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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