Welsh-language literature

thumb|right|Ceridwen by Christopher Williams (1910)

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Welsh manuscript collection written between 1382-1410

Welsh tale

series of Welsh triads about the legendary figures of Britain

Welsh manuscript written c. 1350

medieval manuscript; deposited in the National Library of Wales

literature written in the Welsh language

three Middle Welsh Arthurian tales associated with the Mabinogion

Prince of the Brythonic kingdom of Rheged

10th-century Welsh prophetic poem

middle Welsh prose tale

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 .

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.

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

pseudonym used in Wales, Cornwall or Brittany

one of the three Welsh Romances associated with the Mabinogion

Four Middle Welsh prose tales, created between 1050 and 1120

Welsh manuscript of c. 1330

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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

medieval Welsh manuscript, now lost