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Rhiannon

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Rhiannon is a major figure in the Mabinogi, the medieval Welsh story collection. [1]

34 relations: Adar Rhiannon, Alan Lee (illustrator), Brân the Blessed, Cassivellaunus, Celtic neopaganism, Celtic polytheism, Cigfa, Common Brittonic, Dyfed, Epona, Fleetwood Mac, Gauls, Glywysing, Gwawl, Linguistic reconstruction, Mabinogion, Macha, Manawydan, Mary Bartlet Leader, Otherworld, Poul Anderson, Pryderi, Pwyll, Rhiannon (song), Ronald Hutton, Stevie Nicks, Táin Bó Cúailnge, Teyrnon, The Morrígan, Three Hearts and Three Lions, Wales, Welsh mythology in popular culture, White boar, White horse (mythology).

Adar Rhiannon

In the earliest prose stories in Britain in the Mabinogi, the Adar Rhiannon; "birds of Rhiannon", are specifically three magical birds, whose song can "wake the dead and lull the living to sleep".

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Alan Lee (illustrator)

Alan Lee (born 20 August 1947) is an English book illustrator and movie conceptual designer.

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Brân the Blessed

Brân the Blessed (Bendigeidfran or Brân Fendigaidd, literally "Blessed Crow") is a giant and king of Britain in Welsh mythology.

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Cassivellaunus

Cassivellaunus was a historical British tribal chief who led the defence against Julius Caesar's second expedition to Britain in 54 BC.

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Celtic neopaganism

Celtic Neopaganism refers to Contemporary Pagan or contemporary polytheist movements based on Celtic polytheism.

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Celtic polytheism

Celtic polytheism, commonly known as Celtic paganism, comprises the religious beliefs and practices adhered to by the Iron Age people of Western Europe now known as the Celts, roughly between 500 BCE and 500 CE, spanning the La Tène period and the Roman era, and in the case of the Insular Celts the British and Irish Iron Age.

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Cigfa

Cigfa ferch Gwyn Glohoyw (Middle Welsh: Kigua) is a minor character in Welsh mythology, the wife of King Pryderi of Dyfed.

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Common Brittonic

Common Brittonic was an ancient Celtic language spoken in Britain.

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Dyfed

Dyfed is a preserved county of Wales. It was created on 1 April 1974, as an amalgamation of the three pre-existing counties of Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire. It was abolished twenty-two years later, on 1 April 1996, when the three original counties were reinstated, Cardiganshire being renamed Ceredigion the following day. The name "Dyfed" is retained for certain ceremonial and other purposes. It is a mostly rural county in southwestern Wales with a coastline on the Irish Sea and the Bristol Channel.

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Epona

In Gallo-Roman religion, Epona was a protector of horses, ponies, donkeys, and mules.

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Fleetwood Mac

Fleetwood Mac are a British-American rock band, formed in London in 1967.

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Gauls

The Gauls were Celtic people inhabiting Gaul in the Iron Age and the Roman period (roughly from the 5th century BC to the 5th century AD).

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Glywysing

Glywysing was, from the sub-Roman period to the Early Middle Ages, a petty kingdom in south-east Wales.

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Gwawl

In Welsh mythology, Gwawl (Gwawl fab Clud) was the son of Clud, and tricks Pwyll into promising him Rhiannon.

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Linguistic reconstruction

Linguistic reconstruction is the practice of establishing the features of an unattested ancestor language of one or more given languages.

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Mabinogion

The Mabinogion are the earliest prose stories of the literature of Britain.

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Macha

Macha was a sovereignty goddessÓ hÓgáin, Dáithí.

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Manawydan

Manawydan fab Llŷr is a figure of Welsh mythology, the son of Llŷr and the brother of Brân the Blessed and Brânwen.

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Mary Bartlet Leader

Mary Bartlet Leader (March 19, 1918 – April 27, 2004, in Mequon, Wisconsin) was the author of two novels, Triad: A Novel of the Supernatural (1972) and Salem’s Children (1979).

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Otherworld

The concept of an otherworld in historical Indo-European religion is reconstructed in comparative mythology.

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Poul Anderson

Poul William Anderson (November 25, 1926 – July 31, 2001) was an American science fiction author who began his career in the 1940s and continued to write into the 21st century.

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Pryderi

Pryderi fab Pwyll is a prominent figure in Welsh mythology, the son of Pwyll and Rhiannon, and king of Dyfed after his father's death.

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Pwyll

Pwyll Pen Annwn is a prominent figure in Welsh mythology and literature, the lord of Dyfed, husband of Rhiannon and father of the hero Pryderi.

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Rhiannon (song)

"Rhiannon" is a song written by Stevie Nicks and originally recorded by Fleetwood Mac on their eponymous album in 1975; it was subsequently issued as a single the following year.

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Ronald Hutton

Ronald Hutton (born 1953) is an English historian who specialises in the study of Early Modern Britain, British folklore, pre-Christian religion and contemporary Paganism.

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Stevie Nicks

Stephanie Lynn Nicks (born May 26, 1948) is an American singer and songwriter.

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Táin Bó Cúailnge

Táin Bó Cúailnge ("the driving-off of cows of Cooley", commonly known as The Cattle Raid of Cooley or The Táin) is a legendary tale from early Irish literature which is often considered an epic, although it is written primarily in prose rather than verse.

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Teyrnon

In Welsh tradition, Teyrnon Twryf Lliant is the lord of the Kingdom of Gwent and the foster father of the divine son, Pryderi.

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The Morrígan

The Morrígan or Mórrígan, also known as Morrígu, is a figure from Irish mythology.

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Three Hearts and Three Lions

Three Hearts and Three Lions is a 1961 fantasy novel by American writer Poul Anderson, expanded from a 1953 novella by Anderson which appeared in Fantasy & Science Fiction.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.

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Welsh mythology in popular culture

Elements of Welsh mythology have appeared many times in popular culture.

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White boar

The White Boar was the personal device or badge of the English King Richard III of England (1452—1485, reigned from 1483), and is an early instance of the use of boars in heraldry.

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White horse (mythology)

White horses have a special significance in the mythologies of cultures around the world.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhiannon

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