Presentation

The Welsh, Cymry (“Compatriots”), are the descendants of the Celtic population of the western part of the island of Britain.

The Welsh banner reproduces the red dragon of the coat of arms — a common emblem of the Brittonic peoples — adopted by Prince Cadwalladr of Gwynedd, together with the white and green division of Llywelyn.

The repertoire of Welsh national symbols — the heraldic red dragon, leek and wild daffodil, and the four lions — lends itself only with difficulty to geometric stylization. Various symbols have occasionally been used by patriots, but none has become dominant:

the “arrowed” tongue of the red dragon is an occasional mark of Welsh linguistic and cultural identity;
the “Eagle of Eryri” (with spread wings) chiefly evokes the north of the country but can easily be complemented by the plough, representing the southern counties;
the three rays /| (nod cyfrin, or Breton tribann) are pan-Brittonic symbols.

A depiction of the Brittonic red dragon based on the constellation Draco, rich in mythological meaning (see here), can also be shared by the Welsh.
Distinct from the heraldic drawing, simple geometric stylizations of the dragon appear on flags flown on various occasions in Wales.
It is this design that we adopt here.