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====== The Mabinogi ARTS Index ======

ABOUT Story telling, fiction, fantasy, illustrations, paintings, sculpture, music, theatre, film/ video.\\
INDEXES: [[a-z|Main Index A-Z]] * [[0arts|Mabinogi Arts]] * [[0lit|Scholars & Theories]] * [[0qu|Quotes]]. See also [[0ind|Indexes Help]] for more about each Index, and the Mabinogi Bibliography.

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|1792|[[s:pughe|Pughe]]|Portrait|William Owen Pughe, from his //Dictionary//|
|1795-1833|[[s:pughe|Pughe]]|Text|First publication of Mabinogi tale in modern print format. Bilingual, more tales 1799, 1818, 1821, 1828, 1833.|
|1830 c.|[[s:pughe|Pughe]]|Sketch|1. Pwyll and the Queen of Annwfn. Pen & wash. (NLW) Mabinogion project.|
|1830 c.|[[s:pughe|Pughe]]|Sketch|2. The Herald announces the Duel. Pen & wash. (NLW) Mabinogion project.|
|1830 c.|[[s:pughe|Pughe]]|Sketch|3. Pwyll Duels Hafgan. Pen & wash. (NLW) Mabinogion project.|
|1830 c.|[[s:pughe|Pughe]]|Sketch|4, Rhiannon rides past Arberth. Pen & wash. (NLW) Mabinogion project.|
|1830 c.|[[s:pughe|Pughe]]|Sketch|5, Rhiannon speaks with Pwyll. Pen & wash. (NLW) Mabinogion project.|
|1830 c.|[[s:pughe|Pughe]]|Sketch|6. Gwawl arrives at the Feast. Pen & wash. (NLW) Mabinogion project.|
|1830 c.|[[s:pughe|Pughe]]|Sketch|7. Gwawl is Captured in the Bag. Pen & wash. (NLW) Mabinogion project.|
|1830 c.|[[s:pughe|Pughe]]|Sketch|8. Badger-in-the-Bag. Pen & wash. (NLW) Mabinogion project.|
|1830 c.|[[s:pughe|Pughe]]|Sketch|9. Rhiannon meets her Lost Son at the Gate. Pen & wash. (NLW) Mabinogion project.|
|1838-49|[[s:guest|Guest]]|Text|First complete publication of Mabinogi/on in modern print format, 7 vols. series. Bilingual, incl. Taliesin (12 tales) 2nd ed. 1849, 3 vols. 3rd ed. 1877, Eng. text only. 1906 the 1877 ed. adopted by Everyman. All eds. illust. Samiel Williams.|
|1838-49|Williams, Samuel|Woodcuts|Illustrator [[s:guest|Guest]] publications, best engraver of the day.  [[http://sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/mab/index.htm|Online text & illustrations]]|
|1885|Lanier, Sidney|Retell|//The Boy's Mabinogion//, as fantasy to inspire the sons of Western colonisers.|
|1895|Jacobs, Joseph|Retell|'The fate of the Children of Lir', in his //More Celtic Fairy Tales//. Woodcut illust. John D. Batten, MS. style initial letters. Mainly Irish tales. [[https://archive.org/details/morecelticfairyt00jaco|Online text]]|
|1895|Jacobs, Joseph|Retell|'Powel, Prince of Dyfed', Pwyll II, III, in his //More Celtic Fairy Tales// (NY). Woodcut illust. John D. Batten, header pic to tales; MS. style initial letters. Mainly Irish tales. [[https://archive.org/details/morecelticfairyt00jaco|Online text]]|
|1895|Batten, John D.|Woodcuts|'Powel, Prince of Dyfed' (Pwyll), in //More Celtic Fairy Tales// (NY). Line drawings, woodcuts, 'Children of Lir' p. 5; ''Powel' (pic = Rhiannon) p. 30; 'Gwawl in Bag' p. 35; 'Teyrnon finds babe' p. 41. [[https://archive.org/details/morecelticfairyt00jaco|Online text incl illust]]|
|1910|Ellis, T.E. & Holbrooke, Josef|Music opera|'The Children of Don' pt 1 of //Cauldron of Annwyn// Trilogy. (See 1912, 1922) Libretto Ellis, music Holbrooke. Illust. Sydney Herbert Sime, William Hope Hodgson and Arthur Machen.|
