#welsh dragon

[demial4]

Making me choose one is just unfair. I have a welsh dragon plushie the same age as me but it's at my mother's house so i put the flag, instead. My other pick is the FFX Bahamut. FFX had some of the coolest summons

@recurringdragon i ask you to also agonize over your favourite

🗡️🔥 This is the dragon tax. Show me your favorite dragon and you will be allowed to live

I will start 🥰

(Tagging some people but anyone else feel free to join also. Fill my notifs with dragons hehehe) @certifieddragonenjoyer @rottenpumpkin13 @salternateunreality2 @izunias-meme-hole @luneandbarbecue @heraldofcrow @decadentblazewolf @wowa-bublord

[llyfrenfys]

PLEASE TELL US ABOUT Y DDRAIG TRAWS!

Certainly! I'm more than happy to oblige.

First though I'm gonna need to tldr: the history of Y Ddraig Goch before we get onto the (accidentally) canonically trans part.

A brief history of Y Ddraig Goch:

(The modern Welsh flag)

Y Ddraig Goch first appears in the tales of the Mabinogi (Charlotte Guest version) in the tale of Lludd and Llefelys where it is fighting a white dragon. The fight is also described/expanded upon in the c. 829 AD text Historia Brittonum (attributed to Nennius) - where the red dragon represents Wales and the white dragon represents the Anglo-Saxons. In the story the red dragon triumphs over the white. Of course, Geoffrey of Monmouth also covers the story c. 1136 in Historia Regnum Brittaniae in which he introduces the concept of the red dragon heralding the arrival of King Arthur.

Geoffrey of Monmouth claims Arthur used a banner featuring a golden dragon. But we also know the accuracy of Monmouth can be questionable at times. Owain Glyndŵr did use a banner with a golden dragon called Y Ddraig Aur - raised in 1401 at Caernarfon - Glyndŵr chose this banner as a nod to the supposed banner of Arthur and his father.

Later on the Tudor monarchs (being a Welsh family) adopted a red dragon on a white and green background in their heraldry. Eventually Y Ddraig Goch on a white and green background became the official badge of Wales in 1800. The design became the official flag of Wales in 1959.

Y Ddraig Traws:

Now for the thing you're all here for -

So, as outlined, the history of the dragon as a national symbol of Wales goes back a long way. If we're just talking post-1959, there's some interesting implications for Y Ddraig Goch's depiction.

This is what the Welsh flag (and Y Ddraig Goch) looked like in 1959 when it was officially adopted as the flag of Wales. It looks broadly the same as the first flag and has some common features - such as not having a penis (or, as in the correct heraldic terminology - a pizzle). Meanwhile, in the arms of the Tudors (specifically Henry VII)

(Tudor dragon with pizzle) vs (dragon on the flag of Cardiff - pizzleless)

the penis is almost always included. So much to the point that the present royal family still includes the penis. While pretty much 0 depictions of the dragon in Wales include a penis. So you could interpret this as the dragon is seen as male only by the British royal family and as female everywhere else (which kinda implies that at some point the Tudor dragon had an mtf transition in Wales and she keeps getting misgendered by the royal family every time she is depicted in (mostly) England).

So much to the point that in 1995 this pound coin was made by the Royal Mint featuring the pizzle on the dragon with all four feet touching the ground as opposed to standing up (passant rather than rampant).

But in Wales you'd be hard pressed to see a pizzled dragon anywhere. Ergo, we can only conclude Y Ddraig Goch is trans and she transitioned in Wales and keeps getting misgendered in England.

[note: This is mostly tongue in cheek - but I do think it's fun to extrapolate that the Welsh dragon is trans because of the differences in depiction between Wales and England. Like many things Welsh, it is misrepresented by England and the idea of the Welsh dragon being misgendered only in England is, I think, a good metaphor for a whole lot of English treatment of Wales.]

Unrelatedly, there is a gay Welsh flag held at the National Museum of Wales which has a very wonky dragon which I find very endearing.

(cleaned up version I made)

So much so I made it an emoji in my Welsh bilingual LGBTQIA+ Discord (requirements for joining are - be 16+, either speak or are learning Welsh and identify as LGBTQIA+ in some way. Dm for link!).

(triaist ti 'you tried' emoji)

~ Completely unrelatedly ~ never forget the time someone was trying to homophobic to me by suggesting that I was disrespecting all the soldiers who died 'for the Welsh flag' by making it rainbow colours and not red - arguing that any change of colour of the dragon was disrespectful. Reader, my bus pass at the time for Mid Wales Travel had a purple dragon on it.

[procrastiel]

just woke up and guess what I’m thinking about

[delyth-thomas-art]

BOOP?

[tashthefirst]

Absolutely losing my mind! Michael replied! He cannot know how much things like this mean to fans.

[dragons-daily]

Flag of Wales in the style of the Qing dynasty flag. The flag of the Welsh dynasty if you will.

[rowynnellis]

This project has been in the works for quite some time with the marvellous team at Eye of Newt Books and is launching very very soon!

[pixelplushies]

Taking a break from cows.. it's TY dragon time!

Here we have Y Ddraig Goch beanie baby and beanie buddy, Legend and Dwynwen!

The two Ddraig Goch were picked up on eBay after visiting Wales only to find the new Y Ddraig Goch beanie babies stocked in the gift shops there are very poor quality material now.

Legend is one of my childhood beanies who has stuck with me!

Dwynwen was a new eBay purchase this year (2024)!

[draconesmundi]

Happy Dracones Monday! Ddraig Goch!

Happy Dracones Monday! today's dragon is Ddraig Goch, the red dragon of Wales! This is a small firedrake species, very closely related to the common firedrakes found throughout western Europe, but slightly smaller and far brighter red in colour.

For a new Dracones Mundi dragon every monday, follow @draconesmundi! :3

[artofgaryyeung]

Inktober Day 14 - Castle

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[chelseajackarmy]

MARK HUGHES

[ibrithir-was-here]

Tada! Very fun commission for the lovely @scifrey for her upcoming book “Nine-Tenths” a super cute fantasy romance set in the fan favorite of all Tumblr writers-the coffee shop. It’s got pining bisexuals, charming Welsh dragon guys and a heck of a Meet Awkward xD

The book is dropping on Wattpad on January 13th and you should 1000% check it out!

[azeutreciathewicked]

These are lovely 28-minute audio conversations about acting with our favorite person, Michael Sheen. I learned a lot about acting and some of the techniques used, as well as about barriers many people face in getting into acting. I highly recommend this series for anyone interested in learning about acting, or who just wants an excuse to listen to Michael's wonderful voice and storytelling. Michael Sheen's passion for projects like these and his dedication to raising awareness about social and other barriers to people (plus his activism to address those) are part of why I admire him so much.

[procrastiel]

David gets the trophy, Michael gets the kiss

I think we all won.

[delyth-thomas-art]

Smaugust 2024 - Cursed

Do you have some chicken??? And with that here ends smaugust 2024… flop

[tashthefirst]

I am very new to painting, but I made this interpretation of a Welsh dragon for Michael Sheen. The flowers and constellation are related to his children's names, so I hope it made him smile.