Difference between revisions

| The [[Welsh Dragon|Red Dragon]] ({{lang-cy|Y Ddraig Goch<!--NOTE: Standard Wiki style is that non-English alternative names for articles are in italics rather than bold. This doesn't change for country names — see the articles on Germany or Italy for example.-->}}) of Wales is a symbol of Wales that appears in "[[Lludd and Llefelys|Cyfranc Lludd a Lleuelys]]", ''[[Historia Brittonum]]'', ''[[Historia Regum Britanniae|Historia Regnum Britianniae]]'', and the [[Welsh Triads|Welsh triads]]. According to legend, [[Vortigern]] ({{Lang-cy|Gwrtheyrn}}) [[King of the Britons|King of the Celtic Britons]] from Powys is interrupted whilst attempting to build fort at Dinas Emrys. He is told by Merlin/Ambrosius ({{Lang-cy|Myrddin}}) to dig up two dragons beneath the castle. He discovers a red dragon representing the [[Celtic Britons]] (now Welsh) and a white dragon representing Anglo-Saxons (now English). Merlin/Ambrosius prophesisesprophesies that the Celtic Britons will reclaim the island and push the Anglo-Saxons back to the sea.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Red Dragon of Wales |url=https://www.maryjones.us/jce/reddragon.html |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=www.maryjones.us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite DWB|id=s-GWRT-HEY-0400|last=Williams|first=Ifor|year=1959|title=Gwrtheyrn (Vortigern)}}</ref> As an emblem, the red dragon has been used since the reign of [[Cadwaladr]], [[List of rulers of Wales|King of Gwynedd]] from around 655AD and is present on the national [[flag of Wales]], which became an official flag in 1959.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2019-07-06 |title=Wales history: Why is the red dragon on the Welsh flag? |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-47389680 |access-date=2022-09-06}}</ref>