The Gododdin: the Oldest Scottish PoemGododdin is a medieval Welsh poem consisting of a series of elegies to the men of the Brittonic kingdom of Gododdin and its allies who, according to the conventional interpretation, died fighting the Angles of Deira and Bernicia at a place named Catraeth in about AD 600. |
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The Story 38 | 3 |
The Historical Background | 8 |
The Place of the Gododdin in the History of the North II | 11 |
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