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| |1867|Arnold\\ //*19thC\\ *status//|'The very first thing that strikes one, in reading the Mabinogion, is how evidently the mediaeval storyteller is pillaging an antiquity of which he does not fully possess the secret; he is like a peasant building his hut on the site of Halicarnassus or Ephesus; he builds, but what he builds is full of materials of which he knows not the history, or knows by a glimmering tradition merely — stones "not of this building," but of an older architecture, greater, cunninger, more majestical. In the medieval stories of no Latin or Teutonic people does this strike one as in those of the Welsh.' (Part II, p. 61.)| | |1867|Arnold\\ //*19thC\\ *status//|'The very first thing that strikes one, in reading the Mabinogion, is how evidently the mediaeval storyteller is pillaging an antiquity of which he does not fully possess the secret; he is like a peasant building his hut on the site of Halicarnassus or Ephesus; he builds, but what he builds is full of materials of which he knows not the history, or knows by a glimmering tradition merely — stones "not of this building," but of an older architecture, greater, cunninger, more majestical. In the medieval stories of no Latin or Teutonic people does this strike one as in those of the Welsh.' (Part II, p. 61.)| | ||
| |1901|Anwyl\\ //*coherent\\ *style//|The Mabinogi 'form a unified whole, worked together with considerable skill by a writer to whom the materials seem to have been thoroughly familiar from frequent narration'. (Part IV, p. 123)| | |1901|Anwyl\\ //*coherent\\ *style//|The Mabinogi 'form a unified whole, worked together with considerable skill by a writer to whom the materials seem to have been thoroughly familiar from frequent narration'. (Part IV, p. 123)| | ||
| - | |1911|Lloyd, E.J.\\ //*annwfn *death//|'Annwn is the Celtic paradise, whose inhabitants possess a higher civilisation, and whence come the blessings of this world. The first, and only, reference to Annwn is found in Pwyll ... The inhabitants of Annwn are described as having the same pursuits as the dwellers of the upper world, to which they apparently have free access, and it is even possible for mortals such as Pwyll to sojourn in the mysterious other-world of Annwn occasionally. Perhaps the beautiful white dogs with red (p. 244) ears, which are described in the story of Pwyll, are those known in folklore as Cwn Annwn. There is no suggestion in the Mabinogion that the dwellers of Annwn had anything necessarily to do with the spirits of the dead' (pp. 243-44)\\ | + | |1911|Lloyd, E.J.\\ //*annwfn *death//|'Annwn is the Celtic paradise, whose inhabitants possess a higher civilisation, and whence come the blessings of this world. The first, and only, reference to Annwn is found in Pwyll ... The inhabitants of Annwn are described as having the same pursuits as the dwellers of the upper world, to which they apparently have free access, and it is even possible for mortals such as Pwyll to sojourn in the mysterious other-world of Annwn occasionally. Perhaps the beautiful white dogs with red (p. 244) ears, which are described in the story of Pwyll, are those known in folklore as Cwn Annwn. There is no suggestion in the Mabinogion that the dwellers of Annwn had anything necessarily to do with the spirits of the dead' (pp. 243-44)| |
| - | ‘There is no suggestion in the Mabinogion that the dwellers of Annwn had anything necessarily to do with the spirits of the dead– thus the spirit of Llew Llaw Gyffes is represented as taking the form of an eagle, and it is quite possible that the conception of a spirit taking a winged form was fairly common.’ (Lloyd p. 244)| | + | |1911|Lloyd, E.J.\\ //*annwfn *death//|‘There is no suggestion in the Mabinogion that the dwellers of Annwn had anything necessarily to do with the spirits of the dead– thus the spirit of Llew Llaw Gyffes is represented as taking the form of an eagle, and it is quite possible that the conception of a spirit taking a winged form was fairly common.’ (Lloyd p. 244)| |
| |1911|Lloyd, E.J.\\ //*coherent\\ *pryderi cycle *structure *style//|'To appreciate fully the value of the Mabinogion as Literature', we must examine their structures and formation, we must study their plot and style', and ‘The first thing one notices about the Four Branches is that they form a complete and coherent whole, and seem to be four chapters in one story, the hero of which is Pryderi.'. (p. 171) cf. Arnold, 1867| | |1911|Lloyd, E.J.\\ //*coherent\\ *pryderi cycle *structure *style//|'To appreciate fully the value of the Mabinogion as Literature', we must examine their structures and formation, we must study their plot and style', and ‘The first thing one notices about the Four Branches is that they form a complete and coherent whole, and seem to be four chapters in one story, the hero of which is Pryderi.'. (p. 171) cf. Arnold, 1867| | ||
| |1911|Lloyd, E.J.\\ //*mabinogion\\ *status\\ *gods\\ *goddess *style//|Conclusion: 'Thus we see that the Mabinogion are of inestimable value as literary production, inasmuch as they mirror not only medieval ideas and customs, but also because they contain traces of old Celtic thought in the numerous traditions of gods and goddesses embodied in them. Their literary value is also enhanced by the finished and elegant style of the tales, and by the fact that the plot in most cases is exceptionally good. That Wales should have a literature such as this in the Middle Ages is a fact to be proud of because of its own intrinsic value, but also because of the marked influence it has had over the imaginative literature of Europe.' (p. 248)| | |1911|Lloyd, E.J.\\ //*mabinogion\\ *status\\ *gods\\ *goddess *style//|Conclusion: 'Thus we see that the Mabinogion are of inestimable value as literary production, inasmuch as they mirror not only medieval ideas and customs, but also because they contain traces of old Celtic thought in the numerous traditions of gods and goddesses embodied in them. Their literary value is also enhanced by the finished and elegant style of the tales, and by the fact that the plot in most cases is exceptionally good. That Wales should have a literature such as this in the Middle Ages is a fact to be proud of because of its own intrinsic value, but also because of the marked influence it has had over the imaginative literature of Europe.' (p. 248)| | ||
