cyfarwyddiaid

Welsh history

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contribution to oral tradition

  • St. Columba
    In Celtic literature: The Middle Ages

    …of prose by storytellers (cyfarwyddiaid), who recited oral tales made up of a medley of mythology, folklore, and heroic elements. Some of these were recorded in writing; the most famous collection is the Mabinogion, preserved in The White Book of Rhydderch (c. 1300–25) and The Red Book of Hergest

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