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Society & Lifestyle > Mythology & Folklore Welsh mythology: The story of Bleiddwn: 3 of 3

The story of Bleiddwn the Wolfling is told in the fourth of the Four Branches of the Mabinogi, a series of legends which form part of the Mabinogion. These late-medieval Welsh legends are taken from two manuscripts – the Red Book of Hergest (c. 1325) and the White Book of Rhydderch (c. 1400) – and were translated into English in 1838-49 by Lady Charlotte Guest. The word “Mabinogion” comes from an error at the end of the First Branch of the Mabinogi, and was applied by Lady Charlotte as a title for the whole collection. The Fourth Branch tells the story of Math ap Ma...
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