derive more intimate knowledge about the characters (ibid., p.428). Ward then details an instance of a repetitive sequence as seen through Pwyll attempting to pursue Rhiannon. She does this through an A, B, C sequence: “(A) ‘And as they were sitting, they saw a woman on a horse… coming along the
she immediately conveys herself as a respectful, strong and sure woman. ‘I will wait gladly, and it would have been better for the horse if you had asked that a while ago!’ (Davies 2007: 10) Rather than slowing when pursued, Rhiannon only stops when Pwyll himself addresses her. (Wood 1996: 71). This promptly displays her as a woman who has respect for herself and her status. It also show how she expects men to t... ... middle of paper ... ...pbell. M, Campbel. T, (2013) Behind the Name – Rhiannon
complete in order for a new state of balance to be restored. Pwyll prince of Dyfed is out hunting when he has a confrontation with Annwn of the underworld. The arrival of a pack of ‘white glittering hounds’(p.3) tells us that the scene has changed from a mere hunt in the woods to a confrontation with a magical being. Annwn, king of the underworld and the master of these hounds soon appears. Their conversation leads to a request. Pwyll makes the request of friendship and Annwn presents him with
The honor-code within the Mabinogi, The Tain, and Gantz’s Early Irish Myths and Sagas underlines the ethos of the traditional Celtic hero. Yet, the compliance of the honor-code could be better observed as serving the identity and reputation of the hero rather than a deeper code of morality as it might suggest. The gae bolga, Efnisien, Mider’s love for Etain, and Rhiannon’s magic bag are all instruments of unworldly power, making the impossible possible for each of the heroes. It is because of these
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figure who is likely derived from her, Rhiannon. Rhiannon’s appearance in the mythos is in the Mabinogi, the earliest written record of the stories of Britain written in approximately the fourteenth century. In this text, she appears to the hero, Pwyll, as a beautiful woman casually riding a white horse, but when he and his men try and catch up to her, they cannot. Finally, he asks her to stop and she rebukes him for failing to ask earlier and unnecessarily tiring his horses. Rhiannon’s story is