Talk:Taliesin

message: Llywrch -  you're right, it's five. Pachiaammos 10 May 07:50
:You had me worried there, so I checked my copy of the HB. And figured that I better list all of them to avoid an edit war. -- llywrch
Owain - I'm surprised you're disputing a point that can be verified on any decent map of Wales. The Gwent/Glamorgan border runs well to the west of the Usk, along the hills above the Sirhowy.
Pachiaammos 10 May 07:50
:I'm staying out of this one. Unfortunately, the closest I've ever been to Wales was Gloucester about 20 years ago, & I'm not going to offer an opinion over something I clearly know nothing about. -- llywrch 03:04, 11 May 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: This page links to the disambiguation page Corn, but I'm not sure which sense is intended.  Can you help?  Thanks. — Pekinensis 21:31, 4 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Since this portion of the article was written in Britain, I'm certain "corn" is not meant in the sense of "maize" -- but it'd require some further research to determine which cereal was intended here (e.g., what is mostly likely the meaning of the Welsh word here?) -- llywrch 18:27, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Corn 

message: I propose that this lonely stub get merged into Taliesin and a redirect created. Ifnord 15:39, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: About the time this proposal was, um, proposed, that article was merged into Ceridwen.  I think it makes more sense there.  I thought I'd mention it so no one goes looking to fix it (like I did). -- Straif 21:24, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tegid Veol 

message: As Gwion Bach is a stub, and at best it will always be a subset of this article, I would like to suggest that it be merged and replaced with a redirect.  Before I formally propose it (Wikipedia:Merging and moving pages), I'd like to get a second opinion. -- Straif 20:29, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gwion Bach 

message: I should like to see an explanation - using IPA - of how the name Taliesin is pronounced in Welsh. Many other pages with non-English names (and some with English ones too!) include a pronunciation guide and I think this should have one as well. Nothingbutmeat 08:56, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation! 

message: I'd love to know where this comes from - "Taliesin (c. 534 – c. 599)". All that most scholars will venture, based on what little we know, is that he lived in the second half of the 6th century. To make matters worse he was categoried in "534 births" and "599 deaths" - truly astounding news to anyone familiar with the subject! It's a great pity that the category "sub-Roman writers" was created as well. Neither he nor Aneirin or any other poet from that period were writers - the bardic tradition was oral and poetry was composed in the head (same goes for most of the Middle Ages as well). Oh, and he was definitely not "from Monmouthshire" either (which wasn't created till nearly a millenium after him anyway... ). Please be more careful with these categories and dates. Enaidmawr (talk) 00:00, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Floruit and categories 

message: Is "bucklet" a real word?  Someone please give me a cite.  I am tempted to change it to "bucket", but I am asking here on the off chance that it's a misspelling of something else, or even an obscure term found nowhere but but the story of Taliesin.  Websearching "bucklet" I find misspellings of "bucket" and "buckle" and naught else.   Randall Bart    Talk   10:49, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: S'one changed it to buckler. Manytexts (talk) 23:51, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bucklet 

message: In the Birth section, the boy "shoves Morfran out of the way" - is this the name of the blind man? Before this the blind man's name isn't given or not known. Is this a contradiction? Thanks, Manytexts (talk) 23:33, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name? 

message: I would like to disambiguate the he was "an early British poet of the post-Roman period", mainly because I think the term "British" can be misleading to anyone unfamiliar with post-Roman ethnic groups. "British" is often today used interchangeably with "English," or even more broadly in reference to the UK. It makes it sound as if Taliesin may have been part of the Ango-Saxon tradition, instead of the Celtic Cymry, speaking and composing in a form of what would become Welsh. And even though it links to a page for the Britons (Celtic), I think unless you do this further delving, it is still misleading. I propose it by changed to Brythonic, but may still be linked to the same page. --Florimell1919 (talk) 03:31, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  British vs. Brythonic 

message: This article says that "Gwion Bach shoved Morfran out of the way so he could get the three drops". This contradicts the article on Ceridwen (the potion brewer), where it says "Three hot drops spilled onto Gwion's thumb as he stirred, burning him. He instinctively put his thumb in his mouth, and gained the wisdom and knowledge Ceridwen had intended for her son."
I'm familiar with the version on Ceridwen's page, which portrays Taliesin as a much more pure character. I'd be interested to know the sources of the two versions.
Perhaps we could have a section on this conflict, if anybody could find sources. --Oppolo (talk) 22:50, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  How did Taliesin taste the potion? 

message: The Festiniog Railway Company has had three locomotives named after Talisin in its history.  Two single Fairlies and one Double Fairlie.  Would it be relevant to mention this?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 157.203.254.1 (talk) 09:12, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Festiniog Railway locomotive 

message: In the opening section on Taliesin, the link for "yellow plague" (which may have killed Maelgwn Gwynedd) takes you to "yellow fever" which can't be right. Following the link for Maelgwn Gwynedd, there we find a link that connects "yellow plague" with Justinian's plague which seems much more plausible. I don't know how to edit this, though; can someone else fix it?
Chocofluff (talk) 03:11, 22 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incorrect Link 

message: This article has been marked with   I assume the editor wanted better biographical information. Unfortunately there is no verifiable, historical information.  The best that could be done, as far as I can see, is to move the first paragraph of ==Biography== into the intro to substantiate what little evidence exists that he exists (and isn't two or more individuals).  I believe "Biography" section might even be re-titled to something like Authorship and Legends. I would do it myself, but I try to keep my edits minimal, there's too much maliciousness in Wikidpedia to try and stand behind sincere edits. It's like hitting one's head on a brick wall. 
Or we can just keep this label on the article forevermore and let people know how pathetic Wikipedia is. I don't care anymore. 75.71.166.197 (talk) 23:49, 9 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Lead Rewrite" is impractical. perhaps some simple editing 

message: I love folklore. Some say it’s true -Michaela Hyperkitty1 (talk) 06:45, 3 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Magical world