Wales has a rich heritage of magical and mystical tales. Here is a selection, including the Mabinogion, Gelert, and profiles of famous bards and writers. An early Welsh myth which featured warring ...

Also known as Macsen Wledig, the historical figure Magnus Macsenus or Magnus Maximus became the basis for a number of Welsh and English legends. According to Geoffrey of Monmouth he was king of ...

The story appears in both the White Book and Red Book. As with many early Welsh legends, parallels can be drawn with the 12th century poems of Chrétien de Troyes, in this case Erec and Enide.

Iolo Morgannwg, who revived Welsh bardic traditions during the 18th and 19th centuries, popularised a version of the myth that had Hu ... crushed the maiden. Later legends had King Arthur or ...

But despite any bad blood between England and Wales players from his era ... hailing three Welsh legends in particular. He praised fly-half great Dan Biggar as the "ultimate competitor" whom ...

"Fantasy has - definitely in the last couple of centuries - been consciously playing with myths, legends, folk tales... Wales in particular has a very rich tradition in terms of that and there is ...

South African rugby legends Jean de Villiers and Schalk Burger couldn't name a single Wales player who is a game-changer and insisted they need a systemic change after the embarrassing loss to Italy.