(excerpts quoted from Wikipedia)
Welsh mythology, the remnants of the mythology of the pre-Christian Britons, has come down to us in much altered form in medieval Welsh manuscripts such as the Red Book of Hergest, the White Book of Rhydderch, the Book of Aneirin and the Book of Taliesin.
The prose stories from the White and Red Books are known as the Mabinogion, a title given to them by their first translator, Lady Charlotte Guest, and also used by subsequent translators. Poems such as Cad Goddeu (The Battle of the Trees) and mnemonic list-texts like the Welsh Triads and the Thirteen Treasures of the Island of Britain, also contain mythological material. These texts also include the earliest forms of the Arthurian legend and the traditional history of post-Roman Britain.
Other sources include the 9th century Latin historical compilation Historia Britonum (the History of the Britons) and Geoffrey of Monmouth's 12th century Latin chronicle Historia Regum Britanniae (the History of the Kings of Britain), as well as later folklore, such as The Welsh Fairy Book by W. Jenkyn Thomas [1908].
Contents
1 Mabinogion
1.1 Four Branches of the Mabinogi
1.1.1 Pwyll, Prince of Dyfed
1.1.2 Branwen, Daughter of Llŷr
1.1.3 Manawydan, son of Llŷr
1.1.4 Math, son of Mathonwy
1.2 Native tales
1.2.1 The Dream of Macsen Wledig
1.2.2 Lludd and Llefelys
1.2.3 Culhwch and Olwen
1.2.4 The Dream of Rhonabwy
1.3 Three Romances
1.3.1 Owain, or The Lady of the Fountain
1.3.2 Peredur son of Efrawg
1.3.3 Geraint son of Erbin
1.4 Hanes Taliesin
1.5 Characters
1.5.1 Children of Dôn
1.5.2 Children of Llŷr
1.5.3 Other probable deities
1.5.4 Other characters
1.5.5 Arthurian characters
1.6 Orthography
1.7 Adaptations
2 Arthur of the Welsh
2.1 Pre-Galfridian Texts
2.2 Geoffrey of Monmouth
2.3 Welsh Arthurian Romance
3 Folklore
3.1 Mythical creatures
3.2 Folk narrative
3.2.1 Tales about animals with human characteristics
3.2.2 Formula tales
3.2.3 Humor about actual persons or types
3.2.4 (Pseudo-)histories of notable figures
3.2.5 Local legends of historical or pseudo-historical figures
3.2.6 Place-name or topography tales
3.2.7 Collectors of folk tales
3.3 Voyage tales
4 Travelogue
5 National Histories
6 Legacy of Welsh mythology in English literature
7 See also
8 References
9 External links
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_mythology
