Welsh mythology, also known as Y Chwedlau, consists of both folk traditions developed in Wales, and traditions developed by the Celtic Britons elsewhere before the end of the first millennium. As in m
A leading figure in Welsh mythology, Ceridwen featuring in works by medieval bards, Victorian writers and modern artists. She is regarded as the goddess of rebirth, transformation, and inspiration by modern pagans.
The Two Kings (sculptor Ivor Roberts-Jones, 1984) near Harlech Castle, Wales. Brân the Blessed carries the body of his nephew Gwern.
The opening lines of Lludd and Llefelys (Bodleian Library's manuscript)
History of the Kings (f.75.v) King Arthur
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.
Welsh mythology
…pattern, as John Koch suggests that Gwron ("divine husband") and Modron ("divine mother") united to create Mabon ("divine son"). This pattern occurs in The Mabinogion as well, with Pwyll and Rhiannon facing the rival Gwawl before uniting to conceive Pryderi. In both Mabon and Pryderi's cases, the divine son is taken…
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.