Everything about Prydain totally explained
Prydain (
Middle Welsh:
Prydein) is the modern
Welsh name for
Britain.
Medieval
In mediaeval texts (for example the
Mabinogion), the term often refers to the northernmost part of the island, beyond the
Forth and
Clyde. This may be as a result of conflation with
Prydyn, the medieval Welsh name for the land of the
Picts. The term
Ynys Prydain ("Island, or Land, of Prydain") is commonly used to refer to the lands of the
Brythonic inhabitants of southern Britain, south of
Prydyn. Middle Welsh
ynys, like
Latin insula, could mean "land" as well as "island", and this is the usual meaning of the word in the term
Ynys Prydain. Compare
Albion and
Alba for a similar distinction.
Fiction
The name has been used by a number of authors for ancient Celtic or fantasy lands, including numerous works of
Stephen Lawhead, and
Lloyd Alexander's
Chronicles of Prydain. However these fictional lands bear little or no relation to the original Welsh word.
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