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llyfrenfys · 4 months

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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.

#cymraeg #welsh #cymblr #cwiar #trawsryweddol #traws #trans #trans dragon #y ddraig goch #welsh dragon #welsh history #dragons #wyverns #last tag because technically Owain's golden dragon is technically a wyvern

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pixelplushies · 1 month

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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)!

#beanie baby #y ddraig goch #red dragon #welsh dragon #ty

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opshopbeanies · 5 months

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today's beanie: y ddraig goch the dragon (keyring)

#thrifting #beanie babies #plush #kidcore #ty #my beanies #beanie baby #plushie #today's beanie #y ddraig goch #keyring

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hoofclid · 2 months

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Happy St David's Day!

#y ddraig goch #st David's day #dydd gwyl dewi hapus

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missjenart · 2 months

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Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus! – Happy Saint Davids Day!

Thanks to Atomhawk for inviting me to create this drawing to celebrate Saint David's day.

#art #illustration #artists on tumblr #artwork #digital art #artist #saint david's day #dewisant #wales #cymru #welsh #cymru am byth #dragon #ddraig #y ddraig goch #flag

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delyth-thomas-art · 21 days

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@ocmonthly Has a cute red themed oc share going on at the moment. Sooooooo...

Drops in my boi Aster from my webcomic @spiritcallercomic . A kind-hearted traveller roaming the lands of Telania to help restore the imbalances and conflicts between man and spirits. Skilled in magic, fortune telling, and communicating with animals.

In contrast, an antagonist from the comic is The Crimson Lady. A masked entity delighting in chaos and destruction. Often aggravating conflicts to lethal results all for their own amusement.

In contrast to that, there's my sweet bean Gwydion and Goch the dragon from my other comic, @mythicmayhemcomic .

Gwydion is living in a magical cottage in a strang fae realm nook, cooking delicious food and welcoming guests from all walks of life. He loves sharing a good story. Meanwhile, the energetic and sassy Goch enjoys causing mischeif and stealing roast chickens.

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starrystillness · 2 months

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Dydd Gŵyl Dewi, Aberteifi

#aberteifi #cymru #dydd gwyl dewi #dydd gŵyl dewi #st david's day #wales #cardigan #y ddraig goch #welsh dragon #tribal drumming

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birdsofrhiannon · 1 year

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Y Ddraig Goch by Harmonikah

#y ddraig goch #dragons #welsh mythology #celtic mythology #celtic #mythology #wales

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myartwonderland · 2 years

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#dragon #artists on tumblr #painting #art #digital painting #art set #ipad #dragon age #marie perrott #Welsh #wales #red #slate #y ddraig Goch

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crynwr-drwg · 1 year

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I d'be reppin the two four of them everyday tho

#crynwrdrwg #tes #tesblr #wales #cymru #saesneg #y ddraig goch #tribunal #tribiwnlys

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chimericecho · 2 days

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Y Ddraig Goch.

#fanart #digitalart #character design #monster #creature design #creaturedesign #clipstudio #drawing #clipstudiopaint #monster art #dragon #dragon art #red dragon #y ddraig goch #mythical creatures #mythology #digital illustration #digital aritst

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vowcomic · 2 months

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“Woe to the red dragon, for his banishment hasteneth on. His lurking holes shall be seized by the white dragon, which signifies the Saxons whom you invited over; but the red denotes the British nation, which shall be oppressed by the white. Therefore shall its mountains be levelled as the valleys, and the rivers of the valleys shall run with blood. The exercise of religion shall be destroyed, and churches be laid open to ruin." -- Historia Regum Britanniae, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Chapter 3, Page 13, https://www.yorku.ca/inpar/geoffrey_thompson.pdf.

#the vale of wales #vow #welsh mythology #welsh folklore #wales #amanda #y ddraig goch #Gwyvern #White Dragon #Red Dragon #Chapter 14 #Page 34 #historia regum britanniae #geoffrey of monmouth

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hughmanrights · 4 months

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