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Gwyddyl Ffichti

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It is a peculiarity attaching to almost all of the documents which have emanated from the chair of Glamorgan, in other words, from Iolo Morganwg, that they are not to be found in any of the Welsh MSS. contained in other collections, and that they must be accepted on his authority alone. It is not
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It has been too much narrowed by the assumption that, if it is shewn to be a Celtic dialect, it must of necessity be absolutely identic in all its features either with Welsh or with Gaelic. But this necessity does not really exist; and the result I come to is, that it is not Welsh, neither is it
34:'s argument that the Picts were a Goidelic, Celtic-speaking people and that their language was ancestral to modern Scottish Gaelic. The passage in which it appears is believed to be an invention of the 18th/19th century Welsh Antiquarian 143:
The Highlanders of Scotland: their origin, history, and antiquities; with a sketch of their manners and customs and an account of the clans into which they were divided
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While Skene admitted that the "authenticity of the Triads is not unexceptional", he maintained that the term was valid as it was also present in the
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unreasonable, therefore, to say that they must be viewed with some suspicion, and that very careful discrimination is required in the use of them.
186: 51:. Skene revised his position on the nature of the Pictish language to suggest it was an amalgamation of "Welsh" and "Gaelic": 211: 31: 182: 216: 205: 35: 23: 176: 141: 38:. The suspicion of Morganwg's forgery was first raised by Skene himself in 1868: 159: 56:
Gaelic; but it is a Gaelic dialect partaking largely of Welsh forms.
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Term that appears in the third series of Welsh Triads
53: 40: 22:is a term that appears in the third series of 8: 66: 123: 111: 100: 96: 85: 73: 7: 146:, vol. 1, London: John Murray 14: 49:Triads of Arthur and his Warriors 178:The Four Ancient Books of Wales 175:Skene, William Forbes (1868), 140:Skene, William Forbes (1837), 26:, apparently referring to the 1: 233: 161:Jones' Celtic Encyclopedia 58: 45: 158:Jones, Mary (2005), 32:William Forbes Skene 30:. It was central to 224: 198: 197: 195: 171: 170: 168: 154: 153: 151: 127: 126:, pp. 95–96 121: 115: 109: 103: 94: 88: 83: 77: 71: 232: 231: 227: 226: 225: 223: 222: 221: 212:Welsh mythology 202: 201: 193: 191: 189: 174: 166: 164: 157: 149: 147: 139: 136: 131: 130: 122: 118: 110: 106: 95: 91: 84: 80: 72: 68: 63: 20:Gwyddyl Ffichti 17: 12: 11: 5: 230: 228: 220: 219: 214: 204: 203: 200: 199: 187: 172: 155: 135: 132: 129: 128: 116: 104: 99:, p. 21; 89: 78: 65: 64: 62: 59: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 229: 218: 215: 213: 210: 209: 207: 190: 188:9781907256929 184: 180: 179: 173: 163: 162: 156: 145: 144: 138: 137: 133: 125: 120: 117: 113: 108: 105: 102: 98: 93: 90: 87: 82: 79: 75: 70: 67: 60: 57: 52: 50: 44: 39: 37: 36:Iolo Morganwg 33: 29: 25: 21: 192:, retrieved 177: 165:, retrieved 160: 148:, retrieved 142: 134:Bibliography 119: 114:, p. 72 107: 92: 81: 76:, p. 69 69: 54: 48: 46: 41: 24:Welsh Triads 19: 18: 206:Categories 124:Skene 1868 112:Skene 1868 101:Jones 2005 97:Skene 1868 86:Jones 2005 74:Skene 1837 194:26 May 185:  167:26 May 150:26 May 217:Picts 61:Notes 28:Picts 196:2011 183:ISBN 169:2011 152:2011 208:: 181:,

Index

Welsh Triads
Picts
William Forbes Skene
Iolo Morganwg
Skene 1837
Jones 2005
Skene 1868
Jones 2005
Skene 1868
Skene 1868
The Highlanders of Scotland: their origin, history, and antiquities; with a sketch of their manners and customs and an account of the clans into which they were divided
Jones' Celtic Encyclopedia
The Four Ancient Books of Wales
ISBN
9781907256929
Categories
Welsh mythology
Picts

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