Trioedd Ynys Prydein: The Triads of the Island of Britain

by Rachel Bromwich (Translator), Morfydd E. Owen (Preface by)

Overview

This critical edition of the classic Celtic text Trioedd Ynys Prydein has long been established as the standard. Based on a full collation of the most important manuscript sources, the earliest of which date to the thirteenth century, this edition presents the full Welsh text accompanied by English translations and extensive notes, along with four detailed appendices.

The Trioedd Ynys Prydein, or Triads of the Isle of Britain, form a series of texts which commemorate the names of traditional heroes and heroines and would have served as a catalog of the names of these heroic figures. This new edition is thoroughly revised and features a new preface by Morfydd Owen. It will be essential reading for Celticists and for those interested in early British history and literature and Arthurian studies.
 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781783163052
Publisher:	University of Wales Press
Publication date:	08/15/2016
Edition description:	Fourth Edition
Pages:	579
Sales rank:	1,071,467
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.50(d)

About the Author

Rachel Bromwich was a reader in Celtic Languages and Literatures at Cambridge University. Her many publications include studies of Culhwch and Olwen and of Dafydd ap Gwilym.

Table of Contents

PREFACE
INTRODUCTION:

I. MANUSCRIPTS AND VERSIONS
II. ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF TRIOEDD YNYSPRYDEIN
Trioedd Ynys Prydein and Bardic Instruction
Trioedd Ynys Prydein and the Chwedlau
Trioedd y Meirch
Antiquity and Provenance

THE APPENDICES
TRIOEDD YNYS PRYDEIN:
TEXT, TRANSLATION AND NOTES
APPENDIX I. Enweu Ynys Prydein:
     The Names of the Island of Britain
APPENDIX II. Bonedd Gwyr y Gogledd:
     The Descent of the Men of the North
APPENDIX III. Tri Thlws ar Ddeg Ynys Prydein:
     The Thirteen Treasures of the Island of Britain
APPENDIX IV. Pedwar Marchog ar Hugain Llys Arthur:
     The Twenty-four Knights of Arthur’s Court

NOTES TO PERSONAL NAMES
ABBREVIATIONS
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
INDEX TO PLACES
INDEX TO TRIOEDD Y MEIRCH