This is probably the most profound of old Welsh legends. There is a 6th century parchment containing one of Taliesin’s poems , “Y Gododdin” at Jesus college Oxford. There is no doubt that a Poet by the name of Taliesin existed. His story is allegorical. A careful reading reveals the training that a Bard went through, here at the hands of a Welsh Goddess, before being transformed from Gwion Bach (Lttle Innocent) to Taliesin (Radiant Brow) Poetry is described as having a “Fire in the head”