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Culhwch and Olwen, the Glossary

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11th-century books
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Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index

The Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index (ATU Index) is a catalogue of folktale types used in folklore studies.

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Artist's book

Artists' books (or book arts or book objects) are works of art that utilize the form of the book.

Bedivere (or; Bedwyr; Beduerus; Bédoier, also Bedevere and other spellings) is one of the earliest characters to be featured in the legend of King Arthur, originally described in several Welsh texts as the one-handed great warrior named Bedwyr Bedrydant.

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Beren and Lúthien

Beren and Lúthien is a 2017 compilation of multiple versions of the epic fantasy Lúthien and Beren by J. R. R. Tolkien, one of Tolkien's earliest tales of Middle-earth.

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Caerleon

Caerleon (Caerllion) is a town and community in Newport, Wales.

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Camelot

Camelot is a legendary castle and court associated with King Arthur.

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Cavall

Cavall (Middle cauall RBH & WBR; modernized: Cafall;; Cabal, var. Caball (ms.K)) was King Arthur's dog, used in the hunt for the great boar, Twrch Trwyth (Troynt, Troit). Culhwch and Olwen and Cavall are Welsh mythology.

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Celliwig

Celliwig, Kelliwic or Gelliwic is perhaps the earliest named location for the court of King Arthur. Culhwch and Olwen and Celliwig are Welsh mythology.

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Ceredigion

Ceredigion, historically Cardiganshire, is a county in the west of Wales.

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Cornwall

Cornwall (Kernow;; or) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Culhwch

Culhwch (with the final consonant sounding like Scottish "loch"), in Welsh mythology, is the son of Cilydd son of Celyddon and Goleuddydd, a cousin of Arthur and the protagonist of the story Culhwch and Olwen (the earliest of the medieval Welsh tales appended to Lady Charlotte Guest's edition of the Mabinogion). Culhwch and Olwen and Culhwch are Welsh mythology.

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Culhwch and Olwen

Culhwch and Olwen (Culhwch ac Olwen) is a Welsh tale that survives in only two manuscripts about a hero connected with Arthur and his warriors: a complete version in the Red Book of Hergest,, and a fragmented version in the White Book of Rhydderch,. Culhwch and Olwen and Culhwch and Olwen are 11th-century books, 12th-century books, Arthurian literature in Welsh, folklore featuring impossible tasks, Mabinogion, medieval Welsh literature, Pigs in literature, Taliesin, Welsh mythology and Welsh-language literature.

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David Jones (artist-poet)

Walter David Jones CH, CBE (1 November 1895 – 28 October 1974) was a British painter and modernist poet.

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Excalibur

Excalibur is the mythical sword of King Arthur that may possess magical powers or be associated with the rightful sovereignty of Britain. Culhwch and Olwen and Excalibur are Welsh mythology.

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Fenrir

Fenrir (Old Norse 'fen-dweller')Orchard (1997:42).

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Folklore

Folklore is the body of expressive culture shared by a particular group of people, culture or subculture.

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Frame story

A frame story (also known as a frame tale, frame narrative, sandwich narrative, or intercalation) is a literary technique that serves as a companion piece to a story within a story, where an introductory or main narrative sets the stage either for a more emphasized second narrative or for a set of shorter stories.

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Garmr

In Norse mythology, Garmr or Garm (Old Norse: Garmr) is a wolf or dog associated with both Hel and Ragnarök, and described as a blood-stained guardian of Hel's gate.

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Gawain

Gawain, also known in many other forms and spellings, is a character in Arthurian legend, in which he is King Arthur's nephew and one of the premier Knights of the Round Table.

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Gerald Morris

Gerald Morris (October 29, 1963, Excerpt from Something About the Author at highbeam.com–) is an American author.

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Giant

In folklore, giants (from Ancient Greek: gigas, cognate giga-) are beings of humanoid appearance, but are at times prodigious in size and strength or bear an otherwise notable appearance.

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Goleuddydd

Goleuddydd ("light of day" from the Welsh golau, "light", and dydd, "day"), in the Middle Welsh prose tale Culhwch ac Olwen, is the daughter of Amlawdd Wledig, and is desired by Cilydd, who marries her. Culhwch and Olwen and Goleuddydd are Welsh mythology.

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Gwrhyr Gwalstawd Ieithoedd

Gwrhyr Gwalstawd Ieithoedd; "Gwrhyr, Interpreter of Languages" is a hero and shapeshifter of early Welsh literature and mythology and a warrior of King Arthur's court at Celliwig. Culhwch and Olwen and Gwrhyr Gwalstawd Ieithoedd are Welsh mythology.