|1912|Ellis, T.E. & Holbrooke, Josef|Music opera|'Dylan, Son of the Wave', pt 2 of //Cauldron of Annwyn// Trilogy.  (See 1910, 1922) Libretto Ellis, music Holbrooke. Illust. Sydney Herbert Sime, William Hope Hodgson and Arthur Machen.|
|1914|Morris, Kenneth|First Fantasy Bk|//The Fates of the Princes of Dyfed// Mainly First, Third branches  & //Culhwch//, Irish sources. Ponderous saga style. LeGuin 'one of three master stylists of fantasy' (1973)|
|1922|Ellis, T.E. & Holbrooke, Josef|Music opera|'Bronwen', pt 3 of //Cauldron of Annwyn// Trilogy. (See 1910, 1912)  Libretto Ellis, music Holbrooke. Illust. Sydney Herbert Sime, William Hope Hodgson and Arthur Machen.|
|1923 -25|Lewis, Saunders|Theatre|//Blodeuedd// His earliest publ. play, rev. 1948; see also 2013, 2014.|
|1930|Morris, Kenneth|Fantasy Bk|//Book of the Three Dragons// See 1914, & LeGuin (1973)|
|1930|Grove Play|Theatre|//Birds of Rhiannon// by Waldemar Young. Arthurian, not Mabinogi, in spite of the name.|
|1931|Jones, David|Artwork|//Manawydan's Glass Door// Used as cover illustration for Dafydd Johnston 'The Literature of Wales' 1994 Pocket Guide series.|
|1936|Walton, Evangeline|Fantasy Bk|//The Virgin and the Swine// Fourth Branch. Matrilineal theme. Repub.// The Island of the Mighty//, July 1970. Full Tetralogy 2012|
|1948|Lewis, Saunders|Theatre|//Blodeuedd// His earliest publ. play 1923-25, revised; see also 2013, 2014.|
|1943|Griffith, Wyn|BBC radio|//The Adventures  of  Pryderi  taken  from  the  Mabinogion.// BBC Welsh Children's Hour. For Kyffin Williams and Leslie Jones woodcut illust. see 1992 book. Rpt. broadcast 1998|
|1964|Alexander, Lloyd|Fantasy Bk|//The Book of Three// 1, 'The Chronicles of Prydain'.|
|1965|Alexander, Lloyd|Fantasy Bk|//The Black Cauldron// 2, 'The Chronicles of Prydain'.|
|1965|Cooper, Susan|Fantasy Bk|//Over Sea, Under Stone// 1, 'The Dark is Rising'.|
|1966|Alexander, Lloyd|Fantasy  Bk|//The Castle of Llyr// 3, 'The Chronicles of Prydain'.|
|1967|Alexander, Lloyd|Fantasy  Bk|//Taran Wanderer// 4, 'The Chronicles of Prydain'.|
|1967|Garner, Alan|Fantasy Bk|//The Owl Service// set 20thC |
|1968|Alexander, Lloyd|Fantasy  Bk|//The High King// 5, 'The Chronicles of Prydain'.|
|1965|Cooper, Susan|Fantasy Bk|//The Dark is Rising// 2, 'The Dark is Rising' set 20thC.|
|1970|Walton, Evangeline|Fantasy  Bk|//The Island of the Mighty// Fourth Branch.  Repub. of //The Virgin and the Swine//, July 1970. Matrilineal theme. Full Tetralogy 2012|
|1971|Walton, Evangeline|Fantasy  Bk|//The Children of Llyr// Second Branch. Full Tetralogy 2012|
|1972|Walton, Evangeline|Fantasy  Bk|//The Song of Rhiannon// Third Branch. Full Tetralogy 2012|
|1973|Leader, Mary|Fantasy  Bk|//Triad// Inspired Stevie Nicks' song //Rhiannon// 1975. Paranormal, psych. mystery fusing legends with 20thC heroine|
|1974|Cooper, Susan|Fantasy Bk|//Greenwitch// 3, 'The Dark is Rising' set 20thC.|
|1974|Walton, Evangeline|Fantasy  Bk|//Prince of Annwn// First Branch. Full Tetralogy 2012|
|1974|Webb, Harri|Poetry|//A Crown for Branwen// Illust. woodcuts Yvonne Skargon. See 1984, Webb|
|1974|Skargon, Yvonne|Woodcuts|Illust. for Harri Webb's //A Crown for Branwen//. See 1984, Webb|
|1975|Cooper, Susan|Fantasy Bk|//The Grey King// 4, 'The Dark is Rising' set 20thC.|
|1975|D'Arcy, Margaretta & Arden, John|Theatre|//The Island of the Mightyy: A Play On A Traditional British Theme In Three Parts// Welsh political satire Arthurian play within a Celtic historical context|
