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Mabinogion, The
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Mabinogion, The, strictly, the first four Welsh tales contained in the collection of Lady Charlotte Guest, made in 1838–49. The four are preserved in two Welsh manuscripts: The White Book of Rhydderch (1300–25) and The Red Book of Hergest (1375–1425). Their subjects are (1) Pwyll, the father of Pryderi; (2) Branwen, the daughter of Llyr; (3) Manawyddan, the son of Llyr; (4) the death of Pryderi in battle with the nephews of Math. There is no mention of
Arthur in these four branches of the Mabinogion proper; but five of the other seven tales published by Guest from The Red Book of Hergest deal indirectly with him: ‘The Lady of the Fountain’; ‘Peredur’; ‘Gereint’, three romances from French originals; ‘Culhwch and Olwen’; and ‘The Dream of Rhonabwy’.
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Mabinogion sculptures aim to inspire understanding of our cultural heritage; Retired doctor unveils his 100th piece of art based on the tales.
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 9/4/2009; 700+ words
; ...created a sculpture garden based on the Mabinogion tales opposite his home at Caerleon...excellent works of art based on the Mabinogion stories from talented Welsh sculptors...country's heritage and especially the Mabinogion. I hope that people who come to Fforwm...
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Mabinogion just the thing fora fantasy blockbuster.(News)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 1/1/2007; 700+ words
; ...first new English translation of The Mabinogion for 30 years. Sioned Davies, chair...translations and cartoon adaptations. The name Mabinogion was given by William Pughe, an 18th...lots of things. 'I did my PhD on The Mabinogion, on its narrative and style. I'm...
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Your Letters: Mabinogion slip.(Letters)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 12/15/2003; 488 words
; ...s LordOf The Rings owes much to the Mabinogion.That's not entriely accurate. Mind...Brimingham, wasn't a great fan of The Mabinogion,or of the Tain (IrishFolktales...dispel the idea that Tolkien used the Mabinogion. Although if my rebuttal of your argument...
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Sondheim to write musical based on the magical tales of the Mabinogion.(News)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 8/23/2005; 700+ words
; ...is to write a stage show based on the Mabinogion. Sondheim will be named today as a...planning to pen a musical based on the Mabinogion, the collective name for a world...has been hankering to write about the Mabinogion so I'm now trying to persuade him...
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The Mabinogion.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Yearbook of English Studies; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; The Mabinogion. Trans. by Sioned Davies. Oxford...isbn: 978-0-19-283242-9. The Mabinogion is the inaccurate, but convenient...splendid volume inaugurates a new age of Mabinogion studies (although it is bound to vex...
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The original action hero ; It is responsible for the blood-guts-and-sweat legend of King Arthur, and featured tales of cannibalism. So why don't we know more about 'The Mabinogion'? Murrough O'Brien considers a new translation of the Celtic myth ++ The Mabinogion trs Sioned Davies OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS [pound]12.99
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 3/4/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...entire army? Very vaguely. Still, one name did emerge from the mists: The Mabinogion. What, then, is The Mabinogion? More correctly, what are The Mabinogion? They are 11 stories selected from the Red Book of Hergest (mid-medieval...
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Crefft y Cyfarwydd: Astudiaeth o dechnegau naratif yn Y Mabinogion.
Magazine article from: Folklore; 1/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...Astudiaeth o dechnegau naratif yn y Mabinogion. By Sioned Davies. Cardiff: University...conventionally included under the heading of The Mabinogion are perceived as literary compositions...in which use of dialogue divides The Mabinogion into two groups: the majority of the...
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Around Wales: Erotic statue casts her come-hither look at public; SEX APPEAL: MP to unveil naked representation of Blodeuwedd from the Mabinogion.(News)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 9/14/2002; 700+ words
; ...representing one of the tales from the Mabinogion, shows a couple about to commit a sexual...turn will help raise the profile of the Mabinogion. ``If it's a good piece of art...could be a good thing to promote the Mabinogion, which is a rich collection of stories...
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Artist draws on the Mabinogion; EXHIBITION.(Arts)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 4/18/2002; 371 words
; DRAWINGS based on tales in the Mabinogion will be the basis of a monthlong exhibition at The Gallery...movement and action "The drawing process is suitable to the Mabinogion as it's like a story itself. The different branches of the...
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Did this woman add a female touch to the Mabinogion? Experts clash over theory of female author for famous text.
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 7/6/2009; 700+ words
; Byline: James McCarthy THE Mabinogion - regarded as the most important text in Welsh literature...Navarre, in Pamplona, believes the style of writing in The Mabinogion's first four stories indicates they were the work of a female...
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Mabinogion
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Mabinogion , title given to a collection of medieval...differ as to the meaning of the word mabinogion: some think it to be the plural of...bardic honor." The stories in the Mabinogion are found in two manuscripts, the White...
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Mabinogion, The
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Mabinogion, The, strictly, the first four Welsh tales contained in the collection...of Math. There is no mention of Arthur in these four branches of the Mabinogion proper; but five of the other seven tales published by Guest from The...
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White Book of Rhydderch
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
...the other narratives included in the Mabinogion , except Breuddwyd Rhonabwy [The Dream...In compiling her translation, The Mabinogion (1846), Lady Charlotte Guest relied...Gwenogvryn Evans, The White Book Mabinogion (Pwllheli, 1907); Rachel Bromwich...
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Mabinogi
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
Mabinogi, Mabinogion [W, a tale of youth (?); see also MAPONOS , divine youth...together form the masterwork of medieval Welsh literature. The form Mabinogion , first used by Lady Charlotte Guest in her three-volume translation...
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Red Book of Hergest
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
...Mabinogi and the seven other narratives usually included in the Mabinogion . The Red Book also contains poetry of the Gogynfeirdd , histories...drew on the Red Book of Hergest for her translation of The Mabinogion (1846); more recent translations also favour the Red Book...
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