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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Mabinogion"”.
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Horses, swine and magical birds : the role of animals in the Mabinogion.
… and enchanted, occur repeatedly throughout the Mabinogion collection of tales. This thesis explores the significance of these animals in some depth, considering why so many appear, what purposes they serve and how they affect both the characters and the overall narratives. On a general level …
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Magical birds as a link between the Mabinogion and other Celtic literature : facts and fancies
… Rhiannon are named in two different tales in the Mabinogion, although not in the two branches of the Mabinogi in which Rhiannon herself is a central character, and there is a reference to similar, but unnamed, birds in another. There are also claims that they are mentioned by name in two other …
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The Role of Dogs in Medieval Wales
… found in sources such as the law codes and the Mabinogion and other forms of literature, including hagiography and poetry, providing a wealth of material for understanding what kinds of dogs there were, what they did, who owned them, and how they were viewed. It is helpful to examine these …
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Publishing Anglophone Wales: Politics, Culture and the ‘Classic’ Novel
… Seren Press initiative ‘New Stories from the Mabinogion’. Embedding its detailed examination of these commercial initiatives in the context of historical and literary-critical debates about the nature and value of Wales’ English-speaking aesthetic and cultural life, the thesis questions the …
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A Misfit Mythology: Hanes Taliesin in English Literature and Culture in the Nineteenth Century
… have been aware of it only through Guest’s Mabinogion or Peacock’s novel (or both). It is proposed that HT’s reception in the nineteenth century continues to influence the story’s reception today, suggesting that a combination of text availability, cultural preferences, and mythologizers’ …
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Rewriting a Mythic Nation : Welsh Women Writers Recovering Welsh Myth and Folklore
… Press’s recent series, New Stories from The Mabinogion (2009 – 2013) and thus provide an inaugural critical response to that series: I examine contributions by Gwyneth Lewis, Fflur Dafydd, Trezza Azzopardi, and Tishani Doshi.<br/><br/>Throughout this thesis I argue that in the act of …
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Discovering Border Crossings in Pagan Epic Literature
… <em>The Eddas</em>, and <em>The Mabinogion</em>.</p> <p>Border crossings remain important for modern literary scholars to consider because they have not vanished. Although they are perceived differently, the concepts remain an integral part of our literary heritage. Analysis which …