"The argument has been advanced elsewhere62 that Trioedd Yny Prydein, like the Trioedd Cerdd, were evolved as a part of the teaching given by poets to their juniors; pupil bards being required to learn the triad sequences by heart. As such, the various groups of triads originated simply as mnemonic devices; and Trioedd Ynys Prydein came into being as an aid to the recollection of the repertoire of narrative material which the young bard was in the process of mastering. It is easy to believe that the system of grouping the triads in sequences and contrasting pairs, and the reappearance in the fifteenth-century manuscripts of 'floating sections', or short groups of triads which correspond in their order with the order of the triads in the Early Version are to be accounted for as survivals of the original arrangement of Trioedd Ynys Prydein for mnemonic purposes."
- from Trioedd Ynys Prydein: The Triads of the Island of Britain
by Rachel Bromwich (2015)
Image from Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards, v. 2. by Edward Jones (1802)
#triads #trioeddynysprydein #bard #bardic #poets #wales #britain #celtic
"As such, the various groups of triads originated simply as mnemonic devices; and Trioedd Ynys Prydein came into being as an aid..."
- from Trioedd Ynys Prydein: The Triads of the Island of Britain
by Rachel Bromwich (2015)
#triads #trioeddynysprydein #bard #bardic #poets #wales #britain #celtic
