Flood Stories from Around the World
Welsh:The lake of Llion burst, flooding all lands.
Corroborating Circumstances
The god of the Welsh triads, "Hu the mighty," is found in the Hu-nap-bu, the hero-god of the Quiches; in Hu-napu, a hero-god; and in Hu-hu-nap-hu, in Hu-ncam, in Hu-nbatz, semi-divine heroes of the Quiches.
Some Consideration of the Deluge Legends
We are reminded, in this Boiling Lake of Dominica, of the Welsh legend of the eruption of the Llyn-llion, "the Lake of Waves," which "inundated the whole country." On the top of a mountain in the county of Kerry, Ireland, called Mangerton, there is a deep lake known as Poulle-i-feron, which signifies Hell-hole; it frequently overflows, and rolls down the mountain in frightful torrents.
The Deluge Legends of America
And here I might add that Catlin found the following singular resemblances between the Mandan tongue and the Welsh:
The Deluge Legends of Other Nations
The meaning of these enigmas could only be hoped from deciphering the chaos of barbaric monuments of the Welsh middle age; but meanwhile we cannot doubt that the Cymri possessed an indigenous tradition of the Deluge."
The Story of Atlantis
Three catastrophes are mentioned in the Welsh traditions.
The Deluge Legends of America
This is consistent with geological evidence and aligns with Welsh and Greek legends of successive deluges.
The Deluge Legends (I)
Welsh Triads: Dwyfan and Dwyfach survive a flood in a vessel and repopulate Britain.