然而相较爱尔兰卷帙浩繁的中古时期叙事散文,威尔士知名的只有一部在三个13-14世纪手稿保存的Mabinogion(应是原名Mabinogi的笔误,被当成其复数形式)。集子里包括了几个早期亚瑟王传说和威尔士本土传说,最重要的则是四个章节有连续性叙事(独立情节)的长篇散文,学者们称Four Branches of Mabinogi。这个集子里的11篇散文...
Drawing on myth, folklore and history, the stories of the "Mabinogion" passed from generations of storytellers before they were written down in the thirteenth century in the form we know. Set in dual realms of the forests and valleys of Wales and the shadowy otherworld, the tales are permeate...
Roman-occupied Britain becomes the setting for this fantastical retelling of Arthurian legend. Based on the stories of Mabinogion, the History of the Kings of Britain and works by Geoffrey of Monmouth, the saga centers around the invasion of barbarians staking their claim on the British isle. It...
particularly among the speakers of the Scandinavian and Germanic language groups. What is less understood is that his influence is far more widespread – from Ireland in the west, to Russia in the east, and down into the Balkans, whose old regional name almost invokes the god of smith...
Classic Dark Age of Camelot Backstories of Dark Age of Camelot Trials of Atlantis Origin of the Trials Destruction of Atlantis Catacombs Albion The Aqueducts of Albion The History of the Inconnu Crypt The Deadlands of Annwn The Abandoned Mines of Albion The Underground Forest of Albion The Tenebr...
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Decapitated heads played an important part in the mythology of the Mabinogion (the head of Bendigeidfran, for instance). In the ‘Arthurian’ poem of Gawain and the Green Knight, the decapitated head of the tale’s eponymous adversary (Bertilak) – like that of Bran the Blessed – has an...
Today marks the 164thanniversary of the death of one of the most famous figures in Merthyr’s history – Sir Josiah John Guest. Sir Josiah John Guest Josiah John Guest was born in Dowlais on 2 February 1785, the eldest child of Thomas Guest, manager and part owner of the Dowlais Ironwo...
12thC: Geoffrey of Monmouth (History of the Kings of Britain, Life of Merlin, Prophecies of Merlin), Chrétien de Troyes, Marie de France, Béroul, Wace, Thomas of Britain, Robert de Boron, Eilhart von Oberge, Ulrich von Zatzikhoven. ...
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