Dormarch
Ringkasan
Dormarch adalah anjing pemburu dalam mitologi Welsh, milik Gwynn ap Nudd dan tergolong Cŵn Annwn, kawanan anjing yang membantu mengumpulkan arwah prajurit yang gugur.
Dormarch is a hound of Welsh mythology belonging to Gwynn ap Nudd and counted among the Cŵn Annwn, the hounds that help gather the souls of fallen warriors.
Kisah dan tradisi
Dalam mitologi Welsh, Dormarch (mungkin juga Dormarth) adalah seekor anjing pemburu. Tuannya adalah Gwynn ap Nudd, walaupun sebelumnya anjing ini dimiliki Maelgwn Gwynedd, raja Gwynedd pada abad ke-6. Gwynn ap Nudd dikenal sebagai raja Tylwyth Teg, bangsa peri, dan penguasa Annwn. Dormarch muncul dalam dialog antara Gwyn ap Nudd dan Gwyddno Garanhir yang tersimpan dalam Black Book of Carmarthen. Di sana Gwyn menggambarkan perannya dalam Wild Hunt, mengumpulkan arwah prajurit Britania yang gugur dengan bantuan anjing-anjingnya, sehingga Dormarch tergolong Cŵn Annwn atau 'Anjing-Anjing Annwn'. Dalam terjemahan Skene, Gwyn memuji anjingnya sebagai yang tampan, bertubuh bulat, dan terbaik, dahulu milik Maelgwn, serta menyebutnya berhidung kemerahan. Wujud Dormarch tidak lazim untuk seekor anjing: berkepala satu dan berkaki depan dua, sedangkan tubuhnya cepat menyempit dari dada dan berakhir pada tiga ekor mirip ekor ikan. Evans membandingkannya dengan Cerberus yang berkepala tiga dan berekor ular, dan melukiskan ekornya bercabang dengan ujung seperti kipas. Tempat hidupnya disebut 'ar wybir', yaitu menunggang awan yang menyelimuti puncak gunung. Gambar Dormarch terdapat di halaman 97 edisi Black Book of Carmarthen karya Evans, dalam bentuk yang dikristenkan: ciri anjingnya dikurangi dan mengambil pengaruh paus dari kisah Alkitab, terutama kisah Yunus. Bentuk dan arti namanya tidak pasti, karena penyalin menulis Dormarch dua kali tetapi huruf r-nya kemudian dihapus.
In Welsh mythology Dormarch (possibly also Dormarth) is a hound. Its master is Gwynn ap Nudd, although it was formerly owned by Maelgwn Gwynedd, a 6th-century king of Gwynedd. Gwynn ap Nudd is known as king of the Tylwyth Teg, the fairy folk, and ruler of Annwn. Dormarch appears in the dialogue between Gwyn ap Nudd and Gwyddno Garanhir preserved in the Black Book of Carmarthen. There Gwyn describes his role in the Wild Hunt, gathering the souls of fallen British warriors with his hounds, which makes Dormarch one of the Cŵn Annwn, the 'Hounds of Annwn'. In Skene's translation Gwyn praises the dog as handsome, round-bodied and the best of dogs, once Maelgwn's, and calls it the one with the ruddy nose. Dormarch's form is unusual for a dog: it has one head and two front legs, while its body narrows quickly from the chest and ends in three fish-like tails. Evans compares it with the three-headed, serpent-tailed Cerberus and describes its tail as forked with fan-like ends. Its dwelling is called 'ar wybir', riding on the clouds that haunt the mountain peaks. Evans' edition of the Black Book of Carmarthen carries a drawing of Dormarch on page 97. There the hound appears Christianised: less dog-like, and shaped instead by the whales of Biblical stories, above all Jonah's. The form and meaning of its name are uncertain, because the scribe wrote Dormarch twice but the r was later erased.
Fakta utama
- Budaya / Culture
- Tradisi Wales
- Kawasan / Region
- Eropa
- Klasifikasi / Classification
- Legendary Creature
- Habitat
- Sky
Nama lain / Alternate names
Dormarth, Dormath, Dormach
Tahukah kamu? / Did you know?
Penyalin naskah menulis nama Dormarch dua kali, tetapi huruf r-nya kemudian dihapus, sehingga bentuk asli namanya tidak pasti.
The scribe wrote the name Dormarch twice, but the r was later erased, so the original form of the name is uncertain.