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The Mabinogion, Volume 1

The Mabinogion, Volume 1

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Number of Chapters: 15

Length: 4 hours and 52 minutes

Language: English

Sample a moment of magic realism from the Red Book of Hergest:

On one side of the river he saw a flock of white sheep, and on the other a flock of black sheep. And whenever one of the white sheep bleated, one of the black sheep would cross over, and become white; and when one of the black sheep bleated, one of the white sheep would cross over, and become black.

Before passing on to the Mabinogion proper, Lady Charlotte Guest devotes Volume I of her compilation of medieval Welsh tales to three brief romances of Arthur’s Court. The centrepiece is the story of Peredur, the Dumb Youth – known elsewhere as Perceval, Parzifal, the Holy Fool, et al.

This is the violent world of satin-clad knights and their clashing encounters, peremptory slayings of giants and cave-dwelling monsters – a world where love is as sudden and final as death. (Introduction by Martin Geeson)

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The Lady of the Fountain (Martin Geeson)
Then the horn for washing was sounded... (Martin Geeson)
Luned set out, under the pretence... (Martin Geeson)
And as Owain one day sat at meat... (Martin Geeson)
Peredur the Son of Evrawc (Martin Geeson)
And Peredur rode forward (Martin Geeson)
And the next day Peredur rode forth... (Martin Geeson)
And the first night Peredur came to Caerlleon... (Martin Geeson)
Arthur was in Caerlleon... (Martin Geeson)
And the next day Peredur set forth... (Martin Geeson)
Arthur was at Caerlleon upon Usk... (Martin Geeson)
Then Peredur rode forward (Martin Geeson)
The Dream of Rhonabwy (Martin Geeson)
After this they saw a troop... (Martin Geeson)
And Arthur and Owain marvelled... (Martin Geeson)
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