Introduction : * "The Mabinogion", tr. by Lady Charlotte Guest, [1877], p. xi INTRODUCTION Whilst engaged on the Translations contained in these volumes, and on the Notes appended to the various Tales, I have found myself led unavoidably into a much more extensive course of reading than I had originally...
Manawyddan The Son Of Llyr. Manawydd : * "The Mabinogion", tr. by Lady Charlotte Guest, [1877], p. 397 MANAWYDDAN THE SON OF LLYR HERE IS THE THIRD PORTION OF THE MABINOGI WHEN the seven men of whom we spoke above had buried the head of Bendigeid Vran, in the White Mount an London, with its face towards France; Manawyddan gazed up...
Geraint The Son Of Erbin. Geraint The Son Of Erbin : * "The Mabinogion", tr. by Lady Charlotte Guest, [1877], p. 141 "Robert's Tower, Cardiff Castle", 1840."> "Robert's Tower, Cardiff Castle", 1840. GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN Arthur was accustomed to hold his Court at Caerlleon upon Usk. And there he held it seven Easters and five Christmases 141...
The Lady Of The Fountain. Llyn Dulyn In Snowdon : * "The Mabinogion", tr. by Lady Charlotte Guest, [1877], p. 77 LLYN DULYN IN SNOWDON. THE extraordinary property of producing rain, when spilt upon a stone, is attributed to the waters of Llyn Dulyn, in Snowdon, according to the following account, which is translated from the Greal, a Welsh...
Preface To The Second Edition : * "The Mabinogion", tr. by Lady Charlotte Guest, [1877], p. vii PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION. THE Arthurian Legends have at all times furnished a congenial subject to the students of Romance; and in the eight-and-thirty years which have elapsed since the first part of this Translation appeared...
Dedication : * "The Mabinogion", tr. by Lady Charlotte Guest, [1877], p. v TO IVOR AND MERTHYR. My dear Children, Infants as you yet are, I feet that I cannot dedicate more fitly than to you these venerable relics of ancient lore, and I do so in the hope of inciting you to cultivate the Literature of "Gwyllt...
The Lady Of The Fountain. Notes To The Lady : * "The Mabinogion", tr. by Lady Charlotte Guest, [1877], p. 31 NOTES TO THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN. 3a ARTHUR.--"Page" 3. AMONG the various characters introduced into the foregoing tale, none is more strictly and successfully maintained than that of Arthur. In him we see the dignified...
Peredur The Son Of Evrawc. Peredur The S : * "The Mabinogion", tr. by Lady Charlotte Guest, [1877], p. 81 PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC 81A Earl Evrawc owned the Earldom of the North. And he had seven sons. And Evrawc maintained himself not so much by his own possessions as by attending tournaments 81b, and wars, and combats 81c. And, as it...
Math The Son Of Mathonwy. Math The Son Of Mathonwy : * "The Mabinogion", tr. by Lady Charlotte Guest, [1877], p. 413 MATH THE SON OF MATHONWY THIS IS THE FOURTH PORTION OF THE MABINOGI Math the son of Mathonwy 413a was lord over Gwynedd, and Pryderi the son of Pwyll was lord over the one-and-twenty Cantrevs of the South; and these were the seven...
Peredur The Son Of Evrawc. Notice Of Various : * "The Mabinogion", tr. by Lady Charlotte Guest, [1877], p. 136 NOTICE OF VARIOUS OTHER VERSIONS. THE story of Peredur exists in the French language in two different forms: one of these is a Metrical Romance, by Chrestien de Troyes, entitled "Perceval le Galois," of which several MSS. are...
Geraint The Son Of Erbin. Notes To Geraint : * "The Mabinogion", tr. by Lady Charlotte Guest, [1877], p. 185 NOTES TO GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN. 141a EASTER--CHRISTMAS--WHITSUNTIDE.--"Page" 141. RITSON, in a note to his "Metrical Romances," mentions, that our early historians, as Roger Hoveden, Matthew Paris, &c., often advert to the custom...
Branwen The Daughter Of Llyr. Notes To Branwen : * "The Mabinogion", tr. by Lady Charlotte Guest, [1877], p. 385 NOTES TO BRANWEN THE DAUGHTER OF LLYR. 369a BENDIGEID VRAN.--"Page" 369. BRAN the son of Llyr Llediaith, and sovereign of Britain, derives, according to the Welsh authorities, his title of Bendigeid, or the Blessed...
