The Mabinogion
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
From the misty depths of medieval Welsh tradition emerges The Mabinogion, one of the earliest and most magnificent collections of British mythology, a sweeping tapestry of heroes, enchantresses, shape-shifters, and otherworldly realms that has captivated readers for centuries. These eleven ancient tales — drawn from the White Book of Rhydderch and the Red Book of Hergest — chronicle the epic adventures of legendary figures such as Pwyll, Branwen, and Culhwch, weaving together a world where the boundaries between mortal kingdoms and the supernatural realm of Annwn dissolve with breathtaking ease. Steeped in the rich oral traditions of the Celtic bards, each story presents a vivid moral landscape of loyalty, betrayal, love, and divine retribution, rendered with a spare yet haunting prose that carries the unmistakable cadence of ancient storytelling. As the foundational text of Welsh literature and a cornerstone of the broader Arthurian tradition, The Mabinogion holds an irreplaceable place in the canon of world mythology, influencing writers from Tennyson to Tolkien. The Penguin Classics edition presents these tales in a scholarly yet accessible translation, making this singular monument of Celtic imagination available to modern readers in all its archaic splendour. For anyone who has ever felt the pull of legend, of worlds older and stranger than our own, these pages offer a portal that, once opened, is impossible to close.
Author: Various
Format: Paperback
Genre: Myths & legends
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
From the misty depths of medieval Welsh tradition emerges The Mabinogion, one of the earliest and most magnificent collections of British mythology, a sweeping tapestry of heroes, enchantresses, shape-shifters, and otherworldly realms that has captivated readers for centuries. These eleven ancient tales — drawn from the White Book of Rhydderch and the Red Book of Hergest — chronicle the epic adventures of legendary figures such as Pwyll, Branwen, and Culhwch, weaving together a world where the boundaries between mortal kingdoms and the supernatural realm of Annwn dissolve with breathtaking ease. Steeped in the rich oral traditions of the Celtic bards, each story presents a vivid moral landscape of loyalty, betrayal, love, and divine retribution, rendered with a spare yet haunting prose that carries the unmistakable cadence of ancient storytelling. As the foundational text of Welsh literature and a cornerstone of the broader Arthurian tradition, The Mabinogion holds an irreplaceable place in the canon of world mythology, influencing writers from Tennyson to Tolkien. The Penguin Classics edition presents these tales in a scholarly yet accessible translation, making this singular monument of Celtic imagination available to modern readers in all its archaic splendour. For anyone who has ever felt the pull of legend, of worlds older and stranger than our own, these pages offer a portal that, once opened, is impossible to close.