Branwen, Daughter of Llŷr is a major character in the medieval Welsh story known as the Second Branch of the Mabinogi, which is sometimes called the "Mabinogi of Branwen" after her.
Christopher Williams, Branwen, 1915
The Mabinogion is a collection of the earliest Welsh prose stories, compiled in Middle Welsh in the 12th–13th centuries from earlier oral traditions. There are two main source manuscripts, created c.
Branwen
…believed that if the story of Branwen is based on real events, these must have taken place during the Bedd Branwen Period of Bronze Age British history. Mabinogion The Children of Llyr…
Ceridwen by Christopher Williams (1910)
The opening few lines of the Mabinogi, from the Red Book of Hergest, scanned by the Bodleian Library
The Panel of the Mabinogi (watercolour and gouache on silk) by George Sheringham (1884–1937)
The Two Kings (sculptor Ivor Roberts-Jones, 1984) near Harlech Castle, Wales. Bendigeidfran carries the body of his nephew Gwern.