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	Cad Goddeu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cad Goddeu (English: The Battle of the Trees) is a sixth century Welsh poem from the Book of Taliesin.
		It is set during a battle fought between Gwydion and Arawn, the god of the underworld, Annwn, in which Gwydion animates the trees of the forest to fight for him.
		John Williams used a version of Cad Goddeu translated into Sanskrit for the score to the film Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cad_Goddeu (298 words)

	Trees, Battle of the - ErrantryWiki
		The better-known version tells how the Welsh wizard, warrior and prince Gwydion became involved in an obscure battle which was either called Câd Goddeu, "the Battle of Trees", or Câd Achren -- "Achren" being one of the many names for the underworld or alternate universe ruled by Prince Arawn, the lord of the dead.
		Scholars do not agree on the causes of the battle -- some say that it was a raid on the otherworld during which Gwydion intended to bring back for the use of mankind three valuable creatures (the dog, deer and lapwing bird) which he felt the Lord of the Otherworld was unfairly withholding from humanity.
		The Câd Goddeu poem describes the great wizardry by which Gwydion brought the trees to life and sent them into battle to fight for humanity's sake against the forces of death.
	www.youngwizards.com /ErrantryWiki/index.php/Trees,_Battle_of_the (610 words)

	The White Goddess (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The waxing and waning of the king’s life is likened to the yearly path of the sun, poetically embodied by tree-months as being sacred symbols of divine attributes.
		Upon death the king’s spirit dwells in Her Celestial abode, which in Celtic lore is depicted as Caer Arianrhod and as the constellation Corona Borealis, the silver-wheeled castle at the back of the north wind, near the pole-star or ‘Celestial hinge’.
		The most significant result of the Câd Goddeu was a change from the secret five/seven-vowel name of the White Goddess to an eight-lettered one of a supreme male father-god.
	www.druidnetwork.org /reviews/books/white_goddess.htm (2558 words)

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		In Cad Goddeu both heaven and earth flee before the “darts of the oak,” and Sweeney calls it “high beyond trees.” Fionn refused to kill a king who was resting under an oak.
		According to Cad Goddeu it is “most exalted above the power of kings.” This strong wood, now famous as the baseball bat, was noted by Sweeney as being “baleful,” the warriors hand weapon.
		In the Cad Goddeu, the hazel is “esteemed for the number in its quiver.” Sweeney’s comments are limited to the fragrance of the
	www.keltria.org /hengehap/HH69/HH69-Seers.htm (2866 words)

	3 D Cad
		Cad is a derogatory term for an unskilled labourer, or a seducer.
		Each tree had a meaning and significance of its own, which was why Gwydion was able to win the battle: he guessed Bran's name by the Alder branch Bran was carrying--the alder being one of Bran's prime symbols.
		How about moving this to CAD (disambiguation) and redirecting CAD to Computer-aided design.
	www.breadlike.com /pages7/0/3-d-cad.html (562 words)

	Câd Goddeu
		-mat- brandy * Hexen * Câd Goddeu * Letzte Änderung: 17.
		25 I have fought, though small, In the Battle of Goddeu Brig, Before the Ruler of Britain, Abounding in fleets.
		Indifferent bards pretend, 30 They pretend a monstrous beast, With a hundred heads, And a grievous combat At the root of the tongue.
	www.klammeraffe.org /~brandy/hexen/cad_goddeu.html (1194 words)

	www.robertgraves.org :: View topic - Graves's sources for The White Goddess
		I think maybe Cad Goddeu was used as some sort of memory aid for something, but not the Ogham.
		Besides his claim that the Cad Goddeu symbolized a battle of letters, Davies also suggested that the tree dance credited to Orpheus was a dance of letters.
		He depended on Nash’s translations of Cad Goddeu and the quote in question is found on p.
	www.robertgraves.org /phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=139 (10501 words)

	Gods & Goddesses of Wales - www.ezboard.com
		The battle of Cad Goddeu followed, in which Gwydion assisted Amaethon by turning trees into warriors.
		Bran of the Glittering Branches - a Champion of Faery in the battle of the Cad Goddeu.
		Cad Goddeu - a magical battle in which Gwydion turned trees to men to aid his brother Amaethon, who had stolen the secrets of agriculture and husbandry (a bitch, a hind, and a lapwing) from Arawn, King of Annwn.
	p222.ezboard.com /favalonoftheheartdailygoddess.showMessage?topicID=217.topic (6983 words)

	Duel of the Fates - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Duel of the Fates is a musical theme recurring in the Star Wars prequels.
		This symphonic piece resembles Carmina Burana and is played with both a full orchestra, as well as choir that chants an ancient Welsh poem Cad Goddeu (Battle of the Trees) in Sanskrit.
		In English, a translation attempting to keep the rhythm and rhyme would be "Under the tongue root a fight most dread, and another raging behind, in the head."
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Duel_of_the_Fates (391 words)

