Surf these sites: At the Edge: Dragons of the Marches -- The Marcher counties are a dragon-haunted land. Cheshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire and Gloucestershire - the counties that lie on the western side of the English Midlands and form the Welsh border - have between them some twenty local names and legends recording a belief in the neighbourhood dragon - the hill where it had its lair, the waters from which it drank, and the lands and honours given to the hero who slay it. Many of these places can still be tracked down and visited, and this article examines some of the theories which have been inspired by the juxtaposition of such fabulous beasts and down-to-earth landscapes British Mythology -- "The earliest tradition, in the Mabinogion, apparently tells of the doings of the ancient royal houses of Wales. Under this gloss, they are tales of gods and goddesses, heroes and rituals from an ancient tradition." Cfarwydd -- "Wales is a land rich with folklore and storytelling. Cyfarwydd (the storyteller) features stories and tales of Welsh Kings, bards and dragons. Many of the stories are based on those found within the Mabinogion." The Mabinogion -- A site which is linked backwards through Taffnet to the Ring of the Red Dragon and several other Celtic literary and mythological sites and rings, including the Ring of Rhiannon. It itself contains the full text of the Mabinogion.
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