Straeon Plant Canthrig - Canthrig’s Children’s Stories
Fel rhan o Stori’r Tir Dyffryn Peris dan ni wedi bod yn archwilio stori draddodiadol Canthrig Bwt, cawres neu wrach a oedd yn byw yn Nant Peris.
Rydym yn gofyn sut y gellid ail-ddehiongli’r cymeriad yma trwy chwyddwydr gyfoes i gynrychioli rhywbeth sy’n bwysig i ni am ein perthynas gyda’r lle arbennig yma, a’r byd yn ehangach.
Yn ogystal ag ‘ail-adrodd’ y stori wreiddiol, rydym yn dychmygu pwy allai fod yn blant Canthrig, fydd yn ddatblygiad pellach o’r stori, ac yn ffordd o archwilio symbolau yn y tirwedd diriaethol a’r tirwedd mewnol.
Fe wnaethon ni gynnal 3 gweithdy ym mis Gorffennaf 2025, a gallwch weld y canlyniadau isod.
Os gwnaethoch chi golli'r gweithdai ond hoffech chi gymryd rhan, rydym wedi creu rhai awgrymiadau i roi cynnig arnynt yn eich amser eich hun.
Rydym yn gobeithio dod â'r canlyniadau ynghyd mewn arddangosfa ym mis Medi. Croesewir pob cyfraniad!
o Seran Dolma, Wanda Zyborska, Lindsey Colbourne
Pwy oedd Canthrig Bwt yn Browyddfa 360
Cyfweliad efo Aled Hughes, Radio Cymru (mynd at awr a 12 munud ymlaen)
As part of Dyffryn Peris Story of the Land, we have been exploring the traditional story of Canthrig Bwt, a giantess or witch who lived in Nant Peris.
We are asking how this character could be reinterpreted through a contemporary lens to represent something that is important to us about our relationship with this special place, and the wider world.
As well as ‘retelling’ the original story, we are imagining who might be the children of Canthrig, as further development of the story, exploring symbols in the tangible landscape and the internal landscape.
We ran 3 workshops in July 2025, and you can see the results below.
If you missed the workshops but would like to take part, we have created some prompts to try in your own time.
We hope to bring together the results in an exhibition in September. All contributions are welcomed!
With Seran Dolma, Wanda Zyborska, Lindsey Colbourne
Tarddiad plant Canthrig?
Seran Dolma sydd wedi creu'r stori hon, fel man cychwyn ar gyfer ein harchwiliadau:
Origin story of Canthrig’s Children?
Seran Dolma has created this story, as the starting point for our explorations:
Llun gan / image by Wanda Zyborska
Gweithdy 1 : Dychmygu, disgrifio, ysgrifennu cymeriadau newydd.
Dydd Gwener, 4ydd Gorffennaf 10:30yb-2:00yh
Leoliad: Creigiau’r Gromlech
Roedd y gweithdy awyr agored hwn yn digwydd yng nghysgod Meini Bwldro’r Cromlech, lle arferai Canthrig fyw. Dechreuodd ein taith trwy glywed ail-ddehongliad cyfoes o Stori wreiddiol Canthrig Bwt. Yna wnaethon ni weithio unigol ac gyda’n gilydd i archwilio symbolau yn y dirwedd ddiriaethol a’r dirwedd fewnol gan ein helpu i ddychmygu plant dynol/mwy na dynol Canthrig. Mi wnaethon ni orffen yda phicnic gyda’r holl gymeriadau rydym wedi’u creu.
Workshop 1 : Imagining, describing, writing new characters
Friday 4th July 2025, 10:30am-2:00pm
Location: The Cromlech Boulders
This outdoor workshop took place in the shadow of the Cromlech Boulders, where Canthrig used to live.
Our journey began by hearing a contemporary re-interpretation of the original Canthrig Bwt Story. We then worked individually and together to explore symbols in the tangible landscape and the internal landscape helping us to imagine the human/more-than-human children of Canthrig. We ended with a picnic with all the characters we have created.
Gweithdy 2 : Dychmygu, darlinio
Dydd Gwener, 11eg Gorffennaf 10:30yb-1:00yh
Leoliad: Caban, Brynrefail
Roedd y gweithdy hwn i ddatblygu ein cymeriadau Plant Canthrig ymhellach - gan ddefnyddio Exquisite Corps fel man cychwyn, dechreuon ni i ddelweddu ein cymeriadau Plant Canthrig.
Workshop 2 : Imagining, drawing
Friday 11th July 2025, 10:30am-1:00pm
Location: Caban, Brynrefail
This workshop was to further develop our Children of Canthrig characters - using Exquisite Corps as a starting point, we started to visualise our Children of Canthrig characters.
Gweithdy 3 : Dod â phopeth at ei gilydd
Dydd Gwener, 18fed Gorffennaf 10:30yb-1:00yh
Leoliad: Caban, Brynrefail
Yn y gweithdy hwn fe ddechreuon ni ddod â phopeth at ei gilydd, rhannu ein straeon ac ystyried beth ddylen ni ei wneud nesaf.
Byddwn yn parhau i weithio ar ein straeon dros yr haf, gan ddod â phopeth at ei gilydd mewn arddangosfa/sesiwn rhannu straeon yn yr Hydref o bosibl.
Workshop 3 : Bringing everything together
Friday 18th July 2025,
10:30am-1:00pm
Location: Caban, Brynrefail
At this workshop we started to bring everything together, shared our stories and considered what we should do next.
We are going to continue working on our stories over the summer, perhaps bringing everything together into an exhibition/story sharing session in the Autumn.
