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“Branwen”
©️Bridget & John Original2023

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1) Branwen’s story is the most tragic story in all of the Mabinogion.
She is the Welsh /Irish Goddess of Spring, love and beauty.

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2023-03-27

Alan Lee ~ from The Lady and the Fountain ~ Dragon’s Dream ~ 1982. The Mabinogion.

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2021-11-23

Gwydion was a warrior-magician and bardic god of wisdom in the Mabinogion. He was taught wizardry from Math. Using magics, he created Blodeuwedd from broom, meadowsweet and oak blossom as a wife for Llew. His sacred tree is the ash.

🎨 by Alan Lee

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2021-11-17

Maesteg artist Christopher Williams (1873–1934) painted three women from the Mabinogion. This is Blodeuwedd, the woman of flowers, in the collection of the Newport Museum and Art Gallery. We lucky moderns can now buy blodeuwedd beach towels. https://t.co/W6Jdc0u7p6

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2021-09-11

King Arawn of Annwn with his good dogs.

They’re from the first branch of the Mabinogion. Annwn is sort of like another realm? Next to ours? But it might also be the afterlife? But it’s not. It’s weird to explain.

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2021-02-21

The father of Dylan Thomas–born 1914–chose the name Dylan (translated as 'son of the sea'), after a character in The Mabinogion. Pronounced 'Dull-an' in Welsh, his mother worried that he might be teased as the 'dull one'. Thomas himself favoured the Anglicised 'Dillan'.

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2020-10-27

Rhiannon Rhiannon Horse Goddess of Wales In Welsh mythology, Rhiannon is a horse goddess depicted in the Mabinogion. She is similar in many aspects to the Gaulish Epona

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2020-07-25

Character doodles... Inspired by a tale from the Mabinogion. Blodeuwedd is birthed from flowers and is later turned into an owl for having an affair.

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2020-07-10

Arianrhod is a magic figure in the Mabinogion. Claiming to be a virgin, she delivers 2 magical sons. Dylan who seeks the ocean & becomes a sea spirit as well as great & handsome hero Lleu Llaw Gyffes on whom she places a tynged (spell) influencing his destiny.

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2020-03-05

Today I’m writing a retelling of Lludd and Llefelys from the I’ll be recording the story for a museum exhibition helping to bring to life the Middle Welsh tale for families. Read more about the Mabinogion here https://t.co/5y1cRPUkvl

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2019-09-06