Mabinogion
the MABINOGION: LINK ¤ SACRED TEXTS
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- "the Mabinogion is a cycle of Celtic legends - collected in the "Red Book of Hergest" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the legends are based on historical characters - and incidents !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "throughout there are echoes of the Celtic mythology - including God !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the Mabinogion per se consists of the four connected narratives - called "the branches" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "from Pwll, Prince of Dyved - through Math, the Son of Mathonwy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the first five stories are versions of incidents - from the Arthurian canon !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the Mabinogion is one of the masterpieces - of world literature !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and makes us wonder - how stories !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "originally embodied - in the Celtic dialects !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "can so influence the literature - of many other nations !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "we have throughout Europe, at an early period - mainly in France !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "a great body of literature - known as Mediæval Romance !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "which includes certain well-marked traces - of a Celtic nucleus !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "we find these romances, with these ornaments - existing in the twelfth century !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and of simpler structure, and with less encumbered Celtic features - in the works of Wace, and other Bards of the Langue d'Oil !!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "we find evidence of the great antiquity of these stories - and of a Celtic origin !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the names and exploits of their heroes, and the compositions of their bards - spreads far and wide !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and affect intimately their tastes and literature - for many centuries, up to now !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "names of the great features - involving proper names and actions: !!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- ""Cadair Idris", and "Cadair Arthur" - must be invested with heroic qualifications - to have been placed in such "seats" !!!!!!!!!!!!""
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- ""Bryn y Saeth", Hill of the Dart - "Llyn Llyngclys", Lake of the Engulphed Court - "Ceven y Bedd" - "Rhyd y Saeson" !!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- ""Coeten Arthur", Arthur's Coit - "Cerrig y Drudion", the Crag of the Heroes !!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and such as embody proper names only, as "Cerrig Howell", the Crag of Howell - "Caer Arianrod", the Camp of Arianrod - "Bron Goronwy", the Breast of the Hill of Goronwy !!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- ""Castell mab Wynion", the Castle of the son of Wynion - "Nant Gwrtheyrn", the Rill of Vortigern !!!!!!!!!!!!"
TRINITY: LINK ¤ TALIESIN
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- "I now offer a prayer - to the Trinity !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "may the eternal God - grant me to praise you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "may there be to me mercy - from the Trinity !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "nine degrees of the mystic troops - of Heaven !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and the tenth - saints a preparation of sevens !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "a number that God - watches with extreme love !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "in Heaven - in Earth - at the end !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "in straits - in expanse - in form !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "in body - in soul - in habit !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "I adore thee - Ruler of the land of peace !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "let my soul be a condition - of Life !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "for ever - in His court !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "a servant of Heaven - to be !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "He will not refuse me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "as many as are on wrath - through the circles !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "have mercy, God - on your kindred !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
PRAYER TO GOD: LINK ¤ TALIESIN
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- "o GOD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "o supreme Ruler !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "there has not been - there will not be !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "one so good as the Lord - as You !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "there is not born - in the day of the people !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "any one equal - to God !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "no one is equal - to Him !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "above Heaven - below Heaven !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "there is no Ruler - but He !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "above sea - below sea !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "He creates us !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"