Our hero enters the
Land of the Dead and meets its Queen
In the last episode, Pwyll,
Prince of Dyfed, wearing the shape of Arawn, sees many strange
marvels and finally gets to meet the Great Queen herself. In this
episode, he starts his battle training with Arawn's Knights,
defends the Kingdom of Annwn from invaders and is forced to seek a
favour from Arawn's beautiful Queen.
This episode is also the 4th
episode of the First Branch of the
Mabinogi and continues the story of Pwyll, the
Prince of Dyfed.
More resources over at our main
Website at http://celticmythpodshow.com
Running
Order:
- Intro
0:41
- News & View - Podcast
Awards 1:15
- Recap
2:50
- Story
3:36
- Listener Feedback - Simon
29:08
- Listener Feedback - Carole
31:16
- Promo - Mary
Jones 32:01
We hope you enjoy it!
Gary & Ruthie x x x
Released: 17 Feb
2013, 34m, 33Mb
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News &
Views
European Podcast
Awards
We start off by sending out an
enormous 'Thank You' to whoever nominated us for the European
Podcast Awards, for which voting is now over. We didn't win but
you can find the Results here. We also tell everybody about the
new VoiceMail feature that you can see over on the right-hand side
of the screen there and invite you to use it to leave us a message.
We love to hear your voices!
We also offer a big thanks to our
Special Guest actors, Damh the Bard and
Cerri Lee. You can find out more details at the
bottom of these Show-notes.
Names Used in this
Story
Listed in order of
appearance
- Pwyll
- Arawn
- Caer Arawn
- Iolyn
- Berwyn
- Rhys
- 'courser'
- 'palfrey'
- 'targe'
- 'pell'
- Dyfed
- Elaine
- 'Storm'
Listener
Feedback
Simon
We have a fascinating email from
our listener Simon, pointing us to a different pronunciation of the
the name 'Pwyll' and we explore its origins and variations. He
links us to Forvo for his pronunciation. There are other examples
of the 'wy' diphthong on the same site showing how it can be
pronounced differently.
For those who'd like to know
where we found our information about the possible ways to pronounce
Middle Welsh, we can point you to the two following
links:
http://www.mabinogistudy.co.uk/pronunciation.html
http://www.mit.edu/~dfm/canol/appxd.html from the book
Reading Middle Welsh by Gareth Morgan.
Carole from 'Pagan
eBooks for Free'
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Promo - Mary
Jones
Mary
Jones
Without Mary's phenomenal work
collecting Celtic Literature for her Celtic
Encyclopedia and the Celtic
Literature Collective at www.maryjones.us, we probably wouldn't have
been able to make the show. Not only has she provided us with much
of the hard to obtain source material we needed, she has also shown
considerable personal support. Thank you Mary :)
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Huge Thanks to Special Guest
Actors
Damh the Bard
Damh the Bard
Damh, taking on the role of Arawn
in the second half of our re-telling of the First Branch, is a
musical storyteller who works within the world of myth that cannot
be proved; where the Faerie really do dance on Midsummer's Eve,
where the trees talk, and the Hollow Hills take you into the realms
of Annwn. Where the Goddess rides her horse, guiding you to magic,
and the Horned God of old calls us from the shadows of the
Greenwood.
You can find out more about Damh
and his work on his website at paganmusic.co.uk or on our Contributor page.
Cerri Lee
Cerri Lee
Cerri Lee is a multi-talented
visionary artist who can turn her hand to almost anything creative.
She is inspired by nature, and the ancient Pagan myths and legends
of many cultures, her beliefs as a modern day Druid as well as
those around her. Cerri is equally in her element when she is up to
her elbows in clay or painting one of her fabulous pictures. She is
partner to Druid musician and long-time supporter of our show,
Damh the
Bard and can be found supporting him at many of his
performances. You can find out more about Cerri and her work on her
website on cerrilee.com or on our Contributor
page.
Our Sources for the
Episode
Places Mentioned in the First Branch,
Fascinating website.
Bullfinch's Mythology, The Celts, section
8.
The Mabinogion, pp ix-xxxvi, 3-21,
227-232, Sioned Davies, Oxford, 2007, ISBN
978-0-19-283242
The Mabinogion, pp 9-41, 45-65,
Jeffrey Gantz, Penguin, 1976, ISBN
0-14-044322-3
The Mabinogion, pp ix-xliv, 3-24,
275-278, Gwyn Jones & Thomas Jones, Dent &
Dutton, 1977, ISBN 0-460-01097-2. Can also be found online at
www.donaldcorrell.com
Pwyll
Pendeuc Dyfed, Lady Charlotte Guest, Mary Jones
Pwyll, Prince of Dyfed, Lady Charlotte
Guest, 1877, Sacred Texts
Notes to
Pwyll, Prince of Dyfed, Lady Charlotte Guest,
1877, Sacred
Texts
The Mabinogion, Lady Charlotte Guest,
1849, Project
Gutenberg
The Mabinogi of
Pwyll, W. M. Parker, mabiongi.net. Notes
at mabinogion.info
'The Lord of
Dyfed', from Legends of the Celts, p.134ff,
Frank Delaney, HarperCollins, 1991, ISBN
0-586-21151-9
Tales from the Mabinogion, Gwyn Thomas
& Kevin Crossley-Holland, Gollancz, 1984, ISBN
0-575-03531-5
Celtic Myths & Legends, p.147ff,
Michael Foss, Selectabook Ltd., 1998, ISBN
0-75252-402-X
Prince of Annwn, Evangeline
Walton, Del Rey, 1974, ISBN 0-345-27060-6
Encyclopaedia of Celtic Wisdom, p.117,
156, Caitlin & John Matthews, Element, 1994,
ISBN 1-85230-560-6
The Celts, p.211, Frank
Delaney, Grafton, 1989, ISBN 0-586-20349-4
Women in Celtic Myth, Moyra
Caldecott, Arrow, ISBN 0-09-955920-X
Celtic Heritage, p.41 ff,
Alwyn & Brinley Rees, Thames & Hudson, 1978, ISBN
978-0500110089
Pagan Celtic Britain, p.288,
Anne Ross, Constable, 1967, ISBN
0-09-472330-3
'Myth in the
Mabiogion', from A Celtic Reader, p.151, John
Matthews, Aquarian, ISBN 0-85030-935-2
Celtic Myths and Legends, p.356 ff,
T. W. Rolleston, 1995, ISBN
978-1859580066
Celtic Folklore: Welsh & Manx Vol.2, pp
499ff, John Rhys, Wildwood House, 1980, ISBN
0-7045-0406-5
The White Goddess, p.215ff,
Robert Graves, Faber, 1952
http://www.maryjones.us/jce/eufyd.html, Hyfaidd Hen as
one of the Children of Don.
Mabinogi Study: Enlivening Y Mabinogi, Welsh
Pronunciation for the Mabinogi
And, of course, the
Awen - inspiration and imagination!
Extra Special Thanks to Show
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