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| **The Triads certainly overlap in places with Mabinogi people and events**, suggesting some exchange between the two classes of bard and //cyfnarwydd//. But the Triads have only a small amount to add to what is already there in the Mabinogi itself, while the Mabinogi offers a wealth of information about the same characters. It therefore seems to be an independent work of art by a composer who was not a bard, not established at any one court, but a freelancer of this other interestingly mobile craft, who moved between the courts of Gwent, Dyfed, Gwynedd, and elsewhere. They seem to know something of the bardic techniques of Triads (and //englyn// poetry [2, 4]) which they show off just a little, but this is very far from their main concern. | **The Triads certainly overlap in places with Mabinogi people and events**, suggesting some exchange between the two classes of bard and //cyfnarwydd//. But the Triads have only a small amount to add to what is already there in the Mabinogi itself, while the Mabinogi offers a wealth of information about the same characters. It therefore seems to be an independent work of art by a composer who was not a bard, not established at any one court, but a freelancer of this other interestingly mobile craft, who moved between the courts of Gwent, Dyfed, Gwynedd, and elsewhere. They seem to know something of the bardic techniques of Triads (and //englyn// poetry [2, 4]) which they show off just a little, but this is very far from their main concern. | ||
| - | **The key Mabinogi message is about peace and diplomacy between kindreds, complexities very different to the elite, male bards and their warring princes. The bards, attached to a fixed 'side' for their living and honour, understandably take a polarised vuew.** | + | **The key Mabinogi theme is about peace and diplomacy between kindreds, complexities very different to the elite, male bards and their warring princes. The bards, attached to a fixed 'side' for their living and their honour, understandably take a polarised vuew.** |
| Shan Morgain (c) 4/02/2017 | Shan Morgain (c) 4/02/2017 | ||
