The Votadini exodus to Wales

[Robert Vermaat]

Somehow, the tribune Marcellus got a sex change and became "Marshall," the daughter of either Tewdrig or Mauric. :roll: She went on to birth Brycon. Then we have "Arthur's" famous sister Anna, who maybe fell out of the Bible while delivering Saint Samson... or was it Saint David? I really can't remember, somewhat confused by the great number of children and saints that all these authentic daughters had.

Yup. And Coel became 'married' to Hadrian's wall (Gwawl) and one of his sons to the Wall road (Stratgwawl)! :wink: And battles to man - how about Rhuddfael (Ruduedel, Rhuddfedel, Rudduedel), 'grandson'of Vortigern? He is made the successor of Catigern in most of the later pedigrees. The fact that he is not present in any of the earlier ones makes it very likely that his presence there is due to either an interpolation or another kind of error. His name is strangely familiar, as it resembles the British name for the battle in which his father Catigern died. This battle, called Episford in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, is called Rithergabail in the Historia Brittonum. Transformed, indeed.

I know that the genealogies are bogus and inflated, but without them we would have nothing in the way of psudo-history at all. We have good, honest, men like Darrell Wolcott, who study these things with serious dillegence. I applaud them, don't argee with them, but admire their seemingly tail-chasing efforts.

True again!

If you get the chance, pull up the Iolo Manuscripts on Google Book Search.

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