Medieval Welsh literature

pseudohistorical account of British history (c.1136)

Gildas (English pronunciation: , Breton: Gweltaz; ) – also known as , (in Middle Welsh texts and antiquarian works) and (Gildas the Wise) – was a 6th-century British monk best known for his religious polemic , which recounts the history of the Britons before and during the coming of the Saxons. He is one of the best-documented figures of the Christian church in the British Isles during the sub-Roman period, and was renowned for his Biblical knowledge and literary style. In his later life, he emigrated to Brittany, where he founded a monastery known as Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys.

thumb|right|Ceridwen by Christopher Williams (1910)

thumb|St. Nennius by Harry Clarke Studios at St. Joseph's Carrickmacross

manuscript

medieval Welsh chronicle

Welsh manuscript collection written between 1382-1410

poem by Aneirin

Welsh tale

medieval Welsh manuscript

Welsh manuscript written c. 1350

book (work)

series of Welsh triads about the legendary figures of Britain

6th-century king of Rheged

medieval manuscript; deposited in the National Library of Wales

literary work by Geoffrey of Monmouth

three Middle Welsh Arthurian tales associated with the Mabinogion

medieval Welsh poem

middle Welsh prose tale

10th-century Welsh prophetic poem

king

Awen is a Welsh, Cornish and Breton word for "inspiration" (and typically poetic inspiration). In Welsh mythology, is the inspiration of the poets, or bards; its personification, is the inspirational muse of creative artists in general. The inspired individual (often a poet or a soothsayer) is an .

early medieval king of Gwynedd

In Welsh-language poetry, cynghanedd (, literally "concinnity" or "harmony") is the concept of sound-arrangement within one line, using stress, alliteration and rhyme. The various forms of cynghanedd show up in the definitions of all formal Welsh verse forms, such as the awdl and cerdd dafod. Though of ancient origin, cynghanedd and variations of it are still used today by many Welsh-language poets. A number of poets have experimented with using cynghanedd in English-language verse, for instance Gerard Manley Hopkins. Some of Dylan Thomas's work is also influenced by cynghanedd.

Welsh prose tale written down in the 12th or 13th century

The cywydd (; plural ) is one of the most important metrical forms in traditional Welsh poetry (cerdd dafod).

Welsh mythical objects

Four Middle Welsh prose tales, created between 1050 and 1120

Priest, canonist, historian, chronicler

12th-century manuscript

collection of Welsh genealogies uniquely preserved in Harley MS 3859

work by Geoffrey of Monmouth about the prophecies of Merlin

Middle Welsh genealogical tract

Efnisien fab Euroswydd (also spelled Efnissien or Efnysien) is a sadistic anti-hero in Welsh mythology, appearing prominently in the tale of Branwen ferch Llŷr, the second branch of the Mabinogi. Described by Will Parker as "a study in the psychopathic personality" and an "embodiment of the forces of anti-social disruption," he is the catalyst of the tale's ultimate tragedy, and is largely responsible for the destruction of both Ireland and the Island of the Mighty. He is the son of Euroswydd and Penarddun, twin brother to Nisien, and half-brother to Brân the Blessed, Manawydan, and Branwen. T

one of the three Welsh Romances associated with the Mabinogion

character in Welsh mythology

collection of four Middle Welsh texts and their English translations: The Black Book of Carmarthen; The Book of Taliesin; The Book of Aneirin; The Red Book of Hergest

system of Welsh law practised in medieval Wales before Edward I's conquest

medieval Welsh manuscript, now lost

Welsh manuscript of c. 1330

Medieval Welsh poem