Welsh mythology

Welsh mythology, the remnants of the mythology of the pre-Christian Britons, has come down to us in much altered form in medieval Welsh manuscripts such as the Red Book of Hergest, the White Book of Rhydderch, the Book of Aneirin and the Book of Taliesin.

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Medieval Welsh manuscripts - Red Book of Hergest - White Book of Rhydderch - Book of Aneirin - Book of Taliesin

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The prose stories from the White and Red Books are known as the Mabinogion, a title given to them by their their first translator, Lady Charlotte Guest, and also used by subsequent translators. Poems such as Cad Goddeu (The Battle of the Trees) and mnemonic list-texts like the Welsh Triads and the Thirteen Treasures of Britain, also contain mythological material. These texts also include the earliest forms of the Arthurian legend and the traditional history of post-Roman Britain.

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Mabinogion - Lady Charlotte Guest - Cad Goddeu - Welsh Triads - Thirteen Treasures of Britain - Arthurian legend

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Other sources include the 9th century Latin historical compilation Historia Britonum (the History of the Britons) and Geoffrey of Monmouth's 12th century Latin chronicle Historia Regum Britanniae (the History of the Kings of Britain), as well as later folklore, such as The Welsh Fairy Book by W. Jenkyn Thomas .

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9th century - Latin - Historia Britonum - Geoffrey of Monmouth - 12th century - Chronicle - Historia Regum Britanniae - Folklore

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