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Friday, 31 March 2023

Dating Culhwch: Manuscripts and Monarchs

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The Date and Authorship of Culhwch and Olwen -Part II "When one turns to observe the Welsh situation one is struck by the very differen...
Wednesday, 8 March 2023

Culhwch’s World: Giant Boars, Gatekeepers and Werewolves

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“The Welsh tale Culhwch and Olwen is the oldest Arthurian tale that has been preserved in the manuscripts. The extant redaction has been dat...
Wednesday, 21 December 2022

Culhwch and the Quest

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Carn Cafall: Arthur’s Stone Situated 1529 feet up on the southern edge of a windswept hill between Rhayader and the Elan Valley reservoirs i...
Monday, 21 November 2022

The Date of the Mirabilia

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“Certainly there is much about the early Arthurian tradition that might fit a god or supernatural hero. ……... This Arthur seems to belong in...
Tuesday, 15 November 2022

Richard Whiting: The Last Abbot of Glastonbury (complete PDF)

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A series of articles that appeared on this blogsite from 2011 to 2017 featuring the fate of the Last Abbot of Glastonbury assembled here ...
Monday, 31 October 2022

How Fionn gained Wisdom

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A Halloween Tale Probably one of the most popular tales from the Fenian Cycle is the story of how the great Gaelic hero Fionn mac Cumhaill ...
Friday, 14 October 2022

Where was King Harold Buried?

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The Death of the King On a hilltop 7 miles from Hastings in the early morning of 14 October 1066, two great armies prepared to fight for the...