SexViolHist Bib: Representations: Literary Texts: Mabinogion

»The Mabinogion (Welsh pronunciation: [mabɪˈnɔɡjɔn] ⓘ) is a collection of the earliest Welsh prose stories, compiled in Middle Welsh in the 12th–13th centuries from earlier oral traditions. There are two main source manuscripts, created c. 1350–1410, as well as a few earlier fragments. Often included in the broader mythologies described as the Matter of Britain, the Mabinogion consists of eleven stories of widely different types, offering drama, philosophy, romance, tragedy, fantasy and humour. Strictly speaking, the Four Branches of the Mabinogi are the main sequence of related tales, but seven others include a classic hero quest, "Culhwch and Olwen"; a historic legend, complete with glimpses of a far off age, in "Lludd and Llefelys"; and other tales portraying a very different King Arthur from the later popular versions.« (Extract from: Wikipedia)

B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

II. Speaker Index

[Info] Flannery, Bailey. »Animal Transformations: Medieval Commentary on Toxic Masculinity Consent and Sexual Violence.« 12^th Annual UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium. Milwaukee 2020.

[Info] Leach, Katherine. »The Animality of Man: Rape, Incest, and Procreation in the Mabinogion.« 49^th International Congress on Medieval Studies. Kalamazoo 2014.

Four Branches of the Mabinogi

I n f o r m a t i o n

»The Four Branches of the Mabinogi or Pedair Cainc Y Mabinogi are the earliest prose stories in the literature of Britain. Originally written in Wales in Middle Welsh, but widely available in translations, the Mabinogi is generally agreed to be a single work in four parts, or "branches." The interrelated tales can be read as mythology, political themes, romances, or magical fantasies. The tales are popular today in book format, as storytelling or theatre performances; they appear in recordings and on film, and continue to inspire reinterpretations in artwork and modern fiction, such as the New Stories of the Mabinogion series and The Assembly of the Severed Head by Hugh Lupton. (...)
Each Branch contains several tale episodes in a sequence, and each Branch is titled with the name of a leading protagonist. These titles are Pwyll, Branwen, Manawydan and Math, but this is a modern custom; the Branches are not titled in the mediaeval manuscripts. Only one character appears in all four Branches, Pryderi, though he is never dominant or central to any of the Branches.« (Extract from: Wikipedia)

K e y w o r d s

I. Chronological Index: Medieval History: 11^th Century

II. Geographical Index: European History: Welsh History

III. Topical Index: Types: General: Sexual Assault

B i b l i o g r a p h y

Manawydan fab Llŷr

I. Author Index

[Info] Wehlau, Ruth. »The Power of Patient Kingship: Supernatural Abduction in Sir Orfeo and the Third Branch of the Mabinogi.« Florilegium 38 (2025): 4-15.

II. Speaker Index