	Arawn: a Cymric god (He of the Sown Field)
		Arawn is truly an ancient deity, and as he fought against the Plant Dô in the Câd Goddeu, the battle of the trees, he may be counted amongst the giants of Plant Llŷr.
		Arawn is mentioned in the epic poems Câd Goddeu and Preiddeu Annwfn (The spoils of Annwfn) where Arthur attempts to steal a magical cauldron from the nether-realm.
		In a similar manner to Gwyn Arawn seen as the leader of the Wild Hunt which emerges into the realm of men at Calan Gaeaf and Calan Mai (All Hallows' Eve and May Eve).
	www.celtnet.org.uk /gods_a/arawn.html (295 words)

	The Alder Tree
		'These are the Englyns [epigrammatic verses] that were sung at the Câd Goddeu, or, as others call it, the Battle of Achren, which was on account of a white roebuck, and a whelp; and they came from Annwm [the Underworld], and Amathaon ap Don brought them.
		The third of the four sons of King Partholan the Milesian, a legendary ruler of Ireland in the Bronze age, had been called Fearn; there had also been young Gwern, King of Ireland, the son of Bran's sister, Branwen.
		"the alder remained a sacred tree in Britain for long after the Câd Goddeu; a King of Kent as late as the fifth century A.D. was named Gwerngen, 'son of the Alder'.
	www.thornr.demon.co.uk /bran/alderims.html (836 words)

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		But my profession is poetry, and I agree with the Welsh minstrals that the poet's first enrichment is a knowledge and understanding of myths.
		One day while I was puzzling out the meaning of the ancient Welsh myth of Câd Goddeu ('The Battle of the Trees'), fought between Arawn King of Annwm ('The Bottomless Place'), and the two sons of Dôn, Gwydion and Amathaon, I had much the same experience as Gwion of Llanfair.
		A drop or two of the brew of Inspiration flew out of the cauldron and I suddenly felt confident that if I turned again to Gwion's riddle, which I had not read since I was a schoolboy, I could make sense of it.
	ogham.lyberty.com /graves2-1.html (1275 words)

	A letra de Duel of the Fates
		In shelter linger privet and woodbine, inexperienced in warefare, and the courtly pine.
		But I, although slighted because I was not big, Fought, trees, in your array on the field of Goddeu Brig.
		Williams recolheu uma das estrofes do poema "Under the tongue root a fight most dread, and another raging, behind, in the head" e mandou-a traduzir em vários idiomas, incluindo o latim e o italiano,bem como para o idioma original do poema.
	johnwilliams.jw-music.net /artigos/dotf_lyrics.htm (940 words)

	EARTHSONGS: The Journal of the Society of Celtic Shamans, Volume 8, Issue 1, Imbolc 2004, Copyright (c) 2004
		One of the major sources Graves relies on to support his tree calendar in the White Goddess is the D. Nash translation of the Cad Goddeu or Battle of the Trees, a poem written in Middle Welsh and attributed to Taliesin.
		He claims to have discovered the 'true' order in which the trees are arrayed and his calendar is based on this poetic intuition.
		In the columns below I have placed Graves intuitive interpretation of the Cad Goddeu between the Nash and Williams translations, so you may compare the three texts and come to your own conclusions in regards to accuracy, or lack thereof, of Graves intuition.
	www.faeryshaman.org /es81/es8.1reg4.htm (1171 words)

	ogham fearn
		This tree is sometimes associated with Bran the Blessed.
		He played a major role in the Cad Goddeu as Gwydion guessed his name from the alder twigs that he bore.
		Bran's name is also the answer to the Taliesin riddle of "Why is the alder purple?" The answer is..."because Bran wore purple himself." Bran is also known for his role in protecting his troops during the rescue of his sister Branwen from her husband, Matholwch, King of Ireland.
	www.summerlands.com /_members/blfsnhdtcqmgngstraoueieaoiuiioae/members/daireclass/ogham_fearn.htm (623 words)

	Englynion Cad Goddau
		Val dyma yr Englynion a ganwyd pan cad goddau, ereill a'i geilw cad Achren, ac o achos iwrch gwyn a cheneu y bu, ac o anwn yr hanoedd hwynt, ac Amathaon ap Don ai daliodd.
		Ac am hynny yr ymladdodd Amathaon ap Don ac Arawn vrenin anwn, a gwr oedd yn y gad oni wyped i henw ni orfyddit arno; a gwreic oedd yn y tu arall a elwid Achren, ac oni wypid y henw ni orfyddit arnunt.
		A Gwidion ap Don a ddychymygawdd henw y gwr ac a ganodd y ddau Englyn sy yn canly.
	www.maryjones.us /ctexts/cadgoddeu-w.html (96 words)

	Otherworld Fantasies
		Ysbaddaden wanted Amaethon to till his land, as one of the conditions of Culhwch marrying Olwen, in the tale of Culhwch and Olwen.
		He caused the Cad Goddeu or Battle of the Trees having stolen a bird, a deer and a hound from Arawn Lord of Annwn.
		Gwydion turned warriors into trees to fight against Arawn in the Cad Goddeu and helped Lleu overcome the curses put on him by Arianrhod.
	otherworldfantasies.com /myth/welsh_people.htm (2011 words)

