The Mabinogion is the collective name now given to eleven medieval Welsh tales found mainly in two manuscripts, the White Book of Rhydderch (Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, MS Peniarth 4–5), dated c.1350, and the Red Book of Hergest (Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Jesus College 111), dated between 1382 and c.1410. The term is a scribal error for mabinogi, derived from the Welsh word mab meaning ‘son, boy’. As a result, some have suggested that mabinogi was a tale for boys, or perhaps a tale told by young or apprentice storytellers; however, the general consensus is that its original meaning was ‘youth’ or ‘story of youth’, confirmed by the appearance of the term as a translation of the Latin infantia, and that finally it meant no more than ‘tale’ or ‘story’.
THE MABINOGION. Translated with an Introduction and Notes by SIONED DAVIES. Oxford University Press Inc., New York © Sioned Davies 2007
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