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Daz to Bryce to Photoshop CS3
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The western dragon lore is also prolific in heraldry, seen in many guises on shields, banners, armor, coats of arms and flags. Wales has a red dragon on its flag, England the white dragon of Saint George. Many examples can be found throughout Europe.

Wales and Dragons have long been associated with each other. It can be found in churches castles and the countries flag. On Saint David's day the flag of y Ddraig Goch can be seen flying. A red Dragon with extended wings on two horizontal bars of white and green. When Great Britain and Ireland were united in 1284, a red Dragon on a green mount was made the official badge of Wales and the Prince of Wales has the red Dragon on his coat of arms. The origins of this association with the Dragon is unclear, but one that is popular is given here. Dragons abound in Welsh lore, some as given below relate to Merlin, wizard to king Arthur and others claim to be the home of Saint George.
In the fifth century, after the arrival of the Roman's, King Vortigern was said to have fled with 12 men to the foot of Mount Snowdon in Wales. Taking refuge there he quickly saw the advantages of the wild land and ordered a great fortress to be built for him at a place called Dinas Emrys. Long through the day would the workmen toil on the foundations yet inexplicably at night the ground would swallow up their work. By day the work would restart for it all to be undone again at night. Convinced that the land must be cursed that the work slowed and then halted. Consulting his wise men the King was told that this curse could only be broken by sprinkling the blood of a fatherless boy on the sight first. So the search went out and in Camarthen such a boy was found , the 7 year old boy was called Merlin.

Merlin was bought before the King for sacrificing, but before the deed could be carried out Merlin revealed that he had a gift for seeing into the future, and offered an explanation as to what was really happening under the new castles foundations. Merlin explained that deep underneath the site was a cavern with a pool in which two Dragons lived. One was red and the other white and every night they fought so fiercely that they cracked the ground open.

The King ordered his men to dig until they found the cavern and the two sleeping Dragons, which once awake again continued their fight. Merlin explained that the two Dragons represented the two British nations, the red one Celtic and the white Saxon. He foretold hundreds of years of fighting between the two but that in time the red would come to represent the Welsh nation. Prudently the King decided to leave the Dragons alone and moved his fortress to South Wales, as to Merlin the King spared his life and he grew to be the Magician and wizard known world wide.

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Daz to Bryce to Photoshop CS3
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The western dragon lore is also prolific in heraldry, seen in many guises on shields, banners, armor, coats of arms and flags. Wales has a red dragon on its flag, England the white dragon of Saint George. Many examples can be found throughout Europe.

Wales and Dragons have long been associated with each other. It can be found in churches castles and the countries flag. On Saint David's day the flag of y Ddraig Goch can be seen flying. A red Dragon with extended wings on two horizontal bars of white and green. When Great Britain and Ireland were united in 1284, a red Dragon on a green mount was made the official badge of Wales and the Prince of Wales has the red Dragon on his coat of arms. The origins of this association with the Dragon is unclear, but one that is popular is given here. Dragons abound in Welsh lore, some as given below relate to Merlin, wizard to king Arthur and others claim to be the home of Saint George.
In the fifth century, after the arrival of the Roman's, King Vortigern was said to have fled with 12 men to the foot of Mount Snowdon in Wales. Taking refuge there he quickly saw the advantages of the wild land and ordered a great fortress to be built for him at a place called Dinas Emrys. Long through the day would the workmen toil on the foundations yet inexplicably at night the ground would swallow up their work. By day the work would restart for it all to be undone again at night. Convinced that the land must be cursed that the work slowed and then halted. Consulting his wise men the King was told that this curse could only be broken by sprinkling the blood of a fatherless boy on the sight first. So the search went out and in Camarthen such a boy was found , the 7 year old boy was called Merlin.

Merlin was bought before the King for sacrificing, but before the deed could be carried out Merlin revealed that he had a gift for seeing into the future, and offered an explanation as to what was really happening under the new castles foundations. Merlin explained that deep underneath the site was a cavern with a pool in which two Dragons lived. One was red and the other white and every night they fought so fiercely that they cracked the ground open.

The King ordered his men to dig until they found the cavern and the two sleeping Dragons, which once awake again continued their fight. Merlin explained that the two Dragons represented the two British nations, the red one Celtic and the white Saxon. He foretold hundreds of years of fighting between the two but that in time the red would come to represent the Welsh nation. Prudently the King decided to leave the Dragons alone and moved his fortress to South Wales, as to Merlin the King spared his life and he grew to be the Magician and wizard known world wide.