	A Celtic Mars?
		In the Celtic calendar, each month (or sign of the zodiac?) is ruled by a different tree.
		The most obvious is in the ancient Welsh myth "Cad Goddeu" (Battle of the Trees) in which the Alder fights in the front lines, being among the most courageous.
		Also in "Cad Goddeu" the warrior Bran had a branch of Alder, and the buds were set in a spiral that signifies rebirth.
	www.ancientworlds.net /aw/Post/159126 (345 words)

	Alder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Alder, the tree of fire, has a very strong battle spirit.
		According to “Cad Goddeu” (“The Battle of Trees”), Alder fought in the very front line.
		This tree is often seen as the symbol of 'Godlike-Warrior', and thus associated with Mars.
	www.unfading.net /alder.html (244 words)

	Duel of the Fates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		* - Cad** Goddeau / The Battle of the Trees - the Robert Graves poem
		> Somthing I should remedy as the greatest Warrior Poets are celts;-) > Your lyics are the Sanskrit (an Indian language) > Per my finacee's research,(She is the gaelphile of the family) > John Williams had the Robert Grave's translation of "Cad Goddeu" aka Battle > of the transalted into several ancient languages.
		> 25 I have fought, though small, > In the Battle of Goddeu Brig, > Before the Ruler of Britain, > Abounding in fleets.
	home.earthlink.net /~shaku8/mirmo/duelfate.htm (2416 words)

	Cad Goddeu
		This poem is now beyond copyright restrictions and has been reprinted in W.F.Skene's Arthur and the Britons in Wales and Scotland edited by Derek Bryce of Llanerch Publishers, 1988.
		This poem is more commonly known as Cad Goddeu.
		It is found in the Book of Taliesin.
	members.aol.com /michellezi/poems/cadgoddeu.html (327 words)

	Perceptions of forests
		The 13 months of the Celtic calendar were also named for some of these trees.
		One of the sources for the list of the sacred trees and the Celtic “tree alphabet” was a body of poems related to the Cad Goddeu (“battle of the trees”) legend, in which trees mobilized themselves and attacked an enemy (Graves, 1966).
		The hypothesis presented by Graves concerning the order of the trees is that it was based on an order of botanical events in a particular geographical area (i.e.
	www.fao.org /docrep/005/y9882e/y9882e08.htm (3092 words)

	Keltria Journal On-line (Excerpt)
		Each tree or abstraction in the Ogham Alphabet has special Magical properties, as does its corresponding symbol....
		Taliesin - Cad Goddeu, 6th century C.E., Wales
		It is a known fact that the Irish Filidh (Poets / Bards / Seers) had to learn tables of Ogham (150 or so) in their twelve year study.
	www.keltria.org /journal/s-odb-o4.htm (510 words)

	The Celts
		He is responsible for the war between Arawn, Lord of the Otherworld, and the Tuatha de Danaan.
		Amaethon stole a hound, a deer and a bird from Arawn, thus starting the Cad Goddeu (Battle of Trees).
		When Amaethon stole from him, it led to the Cad Goddeu.
	www.fiber.net /users/virgil/Gods.htm (5301 words)

	The Ultimate Amaethon Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference
		In Welsh mythology, Amaethon was a god of agriculture, a son of the goddess Don.
		He stole a dog, lapwing and roebuck from Arawn, leading to the Cad Goddeu (Battle of the Trees) between the underworld gods and monsters and the children of Don.
		In this battle, Amaethon's brother, Gwydion, turned trees into warriors that helped the children of Don win.
	www.dogluvers.com /dog_breeds/Amaethon (90 words)

	Encyclopedia of the Celts : Aarlardin - Awen
		Human sacrifices abolished by Amasis I. # 562: Son of Dôn; In 'Culhwch and Olwen', Amathaon is the only one who can do the ploughing task, and he will not.
		# 454: He is described as a wild husband-man, and in the poem attributed to Taliesin, the 'Cad Goddeu', where he fights his brother, Gwydion, against the Arawn, king of Annwn.
		The modern Welsh for farmer is still 'amaethwr', but we can only speculate as to the original nature of Amaethon, who may indeed have fulfilled the function of a patron of agriculture.
	www.celticgrounds.com /chapters/encyclopedia/a.html (12447 words)

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		Sacred groves were vital to them and were centers of worship.
		Amongst the ancient works that have survived is the Cad Goddeu, Welsh for "The Battle of the Trees", a long poem in which secret names were encoded within verses about sacred trees.
		Certain letters of the alphabet were associated with certain trees.
	www.textfiles.com /adventure/longbow1.txt (4031 words)

	Early Welsh Manuscripts, Part I: Strange things happening with ancient texts...
		For example, I failed to find origignal welsh text of the famous "Cad Goddeu".
		I'm starting to think that Cad Goodeu actually deos not exist neither in the Red Book of Hergest nor in the Book of Taliesin, but it is just an early Engilsh (not Welsh) falsification.
		Tell me please, does the welsh text really exist?
	www.suite101.com /discussion.cfm/welsh_language/105788/1162964 (162 words)

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