He was the father of Caractacus,celebrated for his resistance to the Roman conquest, and carried aprisoner to Rome. Another triad speaks of King Arthur as having dug upBran's head, for the reason that he wished to hold England by his ownstrength; whence followed many disasters (Guest, p. 387).There were many Welsh legends in regard to Branwen or Bronwen (WhiteBosom), and what is supposed to be her grave, with an urn containing herashes, may still be seen at a place called "Ynys Bronwen," or "the isletof Bronwen," in Anglesea. It was discovered and visited in 1813 (Guest, p.389).The White Mount in which Bran's head was deposited is supposed to havebeen the Tower of London, described by a Welsh poet of the twelfth centuryas "The White Eminence of London, a place of splendid fame" (Guest, p.392).VI. THE CASTLE OF THE ACTIVE DOORThis legend is mainly taken from different parts of Lady CharlotteGuest's translation of the "Mabinogion," with some additions andmodifications from Rhys's "Hibbert Lectures" and "The Arthurian Legend."VIII. MERLINIn later years Merlin was known mainly by a series of remarkableprophecies which were attributed to him and were often said to befulfilled by actual events in history. Thus one of the many places whereMerlin's grave was said to be was Drummelzion in Tweeddale, Scotland.
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