Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 127 mm x 196 mm, Gewicht: 159 g
From the Welsh Chronicle of the Six Ages of the World
Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 127 mm x 196 mm, Gewicht: 159 g
Reihe: World Literature in Translation
ISBN: 978-0-520-39025-6
Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
The original Welsh stories of these beloved characters and their world for the first time in English
The stories in Tales of Merlin, Arthur, and the Magic Arts deal with well-known figures from medieval Britain who will be familiar to many readers—though not from the versions presented here. These freshly translated tales emerge from the remarkable and enormous sixteenth-century Chronicle of the Six Ages of the World by the Welshman Elis Gruffydd.
Tales of Merlin, Arthur, and the Magic Arts revives the original legends of these Welsh heroes alongside stories of the continued survival of the magical arts, from antiquity to the Renaissance, and the broader cultural world of the Welsh. These stories provide a vivid and faithful rendering of Merlin, Arthur, and the many original folktales left out of the widespread accounts of their exploits.
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Contents
Introduction: Elis Gruffydd and His Chronicle
Jerry Hunter
Translator’s Note
Patrick K. Ford
THE TEXTS
I. Earliest Times, Biblical and Ancient The Birth of Hercules The Birth of Alexander The Story of the Rood The Tower of Babel The Origins of Britain
II. Merlin and Arthur The Birth of Merlin the Prophet Merlin and the Threefold Death Merlin and the Dreams of Gwenddydd Merlin’s Prophecy and the Reign of Caswalldan Custennin and the Rise of Gwrtheyrn/Vortigern Gwrtheyrn and Saint Germain Gwrtheyrn and the Falling Castle Gwrtheyrn’s Reign, Hengist, and Horsa Merlin and Stonehenge Merlin Explains the Dragon Image Uthyr Defeats the Saxons, Arthur Is Born The Death of Uthyr Pendragon Merlin Helps Arthur in His Earliest Battles Arthur and the Sword in the Stone The Death of Merlin Huail Son of Caw and Arthur Arthur Dreams of the Loss of Kingship Arthur and the Round Table The Final Battle, Arthur Dies Arthur’s Cave Found Charlemagne and Arthur
III. Tales of Magic, Prophecy, and the Supernatural Maelgwn Gwynedd, His Wife, and the Ring The Story of Gwion Bach The Epiphany of Taliesin An Unfortunate Witch The Ring and the Necromancer Two Women and a Dead Husband A Sorcerer Who Fared Less Well Henry II: Piggyback Follies and an Ugly Priest The Prophesied Death of Edward I (the Confessor) Swearing on Bread in the Time of King Edward the Confessor The Reign of William II and His Death The Dream of Henry I and Matilda The Earl of Anjou Who Married a She-Devil Edward III and the Garter The Plague in the Time of Edward III Henry VI and His Gloves The Death of Edward I Llywelyn, Prince of Wales, and the Fool Richard I, the Lion, and the Heart Owain Tudur and Catherine de Valois and the Rise of the Tudors Henry VII and Necromancy Thomas More and the Garden of Pain Sir Thomas More and the Necromancer A Ghost Story for Henry VIII Rhobin Ddu Charles V and the Astronomer
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