{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/celt/bim1/bim1016.htm","path":"neu/celt/bim1/bim1016.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/bim1/bim1016.htm","text":"The Barddas of Iolo Morganwg, Vol. I., ed. by J. Williams Ab Ithel, [1862]\n| | PAGE. | \n| Advertisement | xi | \n| Preface | xiii | \n| Llywelyn Sion | lxxxiii | \n| Symbol. | | \n| The Origin of Letters, Roll, and Paper.--The Virtue of Letters | 11 | \n| The Origin and Progress of Letters.--The Name of God.--The Bardic Secret | 17 | \n| The first Inventors of Letters.--Improvers of the Alphabet.--Invention of the Roll and Plagawd.--Obligation of a Bard to hold a Chair and Gorsedd | 33 | \n| Origin of Letters | 39 | \n| The Inventor of Vocal Song.--The first Recorders of Bardism.--Its first Systematizers.--Their Regulations.--Mode of inscribing the primary Letters.--Origin of their Form and Sound.--The three Menws | 41 | \n| The principal Elements of various things.--The Gogyrvens | 47 | \n| The Invention of Letters by Einigan and Menw.--The Secret of Bardism | 49 | \n| Cuttings: Foundations of Awen | 51 | \n| Origin and Progress of Letters.--Einigan the Giant.--The Gwyddoniaid.--Systems of Letters | 53 | \n| The Origin of Letters and Books.--Their Introduction into Britain.--The Coelbren | 55 | \n| The primary Letters.--Improvement of the Alphabet | 57 | \n| Primary Cuttings.--Improvement of the Coelbren.--Its Restoration | 69 | \n| Recovery of the Old Cymraeg | 61 | \n| p. 4 | | \n| | PAGE. | \n| The primary Letters.--Their Augmentation.--Restoration of the Coelbren | 63 | \n| The Bardic Secret | 65 | \n| The Sacred Symbol | 67 | \n| The primary Letters.--Improvement of the Alphabet | 67 | \n| Gogyrvens.--Writing with Ink | 69 | \n| Gogyrvens | 69 | \n| Gogyrvens | 69 | \n| Gogyrvens | 69 | \n| The Three First Words of the Cymraeg | 69 | \n| The primary Letters.--Names of the Coelbren | 71 | \n| Classification of the Letters | 73 | \n| The Bardic Secret.--Formation of Letters | 77 | \n| The Vowels | 77 | \n| The primary Letters | 79 | \n| Variations of Letters | 81 | \n| The Sixteen Primary Symbols | 81 | \n| Introduction of Letters.--Original Country of the Cymry.--Their Arrival in Britain.--Augmentation of the Alphabet | 83 | \n| Coelbren of the Bards, according to the arrangement of Llawdden | 85 | \n| The Symbols of Literary Sciences: Improvement of the Coelbren.--Metrical Canons.--Dissolution of the Monastery of Pen Rhys | 89 | \n| The Pillars of Memory.--The Symbols | 93 | \n| The Birds of Rhianon | 95 | \n| The Five Ages of Letters | 95 | \n| The Three Symbols of Sciences | 97 | \n| The three Primitive Symbols.--The three Coelbren Symbols | 99 | \n| Numbers | 103 | \n| The Nine Degrees of Numerals | 107 | \n| The System of Numerals | 109 | \n| Arithmetic | 109 | \n| The System of Numerals | 109 | \n| Numerals | 111 | \n| The Numerals | 113 | \n| The Arithmetical Characters of the Ancient Cymry; that is, the Numerals | 113 | \n| The Three Symbols | 115 | \n| The Materials of Language and Speech | 115 | \n| The three Wreathed Bards | 115 | \n| Coelbren of the Bards | 117 | \n| Coelbren of the Bards | 133 | \n| Coelbren of the Bards | 143 | \n| Peithynen | 151 | \n| p. 5 | | \n| | PAGE. | \n| Coelbren of the Bards | 153 | \n| Secret Coelbren.--Secret Coelvain.--Coelvain of History | 155 | \n| Burning the Letters | 155 | \n| Coelbren of Simple Letters | 157 | \n| Palm Coelbren | 157 | \n| Peithyn Coelbren.