The birth of Saint Edmund, he is being nursed by a midwife, Wellcome V0014976, CC BY 4.0
#MythologyMonday #Celtic: `The #Irish king #Matholwch had in his service a tall and ill-looking fellow with a wife bigger than himself. At the end of a period of six weeks the wife gave birth to a son, who was a warrior fully armed.
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The birth of Saint Edmund, he is being nursed by a midwife, Wellcome V0014976, CC BY 4.0
#MythologyMonday #Celtic: `The #Irish king #Matholwch had in his service a tall and ill-looking fellow with a wife bigger than himself. At the end of a period of six weeks the wife gave birth to a son, who was a warrior fully armed. This happened every six […]
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Blue toned photo of Anglesy, Wales shoreline; "So, having accepted Brân’s priceless gift, Matholwch set off for Ireland from Aber Menai, taking Branwen, his wife, with him." - from Enchanted Wales Myth and Magic in Welsh Storytelling by Miranda Aldhouse-Green (2023) #wales #branwen #abermenai #matholwch #ireland
"So, having accepted Brân’s priceless gift, Matholwch set off for Ireland from Aber Menai, taking Branwen, his wife, with him."
- from Enchanted Wales
Myth and Magic in Welsh Storytelling
by Miranda Aldhouse-Green (2023)
#wales #branwen #abermenai #matholwch #ireland
#BookologyThursday: #Matholwch, the king of #Ireland, came to #Bran, the king of Britain, to ask him for the hand of his sister Branwen. In revenge for not beeing asked, Branwen's half-brother #Efnisien (#Cymric: "the non-peaceful", "the quarrelsome") massacred Matholwch's horses, almost […]