The Dream Of Maxen Wledig. Note On Maxen Wledig : * "The Mabinogion", tr. by Lady Charlotte Guest, [1877], p. 453 MAXEN WLEDIG. 443a "Page" 443. MAXIMUS, the Maxen of the present Tale, was invested by his army with the Imperial purple in the year 383. He was of low birth, and Spanish origin. He served much in Britain, in which Island he commanded...
The Lady Of The Fountain. Versions In Other : * "The Mabinogion", tr. by Lady Charlotte Guest, [1877], p. 66 VERSIONS IN OTHER LANGUAGES OF THE TALE OF "THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN." THE story of Owain and the Lady of the Fountain was very popular in the days of Chivalry, and we meet with it in many European languages besides the Welsh...
Kilhwch And Olwen. Notes To Kilhwch And Olwen : * "The Mabinogion", tr. by Lady Charlotte Guest, [1877], p. 259 NOTES TO KILHWCH AND OLWEN. 217a KILHWCH AND OLWEN.--"Page" 217. THE curious tale of Kilhwch and Olwen appears to be purely British. The characters and events which it celebrates are altogether of native origin, nor has any parallel...
Taliesin. Notes To Taliesin : * "The Mabinogion", tr. by Lady Charlotte Guest, [1877], p. 495 NOTES TO TALIESIN. 471a TALIESIN.--"Page" 471. TALIESIN, literally, the "Radiant Brow," was a Welsh Bard of the sixth century. His name, regarded by his countrymen with the reverence due to the "Prince of Song," is known to the Sax...
Peredur The Son Of Evrawc. Notes To Peredur : * "The Mabinogion", tr. by Lady Charlotte Guest, [1877], p. 125 NOTES TO PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC. 81a PEREDUR.--"Page" 81. OF the real history of Peredur, nothing is known. It is probable that he fell in the battle of Cattraeth, in the beginning of the 6th century, as Aneurin mentions...
Math The Son Of Mathonwy. Notes To Math : * "The Mabinogion", tr. by Lady Charlotte Guest, [1877], p. 434 NOTES TO MATH THE SON OF MATHONWY. 413a MATH THE SON OF MATHONWY.--"Page" 413. THE fame of Math ab Mathonwy's magic, in which he would seem to have excelled all the enchanters of Welsh fiction (except, perhaps, the mighty Merl...
Branwen The Daughter Of Llyr. Branwen : * "The Mabinogion", tr. by Lady Charlotte Guest, [1877], p. 369 BRANWEN THE DAUGHTER OF LLYR HERE IS THE SECOND PORTION OF THE MABINOGI BENDIGEID VRAN 369a, the son of Llyr, was the crowned king of this island, and he was exalted from the crown of London. And one afternoon he was at Harlech 369b...
Kilhwch And Olwen. Kilhwch And Olwen : * "The Mabinogion", tr. by Lady Charlotte Guest, [1877], p. 217 KILHWCH AND OLWEN 217A OR THE TWRCH TRWYTH KILYDD the son of Prince Kelyddon desired a wife as a helpmate, and the wife that he chose was Goleuddydd, the daughter of Prince Anlawdd 217b. And after their union, the people put up...
Manawyddan The Son Of Llyr. Note On Manawydd : * "The Mabinogion", tr. by Lady Charlotte Guest, [1877], p. 411 MANAWYDDAN THE SON OF LLYR. THE Prince who figures as the hero of the present Mabinogi, is the subject of two Triads, in one of which his singular adventures are thus alluded to:-- "Three Makers of Golden Shoes, of the Isle of Brit...
The Lady Of The Fountain. The Lady Of The Fountain : * "The Mabinogion", tr. by Lady Charlotte Guest, [1877], p. 3 THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN KING ARTHUR 3a was at Caerlleon upon Usk 3b; and one day he sat in his chamber; and with him were Owain the son of Urien 3c, and Kynon 3d the son of Clydno 3e, and Kai the son of Kyner 3f; and Gwenhwyvar 3g...
