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The Sunken Kingdom: Cantre’r Gwaelod Welsh Atlantis Story for Toddlers

Welsh Myth for Toddlers

The Sunken Kingdom

Y Deyrnas Dan Ddŵr

A gentle toddler version of the legend of Cantre’r Gwaelod, sometimes called the Welsh Atlantis.

Age: 2–5 Theme: Listening & Safety Read time: 5–7 minutes Learning: Welsh power words
Cantre’r Gwaelod • The Sunken Kingdom
Parent note: The Welsh words and Welsh chapter text stay on the page. The read-aloud voice uses English-safe spoken lines so it does not pronounce Welsh badly. Use the blue pronunciation guides to say the Welsh words together.

Welsh Words to Learn

Teyrnas Say it like: TAYR-nas Kingdom
Môr Say it like: mohr Sea
Wal Say it like: wahl Wall
Giât Say it like: gyat Gate
Cysgu Say it like: KUS-gee Sleep
Gwynt Say it like: gwint Wind
Glaw Say it like: glow Rain
Dŵr Say it like: door Water
Tonnau Say it like: TON-eye Waves
Tai Say it like: tie Houses
Clychau Say it like: KLUH-khai Bells
Diwedd Say it like: DEE-weth End

Say Together

Cantre’r Gwaelod
KAN-treh-r GWY-lod The Sunken Kingdom

Story Sounds

Wind

Whoosh!

Rain

Pitter-patter!

Waves

Splash! Splosh!

Bells

Ding-dong!

Chapter 1: The Tall Wall

Teyrnas TAYR-nas — Kingdom

Môr mohr — Sea

Wal wahl — Wall

Prince Seithenyn was a very lazy prince.

He lived in a beautiful teyrnas TAYR-nas below the môr mohr — the sea.

A giant wal wahl kept the big tonnau TON-eye out.

Welsh Version for Parents

Roedd Tywysog Seithenyn yn dywysog diog iawn.

Roedd e’n byw mewn gwlad brydferth o dan y môr.

Roedd wal anferth yn cadw’r tonnau mawr allan.

Chapter 2: The Open Gate

Giât gyat — Gate

Cysgu KUS-gee — Sleep

Nos nohs — Night

The wall had a big wooden giât gyat — gate.

Every night, the lazy prince had to lock the gate.

But one nos nohs, Seithenyn fell asleep.

Snore, snore, snore! Cysgu! KUS-gee

Welsh Version for Parents

Roedd gan y wal giât bren fawr.

Bob nos, roedd rhaid i’r tywysog diog gloi’r giât.

Ond un noson, syrthiodd Seithenyn i gysgu.

Snore, snore, snore!

Chapter 3: The Big Storm

Gwynt gwint — Wind

Glaw glow — Rain

Storm storm — Storm

The gwynt gwint began to blow.

Whoosh!

The glaw glow began to fall.

Pitter-patter!

A huge storm came over the sea.

The big gate was wide open.

Welsh Version for Parents

Dechreuodd y gwynt chwythu.

Whoosh!

Dechreuodd y glaw ddisgyn.

Pitter-patter!

Daeth storm enfawr dros y môr.

Roedd y giât fawr yn llydan agored.

Chapter 4: Splash! Splosh!

Dŵr door — Water

Tai tie — Houses

Glaswellt glass-welht — Grass

The sea rushed through the open gate.

Splash! Splosh! Splish!

The dŵr door covered the tai tie and the grass.

The whole kingdom was under the sea!

Welsh Version for Parents

Rhedodd y môr drwy’r giât agored.

Splash! Splosh! Splish!

Gorchuddiodd y dŵr y tai a’r glaswellt.

Roedd y deyrnas gyfan o dan y môr!

Chapter 5: The Ghost Bells

Clychau KLUH-khai — Bells

Eglwys EG-loois — Church

Diwedd DEE-weth — End

Today, people say you can still hear the church clychau KLUH-khai — bells.

They ring gently from deep under the waves.

Ding-dong! Ding-dong!

The end. Y diwedd. uh DEE-weth

Welsh Version for Parents

Heddiw, gallwch chi glywed clychau’r eglwys yn canu’n dawel o dan y tonnau.

Ding-dong! Ding-dong!

Y diwedd.

Mini Games

Lock the Gate

Zzz

Make the Storm

Waves & Bells

🔔

One-Page Printable Activity

Colour the sea wall, trace the Welsh words, and draw bells under the waves.

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