c. 1100 | Tales put together by a single composer. | From oral performance tradition dating back an unknown period. |
c. 1225 | MS. Peniarth 6 | Earliest surviving manuscript.Two pages of the Mabinogi survive (NLW) |
c. 1350 | MS. Llyfr Gwyn Rhydderch | 'The White Book of Rhydderch', earliest complete version of the Mabinogi. (NLW) |
c. 1382-1405 | MS. Llyfr Gwyn Hergest | 'The Red Book of Hergest', complete version with all of The Mabinogion. (Oxford) |
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1875 | William Owen Pughe publ. first printed tale | First episode of Pwyll. Two more episodes of Pwyll to the disappearance of baby; also Math. Welsh & English. |
1838-49 | Charlotte Guest publ. The Mabinogion. | Welsh & English. All the Mabinogi except Welsh text Pwyll in Vol. 5, 1845. |
1887-1907 | John Gwenogvryn Evans publ. MSS. copies | 'Diplomatic texts'. Also cataloguing of MSS. |
1897-1901 | Edward Anwyl, first major study | Four part series focusing the Mabinogi in its own right, ZCP journal. |
1906 | Everyman Library edition | Guest's English trans. making it much more widely known. |
1930 | PKM: Ifor Williams | Classic Welsh text, modernised typography clearer for students. |
1933 | Evangeline Walton, fantasy | Not the first. Later became well known 1970s |
1948 | Jones & Jones trans. | First popular trans. for a century since Guest. Everyman ed. 1949. |
1953 | WJG: William John Gruffydd Rhiannon | Major study. Reconstructing of the 'original myth', and domination by Irish traditions, no longer accepted. |
1961 | Kenneth Jackson, folklore | Motifs analysed from international tales, from Aarne & Thompson. |
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1974 | John Bollard, Literature, interweaving | Asserts the Mabinogi as coherent, and 'intricate' literature: social principles evident in interweaving of patterns. Trans. 2006 |
1975 | 'Rhiannon', Stevie Nicks | Song by international rock group Fleetwood Mac |
1981, 1983 | Moving Being, theatre | Major staging at Cardiff, Caernarvon castles. Robin Williamson music |
1987, 2001 | Alan Lee illustrations | 1987 Jones & Jones version. 2001 Guest version |
1986 | Rob Valente, feminist | 'Merched y Mabinogi' PhD. Mabinogi women, agency in voice. Obscured by goddess myths, and male perspectives. |
1989 | Sioned Davies, storytelling formulas | Pedeir Keinc y Mabinogi, English version 1993. |
1991 | BBC Ch. 4 | Four episode series based on the Mabinogi |
1996 | Charles William Sullivan III, anthology | Collects main articles developing the Bollard approach. |
1996 | Valley Stream videos | DVD series, then online 2004 |
1999 | First text online | Miss Gien http://www.missgien.net/arthurian/mabinogion/ 1906 Guest English text. |
2002 | 'Otherworld, S4C | Cutting edge film mixing cartoon with live actors. |
2002-03 | Will Parker, trans. online | Also bibliographic essay, and articles. |
2007 | Welsh Prose 1300 -1425 | Cardiff U.MSS. text online. <http://www.rhyddiaithganoloesol.caerdydd.ac.uk/en/ |
2007 | Sioned Davies, trans. | Storytelling style, widely available. Paperback 2008. Many other works. |
2012 | The Mabinogi Bibliography | Shan Morgain, publ. online 2013. Further indexing. |
2015, 2017 | Storytelling conferences | Aberystwyth, Peter Stevenson, many storytellers, artists, a few Mabinogi scholars |
2017 | Sioned Davies, Symposium | Cardiff, international Mabinogi scholars, poetry |