Mabinogion
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Mabinogion
from Welsh mabinogi instruction for young bards
Example Sentences
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Ms Bird will be performing in a Welsh-language show called Ffabinogion - a modern twist on some stories from the Mabinogion, a collection of Welsh myths and legends.
From BBC • Aug. 3, 2023
But five years later, a fan sent her four paperback novels in a Manila envelope — author Evangeline Walton’s adaptation of the ancient British Mabinogion.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2020
The Owl Service is set in Wales, and uses as its basis a story from the mediaeval Welsh epic, the Mabinogion.
From The Guardian • Jun. 27, 2012
They contain our ancient literature, are something better than our Mabinogion, are almost our Morte D’Arthur.
From The Trembling of the Veil by Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)
In the Mabinogion, linen is repeatedly particularised in the gorgeous descriptions of fabled splendour in princely castles—linen, silk, satin, velvet, gold-lace, and jewels, are the constantly-recurring features of sumptuous attire.
From British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Sikes, Wirt
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