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Bu’r ddraig yn symbol bwysig i’r Cymry ers dros fil o flynyddoedd. Galwyd llawer o’n harweinwyr a’n
rhyfelwyr dewraf yn ‘ddreigiau’ gan ein beirdd cynharaf. Dywedir i Arthur a Chadwaladr ymladd dan
faner y ddraig – Draig Aur i Arthur a’r Ddraig Goch i Gadwaladr.
The dragon has been an important symbol for the Welsh for more than a thousand years. Many of our greatest leaders and warriors were called ‘dragons’ by our earliest poets. It’s said that Arthur and Cadwaladr fought under dragon banners – a Golden Dragon for Arthur and a Red Dragon for Cadwaladr.
Yn sicr, defnyddiodd y Cymry ddreigiau ar eu baneri yn ystod yr Oesoedd Canol. Ymladdodd luoedd
Owain Glyndŵr o dan faner y Ddraig Aur wrth iddynt frwydro am ryddid i Gymru, a defnyddiodd
Owain ddraig ar ei bais arfau i gynnal y darian.
It’s certain that the Welsh had dragon banners during the Middle Ages. The soldiers of Owain Glyndŵr fought under a Goldren Dragon banner as they strove for freedom; and Owain used a dragon to support his shield on his coat of arms.
Hedfanodd Harri Tudur Ddraig Goch fflamllyd ar gefndir o wyrdd a gwyn ym mrwydr Bosworth yn 1485, pan lladdwyd Rhisiart III. ‘Roedd llawer iawn o Gymry ym myddin Harri, wrth gwrs, ac yntau o deulu Cymreig; ac roedd traddodiad i’r Cymry wisgo gwyrdd a gwyn yn filwrol.
Harri Tudur, who became Henry VII of England, flew the banner of a ‘fiery red dragon’ on a green and white background at the battle of Bosworth in 1485, when Richard II was defeated. There were very many Welshmen in Henry’s army, of course. There was already a tradition of Welsh soldiers wearing green and white.
Mae llawer o chwedlau ac hanesion am ddreigiau yng Nghymru. Efallai’r enwocaf yw hanes Proffwydoliaeth Myrddin a gofnodwyd gan Sieffre o Fynwy ddechrau’r 12fed Ganrif, gyda Myrddin Ddewin ifanc yn esbonio i’r brenin Gwrtheyrn am frwydr rhwng y Ddraig Wen a’r Ddraig Goch mewn llyn yn Ninas Emrys. Daeth yr hanesyn yma’n bwysig iawn i hunaniaeth y Cymry am ganrifoedd.
We have many legends and stories about dragons in Wales. Perhaps the most famous is that of Merlin’s Prophecy, written down by Geoffrey of Monmouth in the early 12th century, where the young Merlin the Magician told King Vortigern of a battle between the Red and White Dragons in a pool under Dinas Emrys. This lagened between central to Welsh identity for many centuries.
Ac heddiw wrth gwrs, mae’r Cymry yn dal i hedfan ein Draig Goch yn falch. Hir oes i’r Ddraig Goch
Today, of course, we still fly the Red Dragon proudly in Wales. Long may she fly!
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