Civilization: Call to Power
Release Year: 1999
Developer: Activision
Publisher: Activision
Platform: PC
Welsh References: Ethnicity (Cymry), Location, Mythical Figure, Mythology, Name
Welsh Locations: Abertillery, Beddgelert, Brecon, Builth Wells, Caernarfon, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Cardigan, Chepstow, Cwmbran, Denbigh, Ebbw Vale, Gwaelod, Lampeter, Llandarcy, Llandow, Llandudno, Llandybie, Llangollen, Narberth, Pembrey, Pembroke, Penarth, Pentraeth, Pontypridd, Porth, Swansea, Taff's Well, Tresaith, Welshpool
Welsh Mythology Figures: Arawn, Rhiannon
Links: Wikipedia
Featured Welsh Content
The Welsh people represent a civilization players can control. The default female name is Rhiannon and the default male name is Arawn.
In Welsh mythology, Rhiannon is a major female figure and appears in the First Branch and Third Branch of the Mabinogi, a set of four stories originally written in Welsh, and the earliest prose stories in the literature of Britain. She is said to be from the Otherworld, interpreted as a goddess, and is often associated with horses, including the Gaulish horse goddess Epona.
Arawn appears in the First Branch of the Mabinogi and is the ruler of the Otherworld realm of Annwn.
In Civilization: Call to Power, Welsh cities can be founded, including the following: Cardiff, Swansea, Pentraeth, Brecon, Caerphilly, Pontypridd, Narberth, Llandow, Cwmbran, Pembroke, Cardigan, Llandarcy, Builth Wells, Beddgelert, Abertillery, Porth, Lampeter, Welshpool, Llangollen, Ebbw Vale, Chepstow, Llandybie, Denbigh, Pembrey, Tresaith, Taff’s Well, Penarth, Caernarfon, Llandudno, and Gwaelod.
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