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Welsh mythology consists of both folk traditions developed in Wales, and traditions developed by the Celtic Britons elsewhere before the end of the first millennium. As in most of the predominantly oral societies Celtic mythology and history were recorded orally by specialists such as druids (Welsh: derwyddon). This oral record has been lost or altered as a result of outside contact and invasion over the years. Much of this altered mythology and history is preserved in medieval Welsh manuscripts, which include the Red Book of Hergest, the White Book of Rhydderch, the Book of Aneirin and the Book of Taliesin. Other works connected to Welsh mythology include the ninth-century Latin historical compilation Historia Brittonum ("History of the Britons") and Geoffrey of Monmouth's twelfth-century Latin chronicle Historia Regum Britanniae ("History of the Kings of Britain"), as well as later folklore, such as the materials collected in The Welsh Fairy Book by William Jenkyn Thomas (1908).
Welshmythology consists of both folk traditions developed in Wales, and traditions developed by the Celtic Britons elsewhere before the end of the first...
Christian scribes in the Middle Ages. Irish mythology has the largest written body of myths, followed by Welshmythology. The supernatural race called the Tuatha...
(Placide Guillermic) Tréo-Fall Ys Cornish mythology Matter of Britain Mythology in France Welsh folklore Welshmythology "Legends and Romances of Brittany: Chapter...
Welsh folklore is the collective term for the folklore of the Welsh people. It encompasses topics related to Welshmythology, folk tales, customs, and...
Britain but also in Gaul. In Roman Britain, he was equated with Apollo. The Welsh mythological figure Mabon ap Modron is apparently derived from Maponos,...
(Welshmythology) Flidais's chariot, a chariot drawn by deer. (Irish mythology) Hebo's chariot, a chariot pulled by two dragons. (Chinese mythology) Ukko's...
related texts in medieval manuscripts which preserve fragments of Welsh folklore, mythology and traditional history in groups of three. The triad is a rhetorical...
The Otherworld is usually called Annwn in Welshmythology and Avalon in Arthurian legend. In Irish mythology it has several names, including Tír na nÓg...
Anglo-Saxon mythology, Christian mythology, and Celtic mythology. Elements of the Matter of Britain, Welshmythology and Cornish mythology which relate...
symbol on their coat of arms. Ravens are prominent in early Welshmythology, with the Medieval Welsh poem Y Gododdin repeatedly associating ravens with battles...
clearly derived from the Welsh mab, which means "son, boy, young person". Eric P. Hamp, of the earlier school traditions in mythology, found a suggestive connection...
creates the copies of Excalibur itself as well as of its scabbard. In Welshmythology, the Dyrnwyn ("White-Hilt"), one of the Thirteen Treasures of the Island...
is named Allód in early genealogies, and corresponds to the Llŷr of Welshmythology. Lir is chiefly an ancestor figure, and is the father of the god Manannán...
figure from Irish and Scottish mythology, said to have invented the Ogham alphabet Ceridwen, a figure from Welshmythology, said to be the keeper of the...
Annwvn, Annwyn, Annwyfn, Annwvyn, or Annwfyn) is the Otherworld in Welshmythology. Ruled by Arawn (or, in Arthurian literature, by Gwyn ap Nudd), it...
Rhiannon (/ˈriːænən/) is a major figure in Welshmythology, appearing in the First Branch of the Mabinogi, and again in the Third Branch. Ronald Hutton...
or Cerridwen (pronounced [kɛrˈɪdwɛn] Ke-RID-wen) was an enchantress in Welsh medieval legend. She was the mother of a hideous son, Mordfran, and a beautiful...
the Luddite movement Lludd Llaw Eraint, figure in Welshmythology Nuada, figure in Irish mythology Short for Luddite on the TV show Upload Lud (disambiguation)...
In Welshmythology, Arawn (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈarau̯n]) was the king of the otherworld realm of Annwn who appears prominently in the first branch of...
Dylan ail Don (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈdəlan ˈail ˈdɔn]) (in Middle Welsh) is a character in the Welsh mythic Mabinogion tales, particularly in the fourth...
magic stones with the properties of adder stones appear frequently in Welshmythology and folklore. The Mabinogion, translated into English in the mid-nineteenth...
Arianrhod (Welsh pronunciation: [arˈjanr̥ɔd]) is a figure in Welshmythology who plays her most important role in the Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi. She...
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