The Red Dragon

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The Red Dragon is the heraldic emblem prominently featured on the national flag of Wales, symbolizing Welsh identity and heritage.

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Label Occurrences
The Red Dragon canonical 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf heraldic emblem
national symbol
adoptedAsNationalEmblemBy Wales
appearsOn Flag of Wales
surface form: flag of Wales
associatedWith Wales
surface form: Cymru

Welsh culture
Welsh language
Welsh nationalism
Y Ddraig Goch
category Welsh heraldry
dragons in heraldry
national symbols of Wales
color red
contrastedWith White Dragon of the Saxons
country Wales
depicts dragon
fieldColorsOfFlag green and white
hasMottoContext Cymru am byth
hasNativeName Y Ddraig Goch
inspiredBy Arthurian legend
Welsh mythology
mentionedIn Historia Regum Britanniae
surface form: Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae

Historia Brittonum
nativeNameLanguage Welsh
orientation passant
position center of the flag of Wales
represents Welsh nation
Welsh people
scriptDirectionOfName left-to-right
symbolicMeaning victory of Britons over Saxons
symbolizes Welsh heritage
Welsh identity
timePeriodOfUse medieval period
modern era
usedAs badge
insignia
logo
usedBy Welsh Government
people of Wales
usedIn Welsh educational materials about national identity
Welsh patriotic art
Welsh tourism branding
military heraldry in Wales
sporting events in Wales
usedOn Welsh currency designs (commemorative)
Welsh regimental standards
official Welsh documents
visualStyle heraldic

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Flag of Wales alsoKnownAs The Red Dragon
Y Ddraig Goch literalMeaning The Red Dragon