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Mynyddog Mwynfawr

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Mynyddawg Mwynfawr (also spelled Mynyddog) was, according to tradition, the ruler of the kingdom of Gododdin in the late sixth century, who ruled from the stronghold of Din Eidyn, on the site of modern day Edinburgh, central Scotland. He appears as the sponsor of the warband that fought at the battle of Catraeth in the early Welsh poem Y Gododdin, by Aneirin.

Sources

  • Magnus Magnusson, Scotland: The story of a nation. London: harper collins, 2000, pp. 25-28.