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I'm an American mutt, primarily Hungarian in blood, with Dutch and British (Heath clan, my maternal grandfather's mother, however, was a Price, which is traceable to the Welsh name ap Rhys, son of Rhys, thus making it in its origins a Welsh clan also).
My birth father is full Hungarian, mainland Hungarian on his mother's side, and Transylvanian Hungarian minor nobility on his father's side.
I have a strong interest in all things Celtic, regardless of origins. I regard the Bretons and Picts as the earliest British--hence the Celts were actually there first, (in the case of the Bretons, the Picts are, I believe, Pre-Celtic, not certain of this one)the 'England' name comes from the Angles--who were Germanic. So the trouble started in Germany--go figure. Grins
I am one of the millions enamoured with the Arthurian lore-histories, and I count them as Otherworldy histories rather than just legends or 'myths.' I regard the use of 'myth' to mean incorrect telling as an insult to the term. It simply most accurately meaneth 'story'--no judgement (in the sense of evaluation) implied as to whether it is fictional or actual/historical.
I've studied the lore-histories/mythologies of various lands, Greek, Cornwall (Avalon) and Norse, a tiny bit of Welsh, and Irish much more than any of the above save for the Greke. I don't put Roman here because that's a repeat of the Greke with different names.
My main interests are history, (ancient, Medieval, and Renaissance, primarily), especially that of the ancient Celts, the British Isles in general, and of the Huns, (I'm Hungarian), and those of the Middle East, and archaeology of all of the above, especially the first two, because that of the Hungarian peoples is a bit similar in some areas to the Celtic (the white stag for example, white is a Faerie colour in Welsh, and British faery lore.
I'm a Christo-Pagan with Celtic and New-Age leaning, and Elven leanings.
Any questions for me I'll be glad for to answer to the best of mine ability.
Hugs,
Indilwen
Diolch for posting Indilwen and croeso i Americymru
Welcome Indilwen! I think you'll find pretty much everyone is a mutt to some degree. The Welsh people, as far as I can tell, have had much interfaction with the Irish, Picti, Danes, Angles, Saxons and more, so although you might be a little "muttier" (I think that may be the first usage of that word in English) than some, certainly you're not that far outside of the norm. I myself am almost pure German (yep, you're right - here comes trouble), with just a few Celtic sprinklings (Irish and Cambrian - close kin to the Welsh). I love my primary culture (anyone want a recipe for Hog Maul?), but also love the history of the Brythonic people, their mythology, and their love for song and story. I also dislike the misuse of the word myth - I tend to see it as a truth told through story - it may or may not be based wholly or in part on history (and thus be legend as well), but the equation myth = lie does not work out well!I'm thinking about writing some blogs on what I can find out about various early Brythonic realms and tribes - they may be of interest to you, provided I get off my duff and write them!Again, welcome and well met!
Croeso, welcome and UDVOZOLJUK! (I hope that last word is the correct Hungarian for welcome!).