The legend of the Welsh dragon
As recounted in Geoffrey of Monmouth’s 12th-century text, Historia Regum Britanniae, Vortigern was a Celtic king searching for somewhere to build a castle, eventually finding a spot he liked on the hillside of Dinas Emrys. The problem was, the castle’s foundations kept falling down.
A young boy, believed to be Merlin the magician from the legend of King Arthur, told Vortigern the reason his castle would not stand is because the site was located directly above an underground lake, where two dragons lay sleeping.
Upon digging the ground, Vortigern’s men found the lake, as well as two dragons – one red, one white – who promptly woke from their long sleep and began a ferocious battle. Although the white dragon was dominant for most of the scuffle, the red dragon ultimately won the fight.
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