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| ====== What is the Mabinogi? ====== | ====== What is the Mabinogi? ====== | ||
| + | A more detailed overview of the Mabinogi is [[whatis2|here]]. | ||
| ^The Mabinogi are the oldest //prose// stories recorded in Britain, probably in Europe.^ | ^The Mabinogi are the oldest //prose// stories recorded in Britain, probably in Europe.^ | ||
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| {{:1quartered-circle.png?70 |}}These native tales of Britain are mature narratives, where women and men grow, change, and struggle with their fate, their society, and with who they are in themselves. Often best known as Celtic myths or legends, the tales are an intricate literature in their own right. They tell of kings, queens, magicians, destiny and war, children, politics and love. | {{:1quartered-circle.png?70 |}}These native tales of Britain are mature narratives, where women and men grow, change, and struggle with their fate, their society, and with who they are in themselves. Often best known as Celtic myths or legends, the tales are an intricate literature in their own right. They tell of kings, queens, magicians, destiny and war, children, politics and love. | ||
| - | **THIS WEBSITE is mainly about the Mabinogi**, also known as **//Pedair Cainc y Mabinogi//**, 'the Four Branches of the Mabinogi'. It is an outstanding work of literature in four parts. | + | **THIS WEBSITE is mainly about the Mabinogi**, also known as **//Pedair Cainc y Mabinogi//**, 'the Four Branches of the Mabinogi'. The site does extend to the other stories of //The Mabinogion// but in less depth. |
| - | **MABINOGION?** Many people know the title ‘ //[[mabinogion|//The Mabinogion//]]//.’ This is a loose collection of eleven (or twelve) tales taken from the manuscripts described above. //The Mabinogion// contains the Mabinogi as four of its eleven parts.\\ | + | **THE MABINOGION?** Many people know the title ‘//[[mabinogion|The Mabinogion]]//'. This is a loose collection of eleven (or twelve) tales. //The Mabinogion// contains the Mabinogi as four of its eleven parts.\\ |
| But the ‘//Mabinogion//‘ as a name for the larger collection is an old mistake made in a mediaeval manuscript, a single ‘typo.’. Recently [[s:bollard| John K. Bollard]] has challenged the idea that the Mabinogion collection even makes sense as a collection. He says that apart from the unified Mabinogi, the other tales are too different, their apparent unity deriving from survival in the same manuscript.(([[s:bollard| John K. Bollard]], 'What is The Mabinogi? What is "The Mabinogion"?' (2007) <https://sites.google.com/site/themabinogi/mabinogiandmabinogion> )) | But the ‘//Mabinogion//‘ as a name for the larger collection is an old mistake made in a mediaeval manuscript, a single ‘typo.’. Recently [[s:bollard| John K. Bollard]] has challenged the idea that the Mabinogion collection even makes sense as a collection. He says that apart from the unified Mabinogi, the other tales are too different, their apparent unity deriving from survival in the same manuscript.(([[s:bollard| John K. Bollard]], 'What is The Mabinogi? What is "The Mabinogion"?' (2007) <https://sites.google.com/site/themabinogi/mabinogiandmabinogion> )) | ||
