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Glywys is a legendary early 5th century Welsh king, an important character in early Welsh genealogies as the eponymous founder king of Glywysing,〔''The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales''. John Davies, Nigel Jenkins, Menna Baines and Peredur Lynch (2008) pg323 ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6〕 a south-east Welsh kingdom whose heartland lay between the Tawe and the Usk. In one genealogy Glywys is reckoned the eldest son of Solor, son of Mor. He is said to have married Gwawl, the daughter of Ceredig of Ceredigion: one legend states they had twenty two children, all male bar one. fathered and the churchmen Pedrog and Edelig. According to twelfth century sources, after the death of Glywys the kingdom was divided into three cantrefi, Gwynllwg, Penychen and Gorfynydd, by his sons Gwynllyw father of Cadoc, Pawl and Merchwyn respectively, though Glwysing still existed and would later become Glamorgan. Gwynllyw gave his name to Newport Cathedral and also to Wentlooge, while Pawl may have been mixed up with Paul Aurelian. Glywys' name may be a back-formation from the name of the kingdom〔Carver, Martin ''The cross goes north: processes of conversion in northern Europe, AD 300-1300'' Boydell Press; New edition (26 Jan 2006) ISBN 978-1-84383-125-9 p.125〕 and Glywysing's name may continue that of the Romano-British *Glevenses, the territory and citizens of ''Glevum'', or Gloucester.〔Koch, John T. ''Celtic culture: a historical encyclopedia'' ABC-CLIO Ltd (15 Mar 2006) ISBN 978-1-85109-440-0 p.1312 〕 Such invented founding kings are not uncommon in British genealogy. "Gloucester" (''Glowancestre'', 1282) derives from the Old English ''ceaster'', "fort", preceded by the Roman stem Glev- (pronounced glaiw).〔Kenneth Cameron: ''English Place Names''〕 In Old Welsh, the city was known as ''Caerloyw'', ''caer'' = castle, and ''loyw'' from ''gloyw'' = glowing/bright. Hence Gloucester has been given a similar founder, Gloyw: genealogies of Vortigern make him a descendant of Gloyw through his father Vitalus and his grandfather Vitalinus,〔Genealogies online at Vortigern Studies website http://www.vortigernstudies.org.uk/artfam/genwaleseast.htm〕 while a lineage in the ''Bonedd y Saint'' makes saint Mechyll fab Echwys the grandson of Gwyn Glohoyw and the great-grandson of Gloyw Wallt-Lydan. In the Mabinogi, similarly, Pryderi marries Cigfa, "daughter of Gwyn Glohoyw, son of Gloyw Wallt-Lydan, son of Casnar Wledig".〔Hughes, Ian. ''Manawydan uab Llyr''〕 Nevertheless Glywys is believed to have become a hermit in his later life and travelled to Cornwall where he founded the church of Penryn. He is sometimes referred to as the Cornish Glywys, ''Glywys Cernyw''. ==References== 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「Glywys」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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