|1975|Nicks, Stevie|Music|Song //Rhiannon// Fleetwood Mac, rock band.|
|1977|Bond, Nancy|Fantasy Bk|//A String in the Harp// Taliesin sources, set 20thC.|
|1977|Cooper, Susan|Fantasy Bk|//Silver on the Tree // 5, 'The Dark is Rising' set 20thC.|
|1977|Pennar, Andreas Meirion|Poem|//Y Pair Dadeni// (Cauldron of Rebirth) poem [2], Efnisien and Bendigeidfran |
|1979|Humphreys, Emyr|Poem|//The Kingdom of Bran// [2] Poetic adaptation, Cymraeg. illust. Keith Holmes (two double-page) & vignettes; text linocut on Arches Vélin Cuve BFK Rives paper|
|1980|Humphreys, Emyr|Poem|//Pwyll a Riannon// [1] Poetic adaptation, Cymraeg. illust. Keith Holmes (two double-page) & vignettes; text linocut on Arches Vélin Cuve BFK Rives paper|
|1981|Moore, Geoff|Theatre|Entire Mabinogi cycle, outdoor staging, Cardiff Castle, bilingual and multi -media. See 1983|
|1982|Lee, Alan|Illust.|Arguably the best illustrations ever for Jones & Jones //The Mabinogion// Full page colour. Also used for Guest edition 2001|
|1983|Chant, Joy|Novel|//The High Kings:: Arthur's Celtic Ancestors// Well researched, recreates bardic storyteling. USA|
|1983|Ceredwen|Music LP|//O'r Mabinogi: Legends of the Celts// BBC TV //Mabinogion// Folk, 22 track vinyl, see 1997 CD|
|1983|Moore, Geoff|Theatre|Entire Mabinogi cycle, outdoor staging, Caernarfon Castle, bilingual and multi -media. Music: Robin Williams. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y9a63XOHYc|Youtube]] See 1981|
|1983|Williams, Robin|Music|//Music for the Mabinogi// Accompaniment to geoff Moore's Moving being, entire Mabinogi, outdoors, Caernarfon Castle, bilingual and multi -media. Vinyl LP. Also see [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y9a63XOHYc|Youtube]] See 1981|
|1984|Jones, Margaret|Bk Cover|Rhiannon rides past Narberth, First Branch. //The Mabinogion// Publ. Y Lolfa.|
|1984|Webb, Harri|Retell|//Tales from Wales// aimed at children but excellent clear telling. Illust.|
|1984|Garland, Roger|Bk Cover|//Cwn Annwfn//, First Branch. //The Mabinogion//.|
|1987|Middleton, Haydn & Toorchen, Anthea|Retell|//Son of Two Worlds: A Retelling of the Timeless Celtic Saga of Pryderi// Pryderi Cycle.|
|1987|Nimmo, Jenny|Fantasy Bk|//Emlyn's Moon// Second Branch set 20thC|
|1988|Conran, Tony|Poetry|//Blodeuedd & other poems // [2] 'Blodeuwedd', 'dance poem', & Blodeuedd retelling.|
|1989|Nimmo, Jenny|Fantasy Bk|//The Chestnut Soldier // Fourth Branch set 20thC|
|1989|Cleal, John|Painted leather|Rhiannon's Ride, painted,  inscribed, circular leather table top, part coloured, gold highlights, MW text. Adapted by Cleal from Williams engraving ([[s:guest|Guest]]), Workshop Wales. Owner Angela V. John, author of Guest biography.|
|1991|Humphreys, Sion|Ch. 4 TV|//'Outside Time'// 4 part series, Mabinogi characters based, & additional ones. //Cyfnarwydd//, storyteller, druidic //Awen//. Essay 'Crucible of Myth', origins narrative|
|1991|Jones, Derek & Duin, Nancy|Study|Essay 'Crucible of Myth' in booklet //'Outside Time'// Ch. 4 TV 4 part series, Mabinogi characters based, & additional ones. //Cyfnarwydd//, storyteller, druidic //Awen//, origins narrative|
|1992|Carr, Anthony D.|Study|'The Patrons of the Late Medieval Poets in North Wales' in Etudes Celtiques.|
