Guest
The Mabinogion, Volume 1 by ANONYMOUS ( - ), translated by Charlotte GUEST (1812 - 1895) Genre(s): Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, Sagas Read by: Martin Geeson in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - The Lady of the Fountain 00:25:30 - 02 - Then the horn for washing was sounded... 00:46:50 - 03 - Luned set out, under the pretence... 01:03:16 - 04 - And as Owain one day sat at meat... 01:31:45 - 05 - Peredur the Son of Evrawc 01:52:35 - 06 - And Peredur rode forward 02:18:53 - 07 - And the next day Peredur rode forth... 02:38:42 - 08 - And the first night Peredur came to Caerlleon... 02:55:36 - 09 - Arthur was in Caerlleon... 03:15:17 - 10 - And the next day Peredur set forth... 03:28:26 - 11 - Arthur was at Caerlleon upon Usk... 03:44:08 - 12 - Then Peredur rode forward 04:03:31 - 13 - The Dream of Rhonabwy 04:18:41 - 14 - After this they saw a troop... 04:36:51 - 15 - And Arthur and Owain marvelled... 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 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 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) More information:
