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group therapy (they make each other worse)
#gwyn ap nudd#edern ap nudd#blodeuwedd#arthuriana#mabinogion#pa gur#medieval literature#welsh mythology#artists on tumblr#digital art#alcohol cw#art tag#------------------------------------------------------------#just as i don't think owain ap nudd exists i think gwyn godyfrion is gwyn ap gudd 😌#ok hear me out though#there are lots of gwyns in medieval welsh literature and i don't think they're all gwyn ap nudd (sadly)#but my man gwyn godyfrion. look. “dyfr” means water. like in the word dyfriog (watery). and gwyn ap nudd is very much associated with water#rides the watery horse du y moroedd. has a little chat with gwyddno garanhir who's the ruler of a kingdom that gets flooded.#dormach's funny flipper legs. rival gwythyr is associated with fire.#and there's the idea that annwn (of which gwyn ap nudd is the ruler) is itself underwater. and so on and so forth#sims-williams (‘the early welsh arthurian poems’ in arthur of the welsh. 1991) suggests godyfrion as a place name. underwater maybe.#so if gwyn godyfrion is “gwyn from under the water” i don't think it's unreasonable to suggest he's in some way connected to gwyn ap nudd#“but dizzy!! gwyn godyfrion is mentioned alongside gwyn ap nudd in culhwch and olwen!” the answer is that i simply choose to ignore that#while we're on the topic. the ddylad in creiddylad = flood#ok class dismissed#anyway gwyn and creiddylad i am pleased to tell you that my irl name means “sea” 😌 i am one of you
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Cerridwen by Elena Albanese
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hello. i was wondering sumn. what makes a knight of camelot ~A Knight of Camelot~? there are so many of them and they’re all different but do they have characteristics in common that are found in the average Famous Knight of Camelot and that when you see you think “ah yes that is very arthurian of them”. i hope my question is not a bother to you and too confusing.
Hi! Like every other answer I ever give, it’s highly dependent on the text.
In the Mabinogion, Arthur’s best knights tend to have special abilities, even magical powers. We all remember Kai’s fun list of attributes.
But generally speaking, fame in Camelot comes from 3 things:
Every successful knight is hot. I don’t make the rules.
They have to be good at beating the snot out of other guys. Obviously.
Branding. I’m so serious.
My basis for this comes from the Vulgate descriptions of the Orkney Bros. Specifically, Gaheriet/Gaheris. Not because he’s famous, but because he isn’t.
It’s no accident that Gaheris never makes it to the big screen the way his brothers do. He is, by design, basic. The quintessential middle child. He doesn’t have a Special Trait (such as Gawain’s courtesy or reputation as a ladies man or noontime powers etc.) and that makes Gaheris forgettable. To be a famous knight, you gotta put your whole pussy into it, in front of a live studio audience, or you won’t be famous no matter how good you are. Makes sense when you think about it!
Not sure if that answers your question, but that’s what I got. Take care. :^)
#arthurian legend#arthuriana#arthurian legends#arthurian mythology#arthurin literature#the mabinogion#mabinogion#the vulgate#vulgate#vulgate cycle#kay#sir kay#gaheris#sir gaheris#quotes#my post#ask#anonymous#it’s not lost on me the irony that i used unfamous knights as my receipts lmao
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Gwydion and Gilfaethwy
(The Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi)
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busted! lol
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Arthurian legends are bonkers this weirdo dumbass kid got sticks thrown at him for being a loser with a stupid horse and not five minute later he murders a guy with a fork
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Trying to learn to like my personal art again
#rhiannon#welsh mythology#mabinogion#illustration#(months of uni have had me doing more traditional stuff which is nice but I miss just doing character art)#also pls don’t look to closely at the horse#i tried my best#character illustration
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Evangeline Walton - The Island of The Mighty - Ballantine - 1975
#witches#the mighties#occult#vintage#the island of the mighty#mabinogion#ballantine books#evangeline walton#island#mighty#the virgin and the swine#1975
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Dog teeth
#illustration#art#digital art#procreate#animal art#wales#cymru#mabinogion#welsh folklore#twrch trwyth
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An old favourite of mine. Finally starting to get a hang of this gold thing.
I'm running out of space to keep these in my bedroom. Maybe that means it's time to start selling them?
#art#illumination#calligraphy#welsh mythology#mabinogi#mabinogion#blodeuwedd#celtic#celtic mythology
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Blodeuwedd by Annie Stegg
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Took some of this pics for a friend of a map I got from y lolfa. Thought some people here might find it interesting idk. I can take better ones if needed.
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A start of shift prayer:
Gorfannon the Smith, guide my hand.
Amaethon of the Plough, give strength to my back.
Let me lose myself in my labours and find peace in my toil,
May my efforts be fruitful and my respite well earned.
