Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings
Release Year: 2007
Developers: Square Enix, Think & Feel
Publisher: Square Enix
Platform: Nintendo DS
Welsh References: Language, Mythical Figure, Mythology, Name
Welsh Mythology Figure: King Arthur
Links: Wikipedia
Featured Welsh Content
Excalibur is a weapon that can be obtained in Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings.
In Arthurian tales, Excalibur is the legendary sword of King Arthur, with its name ultimately deriving from the Welsh Caledfwlch, where caled means ‘hard’ and bwlch is ‘cleft’. It appears in many interpretations of the stories of King Arthur, but it is first mentioned in Welsh mythology, including the earliest surviving Welsh tale, Culhwch and Olwen (Culhwch ac Olwen).
The Galatyn sword references the blade of the same name (and goes by other spelling variations, such as Galatine and Galantine) that belonged to Gawain, an Arthurian knight said to be based on the mythical Welsh hero Gwalchmei.
The name of the character Llyud has a strong Welsh influence, including the ll digraph that commonly appears in the Welsh language. Llyud’s name bears similarities to Welsh names such as Lloyd, Llywelyn, and the mythical Welsh hero Lleu Llaw Gyffes, as well as llwyd, the Welsh word for “grey”.
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