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Talhaearn Tad Awen (''fl'' mid-6th century), was, according to medieval Welsh sources, a celebrated British poet of the sub-Roman period. He ranks as one of the earliest, if not the earliest, named poets to have composed and performed in Welsh. The better known poets Aneirin and Taliesin, who may have been slightly younger contemporaries, also belong to this early generation, the first of those known to modern scholars as the ''Cynfeirdd'' ("first poets").〔 Whereas medieval Welsh manuscripts preserve verse composed by or otherwise ascribed to the latter two figures, no such work survives for Talhaearn and in fact, his former fame seems to have largely vanished by the later Middle Ages.〔 ==''Historia Brittonum''== An interpolated passage in the ''Historia Brittonum'' (9th century) describes him as a famous poet, along with Aneirin, Taliesin and two lesser known figures, Blwchfardd and Cian: :''Tunc Talhaern Tat Aguen in poemate claruit, et Neirin, et Taliessin, et Bluchbard, et Cian qui vocatur Gue()th Guaut, simul uno tempore in poemate Brittanico claruerunt.''〔 :"Then Talhaearn Tad Awen (MS. ''Talhaern Tataguen'') was renowned in poetry, and Neirin and Taliessin and Bluchbard and Cian, who is called Gueinth Guaut, together at the same time were renowned in British poetry."〔 The epithet ''Tataguen'' or the later form ''Tad Awen'' means "father of the Muse" or "father of (poetic) inspiration",〔Lewis, "The historical Background of Early Welsh Verse", p. 31.〕 and his first name, which has in common with Taliesin the first element ''tal'' ("brow, forehead"), translates as "Iron-brow".〔Koch, "Five Poets, Memorandum of the"〕 The context of the passage seems to link these five poets to the middle of the 6th century, when an otherwise unknown chieftain called Eudeyrn (MS. ''()utigirn'') fought against the English, notably Ida, king of Bernicia, and when Maelgwn ruled the kingdom of Gwynedd.〔 Talhaearn's honorific nickname and the place accorded to him in the enumeration of British poets may indicate that he was regarded as the "father" of early Welsh poetry,〔 possibly preceding the others by a short period.〔 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「Talhaearn Tad Awen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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