Bardic name

The war poet, Ellis Humphrey Evans was eulogised by his Bardic name Hedd Wyn (English: Blessed Peace). However, his grave at Artillery Wood Cemetery names him as E.H. Evans.

A bardic name (Welsh: enw barddol, Cornish: hanow bardhek, Breton: anv ur barzh) is a pseudonym used by poets and other artists in the Brythonic cultures of Wales, Cornwall and Brittany.

In Wales, it is also associated with the National Eisteddfod, with new members of the Gorsedd assuming a bardic name when being admitted.

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