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Urien
Urien, Urian. Sixth-century king of Welsh-speaking Rheged in what is now Scotland who acquired an additional literary characterization in the Arthurian legends. His resistance along with his son Owain, AD 550–600, earned him the high praise of Taliesin, who called him Urien Rheged. His name appears in the Welsh Triads, though not in any connection with Arthur. In Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia (1136) he is made the king of Moray in northern Scotland. Later in the French Claris et Laris (13th cent.) he is credited as the father of Yvain and Marine. And though he is often seen as the husband of Morgan le Fay, Malory (15th cent.) portrays him as dying fighting Morgan's son Mordred. See Jenny Rowland, Early Welsh Saga Poetry (Cambridge, 1990).
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JAMES MacKILLOP. "Urien." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES MacKILLOP. "Urien." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O70-Urien.html JAMES MacKILLOP. "Urien." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O70-Urien.html |
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Urien
Urien was the late 6th-cent. ruler of Rheged, the British kingdom centred on Carlisle. The 9th-cent. British writer Nennius described his power and Taliesin, poet at Urien's court, praised him as warrior and protector. He is said to have led a coalition against the Angles in the northern kingdom of Bernicia and to have been killed c.590 besieging Bamburgh. Through Geoffrey of Monmouth and Malory, Urien was brought into the Arthurian legend and his activities transferred to south Wales.
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JOHN CANNON. "Urien." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Urien." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-Urien.html JOHN CANNON. "Urien." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-Urien.html |
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Urien
Urien was the late 6th‐cent. ruler of Rheged, the British kingdom centred on Carlisle. The 9th‐cent. British writer Nennius described his power and Taliesin, poet at Urien's court, praised him as warrior and protector. He is said to have led a coalition against the Angles in the northern kingdom of Bernicia and to have been killed c. 590 besieging Bamburgh.
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JOHN CANNON. "Urien." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Urien." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-Urien.html JOHN CANNON. "Urien." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-Urien.html |
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Urien
Urien ♂ (Welsh) Possibly derived from Old Celtic ōrbo ‘privileged’ + gen ‘birth’; borne by a character in the Mabinogi, Urien of Rheged, who is probably identical with the historical figure Urien who fought against the Northumbrians in the 6th-century.
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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Urien." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Urien." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Urien.html PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Urien." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Urien.html |
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