The opening few lines of the Mabinogi, from the Red Book of Hergest, scanned by the Bodleian Library
Author(s)
Unknown, generally believed to be a scribe from Dyfed.[1]
Language
Middle Welsh
Date
Earliest manuscript dates to 14th century; tale believed to be much older.
Genre
Welsh mythology
Subject
First branch of the Mabinogi. The reign of Pwyll, Prince of Dyfed and the birth of Pryderi.
Setting
Kingdom of Dyfed, Annwn
Personages
Pwyll, Rhiannon, Pryderi, Arawn, Teyrnon, Gwawl, Hyfaidd Hen
Pwyll Pendefig Dyfed, "Pwyll, Prince of Dyfed," is a legendary tale from medieval Welsh literature and the first of the Four Branches of the Mabinogi. It tells of the friendship between Pwyll, prince of Dyfed, and Arawn, lord of Annwn (the Otherworld), of the courting and marriage of Pwyll and Rhiannon and of the birth and disappearance of Pryderi. This branch introduces a number of storylines that reappear in later tales, including the alliance between Dyfed and Annwn, and the enmity between Pwyll and Gwawl. Along with the other branches, the tale can be found in the medieval Red Book of Hergest and White Book of Rhydderch.
^Tolstoy, Nikolai. The Oldest British Prose Literature: The Compilation of the Four Branches of the Mabinogi
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