My map of the world of the Mabinogi shows the Welsh and English names, and spans from Iwerdun (Ireland) to Llundain (London). PIC IS BIGGER than shown here – rightclick and save! COPYRIGHT remains mine as Shan Morgain, but you are free to rightclick and download for personal use, or teaching, providing the map is … Read more
A three day festival of the Mabinogi – in Wales – and I missed it! Horrors! See the end of this post for a good description by a participant storyteller who was lucky enough to be there. Also all is not lost as there is likely to be a repeat. WHEN was it? Friday 13 … Read more
21 Sept. 2013 A tour of the Mabinogion sites with Sioned Davies. Beginning/End location: The Old School car park, Narberth, SA67 7AG Price of ticket: £10 (£8 for Academy members) Food and drink: Not included. There will be an opportunity to buy lunch on the trip. Recommended clothing: Comfortable shoes; warm clothing; raincoat. Contact Literature … Read more
Charles Sullivan has told me that Routledge Revivals List has agreed to reprint his key 1997 anthology. It is currently ONLY available from academic libraries, unless you’re lucky to have bought one years ago. Sullivan, Charles William III, ed. 1996. The Mabinogi: A Book of Essays. NY: Garland Publications. This is great news as this … Read more
This is a major Mabinogi storytelling with a long term tour across Wales and southern England. http://www.treeofleafandflame.co.uk/ VIDEO link http://www.treeofleafandflame.co.uk/video/4581604658 or it’s on youtube. Daniel Morden is the storyteller, His book Tree of Leaf and Flame won the Wales Books Council Tir Na Nog Prize in 2013. Oliver Wilson-Dickson – violin and Dylan Fowler – … Read more
Sept. and Oct. 2013 I had collected a lot of the Mabinogi Bibliography in document form. Did a triage on the main softwares available. Decided to use Zotero for the online bibliog. It has a neat double software which synchronises entries made on their site, and on my laptop. I can categorise it using tags. … Read more
EXHIBITION The first time all the original Mabinogi manuscripts have been in one place. Now on display at the Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – the National Library of Wales at Aberystwyth. http://www.llgc.org.uk/visit/things-to-do/exhibitions0/4-books/ (Normally the Llyfr Coch is kept in Oxford but it has been lent for this exhibition. The Llyfr Gwyn is not in this special … Read more
Sioned Davies ‘Performing the Mabinogion’ 17 July at Chapter Arts, Cardiff. FREE. A workshop for storytellers with Sioned Davies, Translator of the Oxford World’s Classics edition of the Mabinogion, 2007. The workshop will be held through the medium of English and will include: a very brief introduction to the Mabinogion and to the medieval Welsh … Read more
Sioned Davies ‘Perfoming the Mabinogi’ at Aberporth, 2010. Retreat for storytellers under the auspices of Ty Newydd Writer’s Centre.<
In 2008 Manon Eames presented a miraculous stage version of the full Mabinogi in Aberystwyth. (My report here, with link to some photos) The following year Jill Williams presented a slightly adapted version perfomed at the Pontardawe Arts centre by her own stage school Class Act. Like the original, the acting team were all very … Read more