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The Barddas of Iolo Morganwg, Vol. I., ed. by J. Williams Ab Ithel, [1862], at sacred-texts.com


THE PARTS OF THE HUMAN BODY IN WHICH ARE THE FACULTIES.

1. In the forehead are the sense and intellect;
2. In the nape is the memory;

p. 392 p. 393

3. In the pate are discretion and reason;
4. In the breast is lust;
5. In the heart is love;
6. In the bile are anger and wrath;
7. In the lungs is the breath;
8. In the spleen is joyousness;
9. In the body is the blood;
10. In the liver is the heat;
11. In the spirit is the mind;
12. In the soul is faith.

Another.

In the forehead is the intellect;
In the nape is the memory;
In the pate are reason and discretion;
In the lungs is the breath;
In the breast is the lust;
In the heart is love;
In the spleen is joyousness;
In the liver is the heat;
In the bile is anger;
In the body is the blood;
In the spirit is the mind;
In the mind is the soul;
In the soul is faith;
In faith is God. 1

 


Footnotes

393:1 p. 392 Al. "the Son of God."


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