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title: 'Knightly Legends of Wales, or, The Boy’s Mabinogion: Being the Earliest Welsh Tales of King Arthur and the Famous Red Book of Mergest'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'Sidney Clopton Lanier, Sr.'
date: 1905-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Literature'
- 'History (General)'
scriptures:
- 'Psalms 19'
- 'Proverbs 1'
- 'Romans 13'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/lanier-1905-knightly-legends-of-wales-or-the-boys-mabinogion-being-the-earliest-welsh-tales-of-king-arthur-and-the-famous-red-book-of-mergest
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# Knightly Legends of Wales, or, The Boy’s Mabinogion: Being the Earliest Welsh Tales of King Arthur and the Famous Red Book of Mergest

Intro to the Welsh Mabinogion (Red Book of Hergest) and its Arthurian links. Surveys Welsh poetic tradition, triads, bards (Taliesin) and themes of law, restraint, and national spirit.

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