Reflections on Rhiannon and the horse episodes in Pwyll

From: Western Folklore | Date: January 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

The group of stories known collectively as The Four Branches of the Mabinogi contains some of the most fascinating and vigorously disputed material in the entire medieval Welsh literary corpus. It is in the first of these four tales, Pwyll Prince of Dyfed, that the enigmatic figure of Rhiannon features most prominently. The text is full of tantalizing hints that she is more than simply a British chieftain's daughter who happens to take a fancy to the Prince of Dyfed. Rather, she seems to be a complex blend of euhemerized Celtic goddess, fairy mistress, folktale heroine, and elegantly imagined ...

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