Hi, surfed in to your site "by accident". You all sound like nice guys and ladies but - wahhh! some of your stuff got me really cross!

Yes, the legend of the hound/prince/baby is directly connected to Beddgelert in Wales. I really wish people would check things out before writing songs about them, and especially performing them : this is how legends get lost, by being wrongly interpreted. And yes I know about the "developing tradition" argument - developing is one thing, changing is another!!!

For instance, thanks to Stevie Nicks/Fleetwood Mac's song "Rhiannon", I'm sick of telling old Mac freaks that Rhiannon was NOT a witch, but a Queen. Sure, it's a great song, BUT !

re. Susan of DT's reference to the child of Rhiannon and Pwyll, Prince of Dyfed : the child did not "die its first night" as stated here - a great claw came through the window of the chamber and took it away. The ladies of the chamber did indeed blame Rhiannon for its loss by claiming she had killed it; but the child was LOST not dead. As he later re-appears, and the whole of the rest of the Mabinogi is all about his life, (underneath all the side-tracking) this is a pretty relevant factor!

Check out the Four Branches of the Mabinogi for the correct legend please! Next thing we know, somebody'll be writing songs about Rhiannon The Child Murderer!!!!!

I guess you now think I'm a really bad tempered piece - but this is my country and my culture under discussion and I care about it not being messed about. Thank you.