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Taliesin is a name like Arthur and Merlin (Myrddin). It has been around for a long time to say the least. I believe the following poem called the Hanes Taliesin tells us the story of the Merovingians back to a time even before Melchizedek.

Hanes Taliesin

1. An impartial Chief Bard

Am I to Elphin.

My accustomed country

Is the land of the Cherubim.

2. Johannes the Diviner

I was called by Merddin,

At length every King

Will call me Taliesin.

3. I was nine months almost

In the belly of the hag Ceridwen;

I was at first little Gwion,

At length I am Taliesin.

4. I was with my Lord

In the highest sphere,

When Lucifer fell

Into the depths of Hell.

5. I carried the banner

Before Alexander.

I know the names of the stars

From the North to the South.

6. I was in Caer Bedion

Tetragrammaton;

I conveyed Heon [the Divine Spirit]

Down to the vale of Ebron.

7. I was in Canaan

When Absalom was slain;

I was in the Hall of Dôn {Would this take us all the way back to the first De Danaan or DNN?}

Before Gwydion was born.

8. I was in the horse's crupper

Of Eli and Enoch;

I was on the high cross

Of the merciful Son of God.

9. I was the chief overseer

At the building of the tower of Nimrod;

I have been three times resident

In the castle of Arianrhod.

10. I was in the Ark

With Noah and Alpha;

I saw the destruction

Of Sodom and Gomorrah.

11. I was in Africa [Asia?]

Before the building of Rome;

I am now come here

To the remnants of Troia.

12. I was with my King

In the manger of the ass;

I supported Moses

Through the waters of Jordan.

13. I was in the Firmament

With Mary Magdalene;

I obtained my inspiration

From the cauldron of Caridwen.

14. I was Bard of the harp

To Deon of Llychlyn;

I have suffered hunger

With the son of the Virgin.

15. I was in the White Hill

In the hall of Cynvelyn,

In stocks and fetters

A year and a half.

16. I have been in the buttery

In the land of the Trinity;

It is not known what is the nature

Of its meat and its fish.

17. I have been instructed

In the whole system of the universe;

I shall be till the day of judgement

On the face of the earth

18. I have been in an uneasy chair

Above Caer Sidin,

And the whirling round without motion

Between three elements.

19. Is it not the wonder of the world
That cannot be discovered?"

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