|1992|Griffith, Wyn|Retell|'The Adventures  of  Pryderi  taken  from  the  Mabinogion' illust. (8) Kyffin Williams. See 1943 radio.|
|1992|Williams, Kyffin & Jones, Leslie|Linocut|[[https://www.peoplescollection.wales/items/598235|8 linocuts]] illust. //The Adventures  of  Pryderi  taken  from  the  Mabinogion.//,see  Wyn Griffith 1943. Not united with the script before|
|1993|Holmes, Helen|Cartoons|Illust. Rhiannon Ifans' // Hud y Mabinogi// Cymraeg for children. Eng. version 1998|
|1993|Ifans, Rhiannon|Retell|//Hud y Mabinogi// Cymraeg, for children. Illust. cartoons Helen Holmes. Eng. version 1998|
|1993|Pitch, Herbert|Study|Essay: 'Art. Mabinogi, Mabinogion' (German) in //Lexikon des Mittelalters// |
|1994|Gruffudd, Robat|Colouring Bk|//Llyfrau Lliwio'r Mabinogion: Blodeuedd// (Cymraeg) series for children.|
|1995|Gruffudd, Robat|Colouring Bk|//Llyfrau Lliwio'r Mabinogion: Branwen// (Cymraeg) series for children.|
|1995|Gruffudd, Robat|Colouring Bk|//Llyfrau Lliwio'r Mabinogion: Pwyll a Rhiannon// (Cymraeg) series for children.|
|1996|Gruffudd, Robat|Colouring Bk|//Llyfrau Lliwio'r Mabinogion: Culhwch ac Olwen// (Cymraeg) series for children.|
|1996|Lovat, John|BBC Cymru radio|'Welsh Tales: Key Stage 2: the Four Branches of the Mabinogion and Culhwch and Olwen' dramatised for radio (Cymraeg) series for children.|
|1996|Valley Stream|Video DVD //'The Mabinogion'// Videos.|In 2004 online, some on Youtube.|
|1997|Ceredwen|Music CD|//O'r Mabinogi: Legends of the Celts// CD version of BBC TV //Mabinogion// 1983, orig. Folk, 22 track vinyl.|
|1997|Nimmo, Jenny|Retell|//Branwen// Illust. [2] Legends from Wales series for children 7-9 years.|
|1998|Barber, Richard|Bk|//British Myths and Legends// Illust. John Vernon Lord in 'Heroes and Saints' series part II|
|1998|Griffith, Wyn|BBC radio|//The Adventures  of  Pryderi  taken  from  the  Mabinogion.// BBC Welsh Children's Hour Rpt. of 1943 broadcast. For Kyffin Williams and Leslie Jones woodcut illust. see 1992 book.|
|1998|Holbrooke, Joseph & Penny, Andrew|Music, opera|//The Birds of Rhiannon// Op.87, in The Children of Don, series. Concerto Hall of Ukrainian Radio, Kiev, Ukraine. Recording.|
|1998|Ifans, Rhiannon|Retell|//The Magic of the Mabinogion// for children. Illust. cartoons Helen Holmes. Cymraeg version 1993|
|1998|Lacy, Norris & Ashe, Geoffrey|Encycl. section|'Art. "Mabinogi (Mabinogion)" in //The new Arthurian encyclopedia// pp. 289-290|
|1998|White, Donna|Study Bk|//A Century of Welsh Myth in Children's Literature//|
|1999|Lincoln, Polly|Study MA| 'Evangeline Walton's fictionalization of the Mabinogion: the demise of the goddess', Florida Atlantic University, USA, See Nicole Thomas, PhD 2013|
|1999|Rhys, Anthony|Retell, illust|//Celtic Legends of Pembrokeshire// Incl. First Branch,  8 black-and-white illustrations and 1 map by the author|
|2000|Derbyshire, Kate|School project|'Mabinogion Mosaics' School art project, 4 large mosaics, Thornhill Primary School, Cardiff|
|2001|Blatt, Ogmore|Retell, illust|Unusual //Blodeuedd// 9 black-and-white illustrations & 1 photo|
|2001 Jan-Apr|Derbyshire, Kate|School project|'Mabinogion Mosaics' School art project, 4 large mosaics, Ysgol y Wern, Cardiff|
|2001|Lee, Alan|Illust.|Arguably the best illustrations ever for Guest //The Mabinogion// Full page colour. Also used for Jones & Jones edition 1982|