#old gods#celtic gods#welsh mythology#welsh gods#ancient celts#celtic mythology#celtic#celtic reconstruction#mabinogi#mabinogion#paganism#pagan gods#pagan#celtic paganism#celtic polytheism#prayer#celtic pantheon
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Gwenhwyvar and Arthur's Hunting Dogs in Geraint the Son of Erbin
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there's this subplot (and also my favorite tidbit) in Geraint, the Son of Erbin where Gwenyfher asked Arthur that she wanted to watch him and the lads hunt the famous stag.
Gwenyfher did not wake up when Arthur was getting ready for the hunt
And Arthur wondered that Gwenhwyvar did not awake, and did not move in her bed; and the attendants wished to awaken her. "Disturb her not, said Arthur, "for she had rather sleep than go see to the hunting."
She woke up a bit later.
And after Arthur had gone forth from the palace, Gwenhwyvar awoke, and called to her maidens, and apparelled herself. "Maidens," said she, "I had leave last night to go and see the hunt. Go one of you to the stable, and order hither a horse such as a woman may ride." And one of them went, and she found but two horses in the stable, and Gwenhwyvar, and one of her maidens mounted them
She and her maiden went to the woods themselves in order to catch up the hunt. They met Geraint on the way, and she asked him to accompany her since he was not with King Arthur's group. (geraint actually did not know where the hunt was)
anyway Gwenhwyvar wanted to see the hunt from a prime vantage point coz she liked watching the dogs go. XD
"I was asleep, and knew not when he went; but thou, O young man, art the most agreeable companion I could have in the whole kingdom; and it may be, that I shall be more amused with the hunting than they; for we shall hear the horns when they sound, and we shall hear the dogs when they are let loose, and begin to cry." So they went to the edge of the Forest, and there they stood. "From this place," said she, "we shall hear when the dogs are let loose."
My awesome Queen Gwenhwyvar was like "watching the dogs be good doggos is fun."
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An important point on intellectual snobbery, made by Alistair Moffat in his book “The Sea Kingdoms”
#reading#books#Celtic#Celtic languages#Gaelic#Welsh#mabinogion#fenian cycle#tain bo cuailnge#Alistair Moffat#sea kingdoms#intellectual snobbery#history
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Hello, I saw your answer (and therefore explanation) of Gawain and his many lovers and wondered if you also had some insights into the relationship between Kay and Bedivere? Was that a solely adventure buddies kinda thing or a little bit more perhaps? Anyways I hope you have a lovely evening
hey there!
oh yay i love them! i incorporated a lot of bedivere into my kay webweaving post and in my book series i modeled their relationship after real life knights sir john clanvowe and sir william neville. let's get into it! :^)
for starters, kay and bedivere are two of the oldest arthurian characters, so their "history" is long. which is very fun! in the mabinogion, kai and bedwyr refer to each other as "companions." the word is sometimes applied to all members of arthur's fellowship (ie "companion" of the round table) but i really enjoy the idea that it can speak to a deeper connection than "coworker." let's look at a couple passages.
in culhwch and olwen, kai and bedwyr are sent by arthur on a quest. their introductions are back to back with a list of their fun magical powers. notably, bedwyr's opens like this.
they are the definition of "comes as a set, do not separate." their apparent inseparability becomes a theme from here. later, kai works some blacksmithing, prompting this exchange.
literally what is this supposed to mean? if "companion" refers to all of arthur's men, then explain this...wild. off to a strong start. then comes the rescue of mabon, where kai and bedwyr ride together on the back of a huge salmon.
and here's some kickass artwork of this adventure by margaret jones, which i scanned for all to read!
but wait, there's more. last note about the mabinogion is that kai has his own turn of phrase referring to bedwyr's missing hand, which can seem a bit mean-spirited, but is received as more of an inside joke.
crazy stuff. okay. brace yourself for our boy geoffrey of monmouth's the history of the king's of britain. here kay and bedivere gain roles that go hand in hand, seneschal and cupbearer ("server" and "butler" in this translation). when arthur has to fight and kill the giant of mon saint michael, he chooses only two people to bring with him. guess who.
later, during the war, they are assigned to co-command one of the factions.
and then.....the ending. bedivere is slain, and kay sacrifices himself in the effort to retrieve his body.
sick and twisted narrative choices, geoff. i'm looking away.
to answer your question, yeah, i think together they make the most wonderfully annoying middle management married couple in camelot and menace all their employees in an ever-revolving door of "go ask my husband" that drives everyone mad. arthur finds it highkey hilarious<3
thanks for asking!
#arthurian legend#arthurian legends#arthuriana#arhturian mythology#kay#sir kay#bedivere#sir bedivere#bedwyr#sir bedwyr#quotes#the mabinogion#mabinogion#the history of the kings of britain#historia regum britanniae#geoffrey of monmouth#ask#anonymous#my post
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