Talk:Dinas Affaraon

article redirected, please make any new comments at Talk:Dinas Emrys

Not true Welsh mythology This is not genuine Welsh mythology but rather Lewis Spence's unique misinterpretation of it and belongs in a category like 'Neo-druidism' or 'Fringe mythology'. As the article on Spence notes: "He seems to have had some influence upon the ideas of controversial author Immanuel Velikovsky, and as his books have come into the public domain, they have been successfully reprinted and some have been scanned for the Internet, for the enjoyment of new generations willing to suspend critical disbelief." Please either redirect this page to Dinas Emrys (aka Dinas Pharaon i.e. Spence's absurd "Dinas Affaraon"!) or put it in more appropriate categories (not 'Welsh mythology' and 'Welsh culture'. 79.66.95.58 (talk) 21:42, 6 September 2013 (UTC) Spence claims it's mentioned in The Black book of Carmarthen - sure, there's a Dinas mentioned there, but no Dinas Affaraon. You can read the text at [1]. That says " There is a Dinas on the banks of the Gwrvei, near y Bont NewyS in the parish of Llan Wnda, on the road from Caer Seon in Arvon to Dinas Dinlleu, which suggests itself as the Caer Leu a Gwydion. But we must not overlook another Dinas on the banks of the Llyvni, nor the old encampment, a quarter of a mile distant, on Lleuer Farm beyond Bryn Gwydion". Dougweller (talk) 15:15, 13 September 2013 (UTC)