Author Description

This volume presents the first edition of Manawydan uab Llyr,the third branch of the Mabinogi, to be published inWelsh since Ifor Williams's groundbreaking volume PedeirKeinc y Mabinogi was published seventy-five years ago. As well as thetext of Manawydan fab Llyr, the author also offers a detailedanalysis of the text making the volume an ideal study companion.The edition includes the text from the White Book of Rhydderch,various readings from the Red Book of Hergest and the fragmentof text from Peniarth 6 (omitted from previous editions). Thevolume includes a lengthy introduction which places the text incontext and traces the roots of the characters encountered inthis branch of the Mabinogi. Detailed notes and a full vocabularyare also included.