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| The Mabinogi is **always included** in the larger group //The Mabinogion//. | The Mabinogi is **always included** in the larger group //The Mabinogion//. | ||
| - | The Mabinogi's sections (its Branches) end by saying '**And so ends this //mabinogi//**.'\\ | + | The Mabinogi's sections (its Branches) end by saying '**And so ends this //mabinogi//**.'\\ |
| - | But one of them, the ending of the First Branch, says it as '//**mabynnogion**//' modernised as '//**mabinogion**//'. | + | One of them, the ending of the First Branch, says it as '//**mabynnogion**//' modernised as '//**mabinogion**//'. This is thought to be a simple mistake by the mediaeval writer. |
| From at least the 18thC onwards scholars often assumed this was a plural word because **-//on// or -//ion//** is a Welsh plural ending. So '//**mabinogion**//' was used as a **title** for this loose collection of eleven tales when published together. | From at least the 18thC onwards scholars often assumed this was a plural word because **-//on// or -//ion//** is a Welsh plural ending. So '//**mabinogion**//' was used as a **title** for this loose collection of eleven tales when published together. | ||