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Gwyddno Garanhir

Gwyddno Garanhir was the supposed ruler of a sunken land off the coast of Wales, known as Cantre'r Gwaelod. Culhwch and Olwen and Gwyddno Garanhir are Taliesin.

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Gwyn ap Nudd

Gwyn ap Nudd (sometimes found with the antiquated spelling Gwynn ap Nudd) is a Welsh mythological figure, the king of the Tylwyth Teg or "fair folk" and ruler of the Welsh Otherworld, Annwn, and whose name means “Gwyn, son of Nudd”. Culhwch and Olwen and Gwyn ap Nudd are Welsh mythology.

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Gwyn Thomas (poet)

Gwyn Thomas, FLSW (2 September 1936 – 13 April 2016) was a Welsh poet and academic.

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Historia Brittonum

The History of the Britons (Historia Brittonum) is a purported history of early Britain written around 828 that survives in numerous recensions from after the 11th century. Culhwch and Olwen and Historia Brittonum are Welsh mythology.

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How Six Made Their Way in the World

"How Six Made Their Way in the World" (Sechse kommen durch die ganze Welt, KHM 71) is a Grimms' fairy tale about an ex-soldier and his five companions with special abilities who through their feats obtain all of the king's wealth.

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J. M. Dent

Joseph Malaby Dent (30 August 1849 – 9 May 1926) was a British book publisher who produced the Everyman's Library series.

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J. R. R. Tolkien

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and philologist.

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King Arthur

King Arthur (Brenin Arthur, Arthur Gernow, Roue Arzhur, Roi Arthur), according to legends, was a king of Britain. Culhwch and Olwen and king Arthur are Welsh mythology.

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Lady Charlotte Guest

Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Guest (née Bertie; 19 May 1812 – 15 January 1895), later Lady Charlotte Schreiber, was an English aristocrat who is best known as the first publisher in modern print format of the Mabinogion, the earliest prose literature of Britain. Culhwch and Olwen and Lady Charlotte Guest are Mabinogion and Taliesin.

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Mabinogion

The Mabinogion are the earliest Welsh prose stories, and belong to the Matter of Britain. Culhwch and Olwen and Mabinogion are Arthurian literature in Welsh, medieval Welsh literature, Pigs in literature, Welsh mythology and Welsh-language literature.

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Melbourne University Publishing

Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) is the book publishing arm of the University of Melbourne.

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Menw

Menw, son of Three-Cries (Menw fab Teirgwaedd), is a hero and shapeshifter in early Welsh literature, an "Enchanted Knight" of King Arthur at his court at Celliwig. Culhwch and Olwen and Menw are Welsh mythology.

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Middle Welsh

Middle Welsh (Cymraeg Canol, Kymraec) is the label attached to the Welsh language of the 12th to 15th centuries, of which much more remains than for any earlier period.

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Narberth Castle

Narberth Castle (Castell Arberth) is a ruined Norman fortress in the town of Narberth, Pembrokeshire, West Wales.

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Olwen

In Welsh mythology, Olwen (or Olwyn) is the daughter of the giant Ysbaddaden and cousin of Goreu. Culhwch and Olwen and Olwen are Welsh mythology.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.

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Pridwen

Pridwen was, according to the 12th-century writer Geoffrey of Monmouth, King Arthur's shield; it was adorned with an image of the Virgin Mary.

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Red Book of Hergest

The Red Book of Hergest (Llyfr Coch Hergest), Oxford, Jesus College, MS 111, is a large vellum manuscript written shortly after 1382, which ranks as one of the most important medieval manuscripts written in the Welsh language. Culhwch and Olwen and Red Book of Hergest are Mabinogion, medieval Welsh literature, Welsh mythology and Welsh-language literature.

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Routledge

Routledge is a British multinational publisher.

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Shadow play

Shadow play, also known as shadow puppetry, is an ancient form of storytelling and entertainment which uses flat articulated cut-out figures (shadow puppets) which are held between a source of light and a translucent screen or scrim.

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Shirley Jones (artist)

Shirley Jones (born 14 November 1934) is a Welsh writer, poet and printmaker whose works include limited-edition artist's books published from 1983 to 2016.

