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Dinas Dinlle Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 4/20/2017
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This is part of a series of caches celebrating the legends and history of the Welsh coastline, set up with help from Visit Wales as part of their 2017 "Year of Legends".

Placed with the kind permission of the National Trust.


Dinas Dinlle is an Iron Age hillfort that was reoccupied by the Romans during the 2nd and 3rd centuries. Its name is derived from Welsh mythology and means the “City of Lleu”. Lleu was a member of an extended family of magicians, kings and heroes whose exploits are recorded in the books of the Mabinogion. His mother was the Lady Arianrhod, whose name means “Silver Wheel” in reference to the circular constellation of stars more commonly known as Corona Borealis. There is a rock just off the coast called Caer Arianrhod where her castle was said to stand. Arianrhod wanted nothing to do with her young son and cruelly placed a “tynged” or magical curse on him that he should never have a name unless she gave it to him. His uncle Gwydion, also a magician (and a bit of a rogue), took pity on the nameless boy and disguised them both as part of a plan to trick his sister into giving the child a name. Arianrhod saw the boy kill a bird with a well-aimed stone and casually remarked that “this fair haired one has a skilful hand”. At that point Gwydion revealed himself and announced that from now on the boy would be called Lleu Llaw Gyffes (the fair one of the skilful hands), much to Arianrhod’s fury. Years later, upon Gwydion’s death he was buried in his beloved nephew’s city.

Dinas Dinlle bryngaer o'r Oes Haearn a gafodd ei ailfeddiannu gan y Rhufeiniaid yn ystod yr 2il a'r 3edd ganrif. Mae ei enw yn deillio o fytholeg Gymreig ac yn golygu y "Dinas Lleu". Roedd Lleu yn aelod o deulu estynedig o ddewiniaid, brenhinoedd a arwyr yn cael eu cofnodi yn y llyfrau y Mabinogi mae eu campau. Ei fam oedd y Lady Arianrhod, y mae ei enw yn golygu "Olwyn Arian" yn cyfeirio at yr enw crwn o sêr yn fwy adnabyddus fel Corona Borealis. Mae graig ychydig oddi ar yr arfordir o'r enw Caer Arianrhod lle dywedwyd ei chastell i sefyll. Arianrhod eisiau unrhyw beth i'w wneud gyda'i mab ifanc ac yn greulon gosod yn "Tynged" neu felltith hudol ar wrtho y dylai byth gael enw oni bai ei bod rhoddodd iddo. Roedd ei ewythr Gwydion, hefyd dewin (ac yn dipyn o twyllodrus), cymerodd drueni ar y bachgen ddienw ac mae'r ddau yn eu gwisgo fel rhan o gynllun i dwyllo ei chwaer i roi enw plentyn. Gwelodd Arianrhod y bachgen lladd aderyn gyda charreg a anelir yn dda ac yn dywedodd fod "hyn yn un gwallt ffair yn cael llaw medrus". Ar y pwynt hwnnw Datgelodd Gwydion ei hun ac cyhoeddodd y byddai o hyn ymlaen y bachgen yn cael eu galw Lleu Llaw Gyffes (yr un teg y dwylo medrus), er mawr llid Arianrhod yn. Flynyddoedd yn ddiweddarach, ar farwolaeth Gwydion fe'i claddwyd yn y ddinas ei nai annwyl.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Pnpur vf ng onfr bs jnyy arne n tnc, abg va gur jnyy vgfrys.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)