The Dream Of Rhonabwy. Notes To The Dream : * "The Mabinogion", tr. by Lady Charlotte Guest, [1877], p. 315 NOTES TO THE DREAM OF RHONABWY. 299a MADAWC THE SON OF MAREDUDD.--"Page" 299. MAREDUDD AP BLEDDYN, the father of Madawc, after much contest acquired possession of the sovereignty of the whole principality of Powys. He married Hunydd...
Taliesin. Taliesin : * "The Mabinogion", tr. by Lady Charlotte Guest, [1877], p. 471 TALIESIN 471A IN times past there lived in Penllyn a man of gentle lineage, named Tegid Voel, and his dwelling was in the midst of the lake Tegid, and his wife was called Caridwen. And there was born to him of his wife a son named...
Geraint The Son Of Erbin. Notice Of Various : * "The Mabinogion", tr. by Lady Charlotte Guest, [1877], p. 214 NOTICE OF VARIOUS OTHER VERSIONS. IT is to Chrestien de Troyes, the author of the "Chevalier au Lyon" and "Perceval le Galois," that we are also indebted for the French metrical version of Geraint ab Erbin, entitled "Erec et Enide."...
Pwyll Prince Of Dyved. Notes To Pwyll Prince : * "The Mabinogion", tr. by Lady Charlotte Guest, [1877], p. 360 NOTES TO PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED. 339a PWYLL.--"Page" 339. NEARLY the whole of the Mabinogi of Pwyll Pendevig Dyved, has already been printed with a translation in the Cambrian Register, and the story has also appeared in Jones's Welsh...
The Dream Of Maxen Wledig. The Dream Of Maxen : * "The Mabinogion", tr. by Lady Charlotte Guest, [1877], p. 443 THE DREAM OF MAXEN WLEDIG Maxen Wledig 443a was emperor of Rome, and he was a comelier man, and a better and a wiser than any emperor that had been before him. And one day he held a council of kings, and he said to his friends, "I...
The Dream Of Rhonabwy. The Dream Of Rhonabwy : * "The Mabinogion", tr. by Lady Charlotte Guest, [1877], p. 299 THE DREAM OF RHONABWY Madawc the son of Maredudd 299a possessed Powys within its boundaries 299b, from Porfoed to Gwauan in the uplands of Arwystli. And at that time he had a brother, Iorwerth the son of Maredudd 299c, in rank not...
The Story Of Lludd And Llevelys. Note : * "The Mabinogion", tr. by Lady Charlotte Guest, [1877], p. 466 LLUDD AND LLEVELYS. LLUDD is the celebrated King Lud, brother to Csar's opponent Cassibelaunus. The Brut and Gfrey of Monmouth record his fortifying and decorating the City of London nearly in the same terms as the Mabinogi, stating...
The Lady Of The Fountain. Note On The Forest : * "The Mabinogion", tr. by Lady Charlotte Guest, [1877], p. 67 NOTE ON THE FOREST OF BRECELIANDE, AND THE FOUNTAIN OF BARANTON. THE Forest of Brcliande, in Brittany, the scene of the leading incident in the Chevalier au Lion, has ever been one of the most favoured haunts of Romance, and one whose...
Title Page : * "The Mabinogion", tr. by Lady Charlotte Guest, [1877], THE MABINOGION FROM THE WELSH OF THE LLYFR COCH O HERGEST ("THE RED BOOK OF HERGEST") IN THE LIBRARY OF JESUS COLLEGE, OXFORD TRANSLATED, WITH NOTES BY LADY CHARLOTTE GUEST LONDON: BERNARD QUARITCH, 15 PICCADILLY [1877] Scanned , February...
The Story Of Lludd And Llevelys. Here Is : * "The Mabinogion", tr. by Lady Charlotte Guest, [1877], p. 459 HERE IS THE STORY OF LLUDD AND LLEVELYS Beli the Great, the son of Manogan, had three sons, Lludd, and Caswallawn, and Nynyaw; and according to the story he had a fourth son called Llevelys. And after the death of Beli, the kingdom...
Pwyll Prince Of Dyved. Pwyll Prince Of Dyved : * "The Mabinogion", tr. by Lady Charlotte Guest, [1877], p. 339 PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED Pwyll 339a Prince of Dyved 339b was lord of the seven Cantrevs of Dyved; and once upon a time he was at Narberth his chief palace, and he was minded to go and hunt, and the part of his dominions in which it...
