The Mabinigion is a collection of stories from Medieval Welsh, and are full of the kind of "Arthurian" folklore that has a great appeal to Nationalists right across the world.
Right: Pwyll, Prince of Dyfed, written in Medieval Welsh.
Written down long after the Age of Saints in Wales and hundreds of years before Wales was forced (by Henry VIII) to become a de facto part of England under law, The Mabinogion harkens back to an age of Celtic Princes and there can be little doubt that the 14th Century works are a much older collection of stories in the oral tradition of the Celts.
With McDonalds, Pepsi, Tescos and Starbucks homogenising all before them, what better way to renew our love of European folklore and Celtic traditions than by picking up a copy of The Mabinogion?
Link:
The Mabinogion
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