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| **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. | **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. | ||
| - | **THE 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|Read online]] )) |
| **WORKING WITH THE MABINOGI** this site offers a telling of the stories (of course). It covers mediaeval context and manuscripts; Mabinogi revival in the Welsh Renaissance 18th-19thC; academic theories and their [[scholars]]. It draws in other connected mediaeval literature, such as the //Mabinogion//; the //Trioedd//, 'Triads'; Laws; poetry, mediaeval politics, and wider Celtic concerns. Mabinogi inspirations in retellings, storytelling, theatre, mythology and spirituality, fiction, visual arts and modern media are also included.\\ | **WORKING WITH THE MABINOGI** this site offers a telling of the stories (of course). It covers mediaeval context and manuscripts; Mabinogi revival in the Welsh Renaissance 18th-19thC; academic theories and their [[scholars]]. It draws in other connected mediaeval literature, such as the //Mabinogion//; the //Trioedd//, 'Triads'; Laws; poetry, mediaeval politics, and wider Celtic concerns. Mabinogi inspirations in retellings, storytelling, theatre, mythology and spirituality, fiction, visual arts and modern media are also included.\\ | ||
| **Indexes** list lots of facts about the Mabinogi. They are searchable, and can be ordered on names A-Z, or by date making timelines.\\ | **Indexes** list lots of facts about the Mabinogi. They are searchable, and can be ordered on names A-Z, or by date making timelines.\\ | ||
| The **[[Mabinogi Bibliography]]** is especially comprehensive, the only unified bibliography of almost all works about the Mabinogi, and much more besides as described above: approaching 2,000 listings. | The **[[Mabinogi Bibliography]]** is especially comprehensive, the only unified bibliography of almost all works about the Mabinogi, and much more besides as described above: approaching 2,000 listings. | ||
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| - | A more detailed overview of the Mabinogi is [[whatis2|here]]. | ||
| ^ THE MABINOGI is one of the most fascinating source works of world literature. ^ | ^ THE MABINOGI is one of the most fascinating source works of world literature. ^ | ||
| | It has inspired legends, artworks, poetry, theatre, music, spirituality, film and fanfic, endless retellings. The work is as much part of the classic culture of Britain as Chaucer, Shakespeare, Benn, Austen, or Orwell. It repays careful study for it is far more than simple stories. We can find in them links to mediaeval politics and laws, ancient lore and mythology, sophisticated literary structures, a wise humour, complex humanity, and a vision of cooperative society. This wealth is all displayed in a deceptively simple style so the tales can delight children and adults alike with the joy of a really good story. The Mabinogi is a precious gift from Wales, the earliest known prose stories in Britain, perhaps Europe. | | | It has inspired legends, artworks, poetry, theatre, music, spirituality, film and fanfic, endless retellings. The work is as much part of the classic culture of Britain as Chaucer, Shakespeare, Benn, Austen, or Orwell. It repays careful study for it is far more than simple stories. We can find in them links to mediaeval politics and laws, ancient lore and mythology, sophisticated literary structures, a wise humour, complex humanity, and a vision of cooperative society. This wealth is all displayed in a deceptively simple style so the tales can delight children and adults alike with the joy of a really good story. The Mabinogi is a precious gift from Wales, the earliest known prose stories in Britain, perhaps Europe. | | ||
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| + | A more detailed overview of the Mabinogi is [[whatis2|here]]. | ||
