Mabinogion

/ ˌmæbɪˈnɒɡɪən /

noun

1. a collection of Welsh tales based on old Celtic legends and mythology in which magic and the supernatural play a large part

Word History and Origins

Origin of Mabinogion¹

from Welsh mabinogi instruction for young bards

Example Sentences

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.

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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.

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The Mabinogion, translated by Sioned Davies In You Goddess! we use “supernatural female” as a definition of goddess and this allows us to include the story of Blodeuwedd, who was created out of flowers by a wizard as a wife for his friend, but who kicks over the traces and finds her own partner.

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Mead also appears in classical literature, memorialised in the mead-halls of the epic poem Beowulf and also in The Mabinogion.

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During his art-school years Jones was also reading avidly, most notably Malory’s “Le Morte d’Arthur,” Welsh history and that great repository of romantic legend, “The Mabinogion.”

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