Lailoken
Lailoken (aka Merlyn Sylvester)
As a
There was also a late 15th-century story Lailoken and Kentigern which states: "...some say he was called Merlynum".[6]
Lailoken may be a form of the name Llallogan, which occurs in the Welsh poem Cyfoesi Myrddin a Gwenddydd ei Chwaer (or "The Conversation of Merlin and his Sister Gwenddydd"), where Gwenddydd refers to Merlin as Llallawg and its diminutive, Llallwgan. The name is comparable to Modern Welsh *llallog “brother, friend, lord (as a form of address); honour, dignity”, also "a twin; twin(-like)".[7]
See also
- Myrddin Wyllt
- Suibhne Geilt – parallel figure in Irish legend[8]
References
- ISBN 9781317946830
- ^ Jocelyn of Furness (1989) The Life of St Kentigern Lampeter: Llannerch Enterprises
- ^ Bromwich, R. (1978) (2nd edn.) 'Trioedd Ynys Prydein: The Welsh Triads'. Cardiff: University of Wales Press
- ^ Jarman, A.O.H. (1967) 'Ymddiddan Myrddin a Thaliesin'. Caerdydd: Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru
- ISBN 978-1-906566999
- ^ MacQueen, W. and MacQueen, J. (1989) "Vita Merlini Silvestris" Scottish Studies 29: 77-93
- ^ Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru / Dictionary of the Welsh Language, A: Rhan 33., University of Wales, 1984, p. 2091.
- ^ Geilt (Gwyllt in Welsh): "one who goes mad with terror or flees panic-stricken from the field of battle"