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''Cad Goddeu'' ((英語:The Battle of the Trees)) is a medieval Welsh poem preserved in the 14th-century manuscript known as the Book of Taliesin. The poem refers to a traditional story in which the legendary enchanter Gwydion animates the trees of the forest to fight as his army. The poem is especially notable for its striking and enigmatic symbolism and the wide variety of interpretations this has occasioned. ==Poem== Some 248 short lines long (usually five syllables and a rest), and falling into several sections, the poem begins with an extended claim of first-hand knowledge of all things, in a fashion found later in the poem and also in several others attributed to Taliesin; ''Cymraeg/Welsh'' Bum cledyf yn aghat Bum yscwyt yg kat Bum tant yn telyn. ''English'' I was a sword in fist I was a shield in battle I was a string on a harp. culminating in a claim to have been at "Caer Vevenir" when the Lord of Britain did battle. There follows an account of a great monstrous beast, of the fear of the Britons and how, by Gwydion's skill and the grace of God, the trees marched to battle: then follows a list of plants, each with some outstanding attribute, now apt, now obscure; ''Cymraeg/Welsh'' Gwern blaen llin, A want gysseuin Helyc a cherdin Buant hwyr yr vydin. ''English'' Alder, front of the line, formed the vanguard Willow and Rowan were late to the fray. The poem then breaks into a first-person account of the birth of the flower-maiden Blodeuwedd, and then the history of another one, a great warrior, once a herdsman, now a learned traveller, perhaps Arthur or Taliesin himself. After repeating an earlier reference to the Flood, the Crucifixion and the day of judgment, the poem closes with an obscure reference to metalwork. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cad Goddeu」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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