Y Ddraig Goch 'the red dragon', pronounced [ə ˈðraiɡ ˈɡox]) by David Hart

The Welsh Dragon (known in Welsh as Y Ddraig Goch 'the red dragon', pronounced [ə ˈðraiɡ ˈɡox]) appears on the national Flag of Wales (the flag itself is also called "Y Ddraig Goch").
In the Mabinogion story Lludd and Llefelys, the red dragon fights with an invading White Dragon. His pained shrieks cause women to miscarry, animals to perish and plants to become barren. Lludd, king of Britain, goes to his wise brother Llefelys in France. Llefelys tells him to dig a pit in the centre of Britain, fill it with mead, and cover it with cloth. Lludd does this, and the dragons drink the mead and fall asleep. Lludd imprisons them, still wrapped in their cloth, in Dinas Emrys in Snowdonia (Welsh: Eryri).

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