Pwyll
Having finished Paul Murray's excellent SKIPPY DIES (more on that later) I am moving on to look at some of my other booty bought for my day at Hay: notably the two novellas based on stories from the Mabinogion. First, though, I wanted to look back at the source, and after a quick rifle through the Hodmandod bookshelves revealed three versions of the folktales.
An everyman edition translated by Gwyn and Thomas Jones
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An illustrated ('Tales from...') edition by Gwyn Thomas and Kevin Crossley-Holland and Margaret Jones.
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and, maybe most beautiful and intriguing of all 'Legend and Landscape of Wales The Mabinogi'.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTQE9vFTIBmeHUPGe9TVuZg38O77xT95_GMfOl7NM9cXArTmAB9kwlhF6SISsphgV2eUQQ0D76FRcPaJVvBvBLRkYKw2_01RR5rHMxR4rLYLC2nwcTNEzOtr1FO1lJ5DIUGfcVrQ/s320/landscapes.jpg)
Now, Russell Celyn Jones's THE NINTH WAVE is based on 'Pwyll, Lord of Dyfed', so I am going to investigate that story first, write a quick summary, and then, finally go on to Russell Celyn Jones's book.
I have read the tales before, but the part I remember the most was Ness - the most beautiful women in the world...which takes me back to particularly great part in SKIPPY DIES. There is talk about a Celtic goddesses of real love - the sort of love that is sustained over a lifetime. It is a common feature of all folk stories of every culture, apparently - they all contain a Helen or Ness. However, I shall concentrate first of Pwyll.
An everyman edition translated by Gwyn and Thomas Jones
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpS4gb9m3F7TNLNrDSjW6SoOmdHhHtS_bNxqw1l8pos7KlSQP3md5pRMNMbZ0gjJqiHQifJEBsyH40iOlhj0Ro_TvvoYXdRK3Yr0Lrmt7Cmu3FTQrOF2eQ876gxAO2RTk6DYZJog/s320/everyman.jpg)
An illustrated ('Tales from...') edition by Gwyn Thomas and Kevin Crossley-Holland and Margaret Jones.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJvrsDwJbOLf4IIM7OQh4HuavjgXXqchKa5Abe_zqmUQHZ6kcjjBz3wIxKOq2fW3_sz-Qu2tm6F1RXrK3b06tK227_TbdOEoS223F0sRK6poUGKMwjnzaVs8nNP1EJre_pw5doig/s320/tales_from_mabinogion.jpg)
and, maybe most beautiful and intriguing of all 'Legend and Landscape of Wales The Mabinogi'.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTQE9vFTIBmeHUPGe9TVuZg38O77xT95_GMfOl7NM9cXArTmAB9kwlhF6SISsphgV2eUQQ0D76FRcPaJVvBvBLRkYKw2_01RR5rHMxR4rLYLC2nwcTNEzOtr1FO1lJ5DIUGfcVrQ/s320/landscapes.jpg)
Now, Russell Celyn Jones's THE NINTH WAVE is based on 'Pwyll, Lord of Dyfed', so I am going to investigate that story first, write a quick summary, and then, finally go on to Russell Celyn Jones's book.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2XZ6WHxksg33Ca9xrDhxoSuncQeNcgTBmU1_T8arYFL_n8i91bjQ20sqik-v-GaMz1R-4y7ou3-qmW96s55aO6HshFz5aMw37gCgrO4WVETar4OQj9Sh_9aMp4aKUKVBtvD8AqA/s320/rcj_mabinogi.jpg)
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