21 May 1561: Richard Davies, a translator of the New Testament into #Welsh#Cymraeg (eebo) translated #otd from St. Asaph to the bishopric of St. David's
#Celtic#LegendaryWednesday for #MothersDay: As a child, Lugh was fostered by Queen Tailtiu of the Fir Bolg, a race defeated by the Tuatha de Danann. It is said that Lugh held his foster mother in great esteem, and that when she died, he set up the festival of Lughnasadh on August 1st in her honour. This took place every year in what is now known as Teltown in Co Meath, and involved horse races, Irish martial arts contests, feats of sportsmanship, and all manner of feasting, trading and entertainment. As a result, Lúnasa become the Irish name for the month of August.
Source: Ali Isaac
#Celtic#LegendaryWednesday for #MothersDay: Over time a man had hit his wife three times. Thus the Sidhe had to go back to lake Llyn y Fan Fach. But the mother returned sometimes to help and instruct her sons, and in particular one called Rhiwallon. In due course Rhiwallon and the other sons went to the court of Rhys Gryg of Deheubarth, where they became famous doctors who are known today as the Physicians of Myddfai. A number of their medical formulae remain in the #Welsh manuscripts.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llyn_y_Fan_Fach
3 May: feast of Glywys a #Welsh saint who is patron of St Gluvias on #Cornwall#Kernow (Row17) In some later lives he is described as a martyr, others make him a nephew of St Petroc #Cymru
Serbia used to dominate Yugoslavia, and was very well off due to that. Nowadays, Croatia and Bosnia's economies are making bank, and Serbia is left in the doldrums because political dominance and siphoning wealth was all they had going. Which explains why Serbia fought so hard in the nineties to keep them under her thumb.
it's so funny how #Welsh decided /k/ should be written c and the letter k would not ever be written and #Breton decided /k/ should be written k and c should be only used in digraphs (ch /ʃ/ and c'h /x/) like siblings wearing opposite clothes in order to have individual identities
The footholder of the #Welsh king/underworld god #Math, Goewin, was raped by Gilvaethwy. He and his brother Gwyddion were enchanted into animals as punishment for three years. First, as stag and hind, they had to give birth to a hind calf and deliver it to Math, then as boar and sow a piglet, and finally as wolf and she-wolf a pup.
Source: Ingeborg Clarus „#Keltische Mythen – Der Mensch und seine #Anderswelt“ https://twitter.com/YnysAfallon/status/1250810974317301760?t=DrBjZFP-GGtUAHGeEao24Q&s=09
29 Mar 1578: John Bennertt of Bryn Canathan, Cwm, Holywell, Flintshire is ordained at #Cambrai#otd. In 1586 he became a Jesuit. Tortured several times in the 1590s, he preached in #Cymraeg#Welsh to large crowds at Holywell. Died in #London, 1625 ministering to plague victims.
Thank you Deepl (other translators are available) for being able to read your instance's Finnish posts. Always a Babelfish moment that extends horizons.