Talk:Caradoc
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Historicity of Caradoc
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I changed the reference to Caradoc Freichfras as a "historical" ancestor to the kings of Gwent to "semi-legendary," because his existance is no more certain than King Arthur's. Caradoc appears in no contemporary historical account; his pedigree, which makes him the son of Llyr, the name of a Welsh sea and ancestral god, is suspect; and the possible confusion between him and such figures as Caratacus (who is firmly historical) makes his very existance questionable. Spiderboy12 18:13, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
Caradoc is the old Latin spelling of Harold
[edit]The H pronounciation of English, ie British , was pronounced in latin as C. An example is the Cund (dog) becomes Hund or Hound in English. Cent becomes hunt, ie hundred in English. Clearly the same occured with Harold which was written as Carold or Carodoc. Carodoc (son of Tasi) was the last British King of the Cattivellauni before the conquest by the Romans. This demonstrates the fact the the English (ie Britons) were in Britain long before the Romans or Anglo Saxons, and were closer related in language to the so-called Celts of Western Britain at that time.--92.3.146.137 (talk) 11:00, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
- Do you have a verifiable source for this? If not, it can't be included. Ghmyrtle (talk) 11:18, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
A Familiar Fidelity Test?
[edit]"...after a familiar fidelity test involving a drinking horn..." What is this test, and to whom, exactly, is it supposed to be familiar? The link offers no enlightenment. Searches reveal that perhaps it had to do with the unfaithful (or non-virgin?) being unable to drink without spilling the wine within? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kyralessa (talk • contribs) 21:25, 13 January 2010 (UTC)