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Sir Kay

In Arthurian legend, Kay (Cai, Middle Welsh Kei or Cei; Caius; French: Keu; Old French: Kès or Kex) is King Arthur's foster brother and later seneschal, as well as one of the first Knights of the Round Table.

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Springer Science+Business Media, commonly known as Springer, is a German multinational publishing company of books, e-books and peer-reviewed journals in science, humanities, technical and medical (STM) publishing.

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Týr

italic (Old Norse: Týr) is a god in Germanic mythology, a valorous and powerful member of the Æsir and patron of warriors and mythological heroes.

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Theatr Felinfach

Theatr Felinfach is a small regional theatre located outside the village of Ystrad Aeron in Dyffryn Aeron, about 7 miles from the university town of Lampeter in Ceredigion, Wales.

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Thirteen Treasures of the Island of Britain

The Thirteen Treasures of the Island of Britain (Welsh: Tri Thlws ar Ddeg Ynys Prydain) are a series of items in late-medieval Welsh tradition. Culhwch and Olwen and Thirteen Treasures of the Island of Britain are medieval Welsh literature and Welsh mythology.

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Tir na n-Og Award

The Tir na n-Og Awards (abbreviated TnaO) are a set of annual children's literary awards in Wales from 1976. Culhwch and Olwen and Tir na n-Og Award are Welsh-language literature.

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Tolkien's legendarium

Tolkien's legendarium is the body of J. R. R. Tolkien's mythopoeic writing, unpublished in his lifetime, that forms the background to his The Lord of the Rings, and which his son Christopher summarized in his compilation of The Silmarillion and documented in his 12-volume series The History of Middle-earth.

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Tom Shippey

Thomas Alan Shippey (born 9 September 1943) is a British medievalist, a retired scholar of Middle and Old English literature as well as of modern fantasy and science fiction.

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Twrch Trwyth

Twrch Trwyth (also Trwyd), is a fabulous wild boar from the Legend of King Arthur, of which a richly elaborate account of its hunt described in the Welsh prose romance Culhwch and Olwen, probably written around 1100. Culhwch and Olwen and Twrch Trwyth are Pigs in literature and Welsh mythology.

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University of California Press

The University of California Press, otherwise known as UC Press, is a publishing house associated with the University of California that engages in academic publishing.

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University of Wales Press

The University of Wales Press (Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru) was founded in 1922 as a central service of the University of Wales.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd (established 1949), often shortened to W&N or Weidenfeld, is a British publisher of fiction and reference books.

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Welsh-language literature

Welsh-language literature (Llenyddiaeth Gymraeg) has been produced continuously since the emergence of Welsh from Brythonic as a distinct language in around the 5th century AD.

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White Book of Rhydderch

The White Book of Rhydderch (Welsh: Llyfr Gwyn Rhydderch, National Library of Wales, Peniarth MS 4-5) is one of the most notable and celebrated surviving manuscripts in Welsh. Culhwch and Olwen and White Book of Rhydderch are Mabinogion, medieval Welsh literature, Welsh mythology and Welsh-language literature.

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Ysbaddaden

Ysbaddaden Bencawr; "Ysbaddaden, Chief of Giants" (from roots meaning "hawthorn" or "infertile" - or perhaps implying both meanings), is the primary antagonist of the Welsh romance Culhwch and Olwen. Culhwch and Olwen and Ysbaddaden are Welsh mythology.

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Ysgithyrwyn

Ysgithyrwyn Chief Boar (Gwen Jones tr.), Yskithyrwyn Benbaedd (Lady Guest tr.) (Ysgithrwyn Pen Beidd, Yskithyrwynn Pennbeidd; Middle yskithyrwyn penn beird, RBH; ẏskithẏr6ẏn WBR) or "White-tusk chief of Boars" is another boar being hunted, secondary to the great boar Twrch Trwyth by the Arthur's wild chase party in the Welsh Arthurian romance Culhwch ac Olwen. Culhwch and Olwen and Ysgithyrwyn are Pigs in literature and Welsh mythology.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culhwch_and_Olwen

Also known as Cilydd, Culhwch & Olwen, Culhwch ac Olwen, Culhwch ap Olwen, Kilydd, Kulhwch and Olwen.

, Tolkien's legendarium, Tom Shippey, Twrch Trwyth, University of California Press, University of Wales Press, Wales, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Welsh-language literature, White Book of Rhydderch, Ysbaddaden, Ysgithyrwyn.

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See also

11th-century books

Arthurian literature in Welsh

Folklore featuring impossible tasks

Mabinogion

Taliesin

References