Hu Gadarn

Hu gadarn is a Welsh legendary figure, the fake among other things, in the Iolo Morganwg of (actually Edward Williams, 1747-1826 ) Druidic traditions occurs.

Origins and esoteric

In Pererindod Siarlymaen ( " The Pilgrimage of Charlemagne " ), one of the Welsh adaptation of the French, dating from the 12th century romance Le Pèlerinage de Charlemagne, is Hu gadarn ( in the French version Hugo or Hugun le Fort, " Hugo the Strong" ) as Emperor of Constantinople Opel enemy and Charles ( Charlemagne ) called. Since Hu claimed he was more famous than Charles, pulls this with his knights to Constantinople Opel, proposes Hu and returns in triumph back home.

In the poem, Y Llafurwr ( " The Ploughman " ) of Iolo Goch (14th century) is brought Hu gadarn with the plowing connected to what Iolo Morganwg then also themed partly. He made Hu gadarn in his work " Barddas " ("The Bard" ) the leader of the Britons, from the summer country ( Deffrobani ) the island of Britain populated. Hu brings the indigenous peoples, among others, also plowing on. He sat Hu gadarn thus the legendary namesake of Britain ( Prydyn, also Prydein ) equal and described the summer country as " Atlantia " by which he postulated an origin of the Celts ( and druids ) from Atlantis. As a " Hu - Hesus " he made him also the same with Jesus Christ and the Celtic god Esus. Apprehended were Morganwgs ideas of Robert Graves in his book " The White Goddess ", in which he also still identified Hu gadarn with the Celtic god Cernunnos. These ideas of Morganwg and Graves enjoy to this day in parts of the Celtic Esoteric some distribution.

Hu gadarn and Aeddon

With the singing of the action poem Marwnad Aeddon'o of ( " dirge to the Aeddon of Mona" ), which is attributed to Taliesin ( xlv. elegy in Llyfr Taliesin ) should have been held at Mona ( Anglesey ), the burial Hu Gadarns, a memorial service be, was equated in the Hu with Aeddon.

Aeddon means to welsh "Lord of Sound ", as epithets are also Cadarn Trydar ( " the Mighty One of sound " ) and Rhwyf Trydar ( " the leader of sound " ) known. Hu gadarn to have received this name after the loud screams of his admirers; at Taliesin, however, it means " to return to the previous state ."

In the 19th century by M. P. Kavenaugh and other scholars suggested an etymological connection between the English God, the German God, the Persian Bhoda and the Hindi word Khuda, all from the same proto- indoeuropäischenWurzel * ǵ ʰ should u -tó - m come as the Celtic Aeddon or Guydion, the Germanic Odin, Wodan or Goutan and the Indian Buddha or Gautama. This theory, however, is outdated and is rejected by a majority.