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====== The Mabinogion ====== | ====== The Mabinogion ====== | ||
- | **//The Mabinogion//** is a loose collection of eleven or twelve prose stories originally written in mediaeval Welsh ([[Middle Welsh]]), widely available in translation.\\ | + | **//The Mabinogion//** is a loose collection of eleven or twelve prose stories originally written in mediaeval Welsh ([[Middle Welsh]]), often published together in translation.\\ |
The name however is a mistake, going back about 700 years. | The name however is a mistake, going back about 700 years. | ||
- | {{ ::mabinogion.png?400|MS. Llyfr Gwyn: from p. 33. NLW}}An important **part** of the collection is the set of four closely linked tales: [[The Mabinogi]] the central topic of this site. | + | {{ ::mabinogion.png?400|MS. Llyfr Gwyn: from p. 33. NLW}} **[[The Mabinogi]]** is the central topic of this site, a set of four closely linked tales. |
- | So there is //The Mabinogion// (11 tales) and the Mabinogi (4 sets of tales).\\ | + | So there is the Mabinogi (4 linked tales) and //The Mabinogion// (11 varied tales).\\ |
- | //The Mabinogion// ** always includes** the Mabinogi. | + | 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. |
- | It was not finally established that the word //mabinogion// was a mistake until the first half of the 20thC. However after 200 years of using it, the name became established, Many found it convenient to continue with it to refer to the larger collection of eleven tales. | + | It was not finally established that the word //mabinogion// was a mistake until the first half of the 20thC. However after 200 years of using it, the name had became established as a title. Many found it convenient to continue to use it to refer to the larger collection of eleven tales. |
It can help to remember that the longer word **//mabinogion//** is the larger collection of eleven tales. This always includes the smaller **//mabinogi//** of four tales, which is a smaller word. The smaller //mabinogi// is also found published on its own. | It can help to remember that the longer word **//mabinogion//** is the larger collection of eleven tales. This always includes the smaller **//mabinogi//** of four tales, which is a smaller word. The smaller //mabinogi// is also found published on its own. |