The Welsh flag’s Red Dragon stands out when put up against other flags, but where does the Y Ddraig Goch (the Red Dragon) come from? In this video we look at the roots of the Roman Draco in Dacia, the Ukrainian steppe and beyond, and how it was brought to Wales, and perhaps, how it survived and changed into the Welsh Dragon we know today and see on this nation’s eye-catching flag.
00:00 Beginning
00:39 Flags
05:31 Preserved
08:45 The Danube
13:01 Our Cradle
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Equipment:
Osmo Pocket 2 (but here is the newer version):
Canon2000D:
Rode VideoMic Pro Plus camera microphone Osmo
Ambitful tube lights:
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Thanks to copyrights and imagery:
Unsplash: @supergios
Pixabay:
Cadwaladr in Cadeirland Llandaf By Llywelyn2000 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0,
Soldier with Draco, Caer, By Wolfgang Sauber - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0,
Banner 1953 - 1959 By Sodacan - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0,
Breichled - By Own work - Cristian Chirita, GFDL,
Dacian Draco By CristianChirita - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0,
By Dbachmann, CC BY-SA 3.0,
Coin with Draco By Rc 13 - Own photo of a coin from my personal collection, CC BY-SA 3.0,
Dacian Dragon By : Cristian Peter Marinescu-Ivanderivative work: Boldwin (talk) - , CC BY-SA 2.0,
Ffenestr Liw yn Sutton Cheney Gan John Taylor, CC BY 2.0,
Assimilation of Finnic in Scythians: By AQUILIBRION - CC BY-SA 4.0,
Scythian territorial influence - Simeon Netchev: (cc-BY-NC-SA)
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