The Funeral Wake in Wales
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5970019 |
|---|---|
| Authors | C J Stevens (0000-0003-3046-7173, corresponding author), Catrin Stevens |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 27-45 |
| Publication date | 1976-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Folk Life (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0430-8778 • E-ISSN: 1759-670X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1179/043087776798240585 |
| OpenAlex | W2020617144 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Of all the activities associated with death and burial customs in Wales, the funeral wake must surely be the most interesting. Compared with its well-documented counterpart in Ireland, Welsh scholars have paid little attention to this equally significant custom.The comlnon Welsh name for a wake was gwylnos or wylnos (pl.gwylnosau or wylnosau), and the saying was that you were going to cadw wylnos (to hold a wake). There were many dialectical variations on the word gwylnos, with onglos heard in Llanwenog, Cardiganshire, winglos in north Pembrokeshire and wynglos in the Llŷn peninsula, whilst literary reports preferred a more spohisticated term such as arwylnos or noswyl
Archaeology · Genealogy · Peninsula · Wake · Welsh · Engineering · Historical Studies of British Isles · History · Medieval Literature and History
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2013 (17) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |