I’d have to dig into the archives but all of Britain was once the Welsh, till the ‘English’ invaders pushed them into the pocket of land they are in now. I wonder if the Union Jack specifically left off the dragon, as to not recognize the welsh folk lore, or claim of an independent group like the rest of flags on it
Well at least the Welah kept it as their nation’s flag.
Dragons in old English stories too so it’s not even specifically a Welsh thing. Just another reason to have one on the UK flag.
I’d have to dig into the archives but all of Britain was once the Welsh, till the ‘English’ invaders pushed them into the pocket of land they are in now. I wonder if the Union Jack specifically left off the dragon, as to not recognize the welsh folk lore, or claim of an independent group like the rest of flags on it
Which invasion? There were a few… To say it was all Welsh seems a bit odd. Everywhere has been invaded at least a few times.
I think the most well known ones here would be Roman, Anglo Saxon, Viking and Norman.
Its in the old hiatory books. The Welsh were from the Original Celtic Britons of the Iron age. Before the ‘new’ invaders.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Britons
See the red part. Now that’s all squished into the western tiny zone after the various invaders drove them into it