![Antti Alanen: Film Diary: "Cad Goddeu" / "The Battle of the Trees" from the Book of Taliesin (14th century) (a poem) Antti Alanen: Film Diary: "Cad Goddeu" / "The Battle of the Trees" from the Book of Taliesin (14th century) (a poem)](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5lc7knwn56c/XutWqty-bpI/AAAAAAAAOBA/cvSVRr6OqoAadbTJjMqb97y92gePgZJrgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Mr.%2BJones%252C%2BBook.of.Taliesin.facsimile.png)
Antti Alanen: Film Diary: "Cad Goddeu" / "The Battle of the Trees" from the Book of Taliesin (14th century) (a poem)
Woodland Trust Cymru - In the Old Welsh poem, Cad Goddeu, the magician Gwydion summons an army of trees to fight with him in battle. No doubt this inspired the Ents in
![Jon Burke 🌎 on Twitter: "Trees for Town and Country (1949) - #AlnusGlutinosa, #Alder. Rich in folklore, the Alder tree famously features in the Cad Goddeu (The Battle of the Trees), a Jon Burke 🌎 on Twitter: "Trees for Town and Country (1949) - #AlnusGlutinosa, #Alder. Rich in folklore, the Alder tree famously features in the Cad Goddeu (The Battle of the Trees), a](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EIdL33bXYAAHV1f.jpg:large)
Jon Burke 🌎 on Twitter: "Trees for Town and Country (1949) - #AlnusGlutinosa, #Alder. Rich in folklore, the Alder tree famously features in the Cad Goddeu (The Battle of the Trees), a
![Mark Wigan on Twitter: "KAT GODEU-(The Battle of the Trees) my latest illustrated book based on the enigmatic Welsh poem Cad Goddeu from the 14th Century Book of Taliesin. Signed first edition Mark Wigan on Twitter: "KAT GODEU-(The Battle of the Trees) my latest illustrated book based on the enigmatic Welsh poem Cad Goddeu from the 14th Century Book of Taliesin. Signed first edition](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E_kNedbXoAcCQjv.jpg:large)
Mark Wigan on Twitter: "KAT GODEU-(The Battle of the Trees) my latest illustrated book based on the enigmatic Welsh poem Cad Goddeu from the 14th Century Book of Taliesin. Signed first edition
![Dr Caitlin Green on Twitter: "Another poss Tolkien source=Welsh poem Cad Goddeu, features tree-army fighting demonic forces https://t.co/28BxNcCFON http://t.co/WOyosy8gpx" / Twitter Dr Caitlin Green on Twitter: "Another poss Tolkien source=Welsh poem Cad Goddeu, features tree-army fighting demonic forces https://t.co/28BxNcCFON http://t.co/WOyosy8gpx" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CIMrA-ZXAAIvm0F.png)