Mabinogion, The
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Lady Charlotte Guest published 2002 by Voyager Books ISBN: 0-261-10392-X category: Arthurian Fantasy language: English type: Paperback added: 14 Sep 2002 13:11 by Stefan Koopmanschap approved: 14 Sep 2002 13:12 rating: This book hasn't been rated yet |
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Summary Twelve ancient tales of myth and legend. The mabinogion is universally recognized as the finest arc of Celtic mythology in existence. The twelve short stories hail from an oral tradition dating back to the tenth century, and eleven of them were eventually preserved in two fourteenth-century Welsh collections. The twelfth, Taliesin, is to be found in a sixteenth-century manuscript, though it tells the tale of characters who lived a thousand years before their story was put to paper. At the core of the Mabinogion are tales of gods and men, heroes and beasts, kinship and kingship, battles and quests. It embraces much of ancient and early British culture, combining the numinous world of Celtic mythology, Arthurian legend and the age of chivalry. This sumptuous new edition contains the definitive translation of the work by Lady Charlotte Guest, the first, and undoubtedly the most accessible, of those published. The mystery and magic of the tales are perfectly captured in fifty breathtaking colour paintings and numerous illustrations by award-winning artist Alan Lee, best known for his work on the illustrated editions of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings and as conceptual artist on The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy. |
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