Editing Dinas Emrys (section)

==Dinas Affaraon/Ffaraon==

''Dinas Affaraon'' or ''Dinas Ffaraon'' is a [[placename]] mentioned in some medieval Welsh literature, where it is said to be the original name of '''Dinas Emrys'''.

''Dinas Ffaraon'' (Fortress of [[Pharaoh]]) or ''Dinas Ffaraon Dande'' (Fortress of Fiery Pharaoh) is mentioned in the tale "[[Lludd and Llefelys]]" as the place where King [[Lludd]] of Britain traps and buries two dragons who are ravaging the land. The text explains that the site was later named "Dinas Emreis".<ref name=Koch>Koch, p. 598</ref> This tale is a prequel to the older story involving the hero Emrys ([[Ambrosius Aurelianus]]) or Myrddin Emrys ([[Merlin]]).<ref name=Bromwich416>Bromwich, p. 416.</ref> In sources such as the ''[[Historia Brittonum]]'' and [[Geoffrey of Monmouth]]'s ''[[Historia Regum Britanniae]]'', a tower built on the spot continually collapses until Emrys reveals the buried dragons as the cause; once they are released the tower is successfully constructed and named after him.<ref name=Koch/><ref name=Bromwich416/> The name "Dinas Emrys" has been associated with a Roman ruin in [[Snowdonia]], a localization that possibly dates as early as the ''Historia Brittonum''.<ref name=Koch/>