Afallenau

From: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology | Date: 2004| Author: JAMES MacKILLOP | Copyright information

Afallenau [W, apple trees] . A long series of vaticinatory stanzas ascribed to Myrddin found in the Black Book of Carmarthen (c.1250). Each stanza begins with the formulaic phrase ʿAfallen beren…ʿ [Sweet apple tree…] and usually runs from six to twelve rhyming lines. Myrddin speaks in the first person and tel...

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