--Palm Coelbren | 157 | \n| Peithynvain | 159 | \n| Memorials | 161 | \n| Plagawd | 163 | \n| The three principal Materials of Knowledge | 163 | \n| The Herald-bard | 163 | \n| Dasgubell Rodd | 165 | \n| Theology | | \n| Triads of Bardism | 169 | \n| Theological Triads | 181 | \n| Theological Triads | 197 | \n| Theological Triads | 199 | \n| Theological Triads | 201 | \n| Theological Triads | 201 | \n| Theological Triads | 205 | \n| Druidism | 205 | \n| God | 213 | \n| Cythraul | 213 | \n| Ceugant.--Duration.--God | 213 | \n| The three Imperceptibilities of God | 215 | \n| The Bards' Enigma | 215 | \n| The twelve primary Negatives | 217 | \n| Bardic Aphorisms | 219 | \n| The Divine Names | 219 | \n| Iau | 221 | \n| Hu the Mighty | 221 | \n| The Circles | 223 | \n| The Book of Bardism | 225 | \n| Abred.--Gwynvyd.--Awen | 235 | \n| The Three States | 241 | \n| Annwn.--Life.--Death | 243 | \n| Abred | 243 | \n| The Origin of Man.--Jesus Christ.--Creation | 245 | \n| The Creation.--The First Man.--The primary Letters | 249 | \n| The Discipline of Bardism. (The Creation.) | 255 | \n| p. 6 | | \n| | PAGE. | \n| The Creation.--Worship.--Vocal Song.--Gwyddoniaid | 257 | \n| The Material of the World | 261 | \n| The Fall in Abred | 263 | \n| God in the Sun | 263 | \n| God in the Light | 265 | \n| Triads of Bardism | 267 | \n| God; and the Faculties of the Soul | 267 | \n| Sentences of Bardism | 271 | \n| The Ten Commandments of the Bards | 275 | \n| The Ten Commandments of the Bards | 285 | \n| The Rudiments of Theology | 289 | \n| The Triads of St. Paul | 291 | \n| The Triads of St. Paul | 323 | \n| The Triads of St. Paul and Bardism | 339 | \n| Triads of Bardism and Usages | 345 | \n| Triads of Bardism | 357 | \n| The Mode of taking Food and Drink | 359 | \n| The Gorsedd Prayer | 361 | \n| The Prediction of Peredur, the Bard of Prydain | 365 | \n| The Stanza of the Gorsedd Chair of the Winter Solstice | 367 | \n| Wisdom. | | \n| Triads of Wisdom | 369 | \n| The Elements | 371 | \n| Triads of Bardism. (The Elements.) | 371 | \n| The Triads of Bardism, called the Triads of Ionabwy. (The Elements.) | 377 | \n| Bardism, &c. (The Elements.) | 379 | \n| The Elements | 381 | \n| The Elements | 381 | \n| The Elements | 381 | \n| Bardism. (The Elements.) | 383 | \n| The Materials | 383 | \n| The Elements | 385 | \n| The Elements | 387 | \n| The Materials of Man | 387 | \n| The Eight Materials of Man | 389 | \n| The Seven Materials of Man | 389 | \n| The Seven primary Materials of the World | 391 | \n| The Eight Materials of Man | 391 | \n| The Parts of the Human Body in which are the Faculties | 391 | \n| p. 7 | | \n| | PAGE. | \n| The Philosophy of the Blue Bard of the Chair | 393 | \n| Particular Triads | 395 | \n| Triads of Ten Numbers | 397 | \n| Mutual reasoning between a Disciple and his Teacher | 399 | \n| The Stars | 403 | \n| Astronomy | 403 | \n| Chronology | 405 | \n| Chronology | 407 | \n| The Memorial of Computation..--The Memorial of Country | 409 | \n| Memorial and Computation | 409 | \n| The Cycle of Time | 411 | \n| The Months | 411 | \n| The beginning of the Year | 417 | \n| The three Circles of the Sun | 417 | \n| The Four Quarters of the Year | 417 | \n| The Albans | 419 | \n| The Divisions of the Year | 419 | \n| The Divisions of the Year | 419 | \n| The Divisions of the Year | 419 | \n| The Divisions of the Year | 419 | \n| The Divisions of the Year | 421 | \n| The Divisions of the Day | 421 | \n| The Divisions of the Day | 421 | \n| The Divisions of the Day | 421 | \n| The Divisions of the Day | 423 | \n| The Divisions of the Day | 423 | \n| Years of the Sun and Moon | 423 | \n| Years of the Sun and Moon | 423 | \n| Years of the Sun and Moon | 425 | \n| Days of Days | 425 |","title":"Barddas, Vol. I: Contents","type":"page"}