Hound Gelert: A Welsh Folktale, Told by Professor Ronald Hutton

The legend of Prince Llywelyn's faithful hound Gelert has echoed through Welsh history for centuries — but is the story quite what it seems?

In this special reading, Professor of Divinity Ronald Hutton retells the tragic tale of the faithful hound and explores how legends like this are shaped, shared, and sometimes reinvented over time.

Professor Ronald Hutton

Professor Ronald Hutton

Gresham Professor of Divinity

Professor Hutton is Professor of History at the University of Bristol. He took degrees at Cambridge and then Oxford Universities, and was a fellow of...

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