|2002|Collins, Mike|Graphic novel|First Welsh graphic art novel companion to S4C animated film,'Otherworld' Cartwyn Cymru |
|2002|Sullivan, Jenny|Retell illust |//Celtic Heroines// illust. Accurate, incl. Rhiannon, Branwen, Arhianrhod, Blodeuedd.|
|2003|Cartwn Cymru|S4C TV film|//'Otherworld'// Innovative mix animation, live actors, cult classic. Also pioneering graphic novel, Collins|
|2003|Cave, Roderick & Manson, Sarah|Study|//The History of the Golden Cockerel Press// the 1948 art publisher of Jones & Jones important new trans. followed 1949 plain Everyman ed.|
|2003|Conran, Tony|Theatre, bk|'Branwen and Other Dance Dramas and Plays' book section. Branwen as political sacriifce, integrates Morris dance, sequel 'Five Women' war setting. Also Blodeuedd.|
|2004|Sullivan|Studyy|'Conscientious Use: Welsh Celtic Myth and Legend in Fantastic Fiction’, //Celtic Cultural Studies//|
|2004|Wentzel, Franziska|Painting|//Rhiannon and Pwyll// First Branch.|
|2005|Burcham, Josh|???|//Cwn Annwfn// First Branch.|
|2006|Griffiths, Annthony|Photos, illust.|[[s:bollard|Bollard]], //The Mabinogi, Legend and Landscape of Wales//, many photos of Mabinogi sites.|
|2006|Ferguson, Anne Marie |Painting|//‘Arawn’ // First Branch. Llewelyn Tarot|
|2006|Ferguson, Anne Marie |Painting|//‘Rhiannon’ // First/ Third Branch. Empress, Llewelyn Tarot|
|2008|Eames, Manon|Theatre play|//‘The Magnificent Mabinogi’// Entire Mabinogi, Greek chorus, slightly bilingual. Sept. 9, National Youth Theatre Wales, Aberystwyth. Alex Robertson, set designer|
|2008|Williams, Jill|Theatre play|Eames' //‘The Magnificent Mabinogi’// Entire Mabinogi, Greek chorus, slightly bilingual. 7th-9th April, Pontardawe Arts Centre|
|2010|Rymenhild|Fanfic online|//'The Fifth Branch'// Sequel to the Four Branches, language & style similar. Author name a pseudonym. [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/68282|Link]]|
|2012|Hsiao-Ron Cheng|Painting|//Charlotte Guest// Imaginative portrait, Oh Comely! online magazine. Based on NLW [[s:guest|Guest]] holding.|
|2012|Stockburn, Rebecca Jane|Painting|//Rhiannon// First Branch. Based on Alan Lee.|
|2012|Walton, Evangeline|Fantasy Bk|// The Island of the Mighty// Full Tetralogy.|
|2013|Lewis, Saunders|Theatre|//Blodeuedd// Staged outdoors on hill Trawsfynydd, N. Wales. Dir. Arwel Gruffydd. Lewis' earliest publ. play 1923-25, rev. 1948. See 2014|
|2014|Lewis, Saunders|Theatre|//Blodeuedd// Adapted to indoor stage for Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru tour. Dir. Arwel Gruffydd. Lewis' earliest publ. play 1923-25, rev. 1948. See 2013|
|2014|Wade, Gini |Lithograph|//‘The Accusation’// Rhiannon waking to see her loss. 662 × 860 First Branch.|
|2015|Stevenson, Peter|Storytelling festival|//‘Prosiect Mabinogi ’// Storytellers, a few lectures, artist-in-residence, & theatre. 13-14 Mar, Aberystwyth Arts Centre.|
|2017|Davies, Roy|Sculpture|//Rhiannon & Pryderi// [1] White marble, life size. At Meddygfa Rhiannon, Narberth, Pembrokeshire. (Sculptor anon Chinese to Davies' design)|
|2017|Hayes, Maria|Sketches|//‘The Fifth Branch’// Artist in residence, storytelling event, live art during sessions.|
|2017|Stevenson, Peter|Storytelling festival|//‘The Fifth Branch’// Storytellers, a few lectures, artist-in-residence, & theatre. 9-12 Mar, Aberystwyth Arts Centre.|
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