"At that time, Math the son of Mathonwy could not exist unless his feet were in the lap of a maiden, except only when he was prevented by the tumult of war." - from Math the Son of Mathonwy in The Mabinogion tr. by Lady Charlotte Guest (1877) Illustration of Hywel Dda from a Welsh Law text by Jason.nlw on Wikipedia (CC0 1.0)

"At that time, Math the son of Mathonwy could not exist unless his feet were in the lap of a maiden, except only when he was prevented by the tumult of war."
- from Math the Son of Mathonwy
in The Mabinogion
tr. by Lady Charlotte Guest (1877)

#math #mabinogi #wales #maiden #Mathonwy

Map of Wales; "And Math dwelt always at Caer Dathyl, in Arvon, and was not able to go the circuit of the land, but Gilvaethwy the son of Don, and Eneyd the son of Don, his nephews, the sons of his sisters, with his household, went the circuit of the land in his stead." - from Math the Son of Mathonwy in The Mabinogion tr. by Lady Charlotte Guest (1877) Map: Cantrefi of Medieval Wales by Notuncurious on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) #math #caerdathyl #arfon #mathonwy #mabinogi #wales #celtic

"And Math dwelt always at Caer Dathyl, in Arvon, and was not able to go the circuit of the land,..."
- from Math the Son of Mathonwy
in The Mabinogion
tr. by Lady Charlotte Guest (1877)

Map by Notuncurious on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)

#math #caerdathyl #arfon #mathonwy #mabinogi #wales #celtic

Photo of Powys, Wales landscape; "At that time, Math the son of Mathonwy could not exist unless his feet were in the lap of a maiden, except only when he was prevented by the tumult of war. Now the maiden who was with him was Goewin, the daughter of Pebin of Dôl Pebin, in Arvon, and she was the fairest maiden of her time who was known there." - from Math the Son of Mathonwy in The Mabinogion tr. by Lady Charlotte Guest (1877) #goewin #pebin #mathonwy #mabinogi #wales #celtic

"At that time, Math the son of Mathonwy could not exist unless his feet were in the lap of a maiden, except only when he was prevented by the tumult of war."
- from Math the Son of Mathonwy
in The Mabinogion
tr. by Lady Charlotte Guest (1877)

#goewin #pebin #mathonwy #mabinogi #wales #celtic

"They went thereupon unto Math the son of Mathonwy, and complained unto him most bitterly of Arianrod. Gwydion showed him also how he had procured arms for the youth. ‘Well,’ said Math, ‘we will seek, I and thou, by charms and illusion, to form a wife for him out of flowers. He has now come to man's stature, and he is the comeliest youth that was ever beheld.’ So they took the blossoms of the oak, and the blossoms of the broom, and the blossoms of the meadow-sweet, and produced from them a maiden, the fairest and most graceful that man ever saw. And they baptized her, and gave her the name of Blodeuwedd." - from Math the Son of Mathonwy in The Mabinogion tr. by Lady Charlotte Guest (1877) #blodeuwedd #arianrhod #mathonwy #mabinogi #wales #celtic #flowers

"...So they took the blossoms of the oak, and the blossoms of the broom, and the blossoms of the meadow-sweet, and produced from them a maiden,..."
- from Math the Son of Mathonwy
in The Mabinogion
tr. by Lady Charlotte Guest (1877)

#blodeuwedd #arianrhod #mathonwy #mabinogi #wales #flowers