Tales of Merlin, Arthur, and the Magic Arts: From the Welsh Chronicle of the Six Ages of the World

Elis Gruffydd

Published by University of California Press 2023

Tales of Merlin, Arthur, and the Magic Arts

From the Welsh Chronicle of the Six Ages of the World

Elis Gruffydd

In the series World Literature in Translation

https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520390263

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About this book

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.

Author / Editor information

Gruffydd Elis :

Patrick K. Ford is Margaret Brooks Robinson Professor Emeritus of Celtic Languages and Literatures at Harvard University.

Jerry Hunter is Professor of Welsh and Celtic Studies at Bangor University in Wales.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Elis Gruffydd and His Chronicle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Translator’s Note Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
The Texts
I Earliest Times, Ancient and Biblical Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
II Merlin and Arthur Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
III Tales of Magic, Prophecy, and the Supernatural Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
Glossary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155

Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Pages
- Main content: 176

eBook

Published: February 21, 2023
ISBN: 9780520390263