 four branches"), are in the strictest sense of the word included in the term mabinogion. Although some modern authors follow Lady Charlotte Guest in explaining this word as meaning "a collection of tales for the young...  The Dark Ages - Side 335af William Paton Ker - 1904 - 361 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1901 - 414 sider
...back to the seventeenth century. Four of these tales, entitled respectively Pwyll Prince of Dyfed. Branwen daughter of Llyr, Manawyddan son of Llyr and Math son of Mathonwy, form a series. At the head of the tale of Pwyll we find the words : Llyma dechreu Mabinogi, "Here is... | |
 | Folklore Society (Great Britain) - 1901 - 644 sider
...Gaelic or Irish origin, viz. Kilhwchand Olwen, or the Hunting of TwrchTrwyth; Pywll, Prince of Dyved; Branwen, Daughter of Llyr; Manawyddan son of Llyr; and Math, son of Mathonwy. These tales stand quite apart from the others, and have peculiarities of their own. They deal with... | |
 | George Saintsbury - 1904 - 384 sider
...Mabinoai Welsh Prose. . *• " The meant the subject-matter of a Mabinog's mogion. coursei j.jje iiterary stock-in-trade which he had to acquire." l The plural,...Conte du Graal of Chrestien de Troyes ; the Dream of Rhonahvy and Kilhwch and Olwen, which are Arthurian without any such definite French relations ; the... | |
 | James Douglas Bruce - 1923 - 518 sider
...tales in the collection that goes under the name of Mabinogion — 18 namely, "Pwyll, Prince of Dyfed", "Branwen, Daughter of Llyr", "Manawyddan, son of Llyr" and "Math, son of Mathonwy" — none of which contain Arthurian material. Nevertheless, the collection thus miscalled does contain... | |
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