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The Four Branches of the Mabinogi (Pedair Cainc y Mabinogi) are the most clearly mythological stories contained in the Mabinogion collection. Pryderi appears in all four, though not always as the central character. Pwyll Pendefig Dyfed (Pwyll, Prince of Dyfed) tells of Pryderi's parents and his birth, loss and recovery.
The various treasures (tlws) include vessels or utensils for food and drink (hamper, cauldron, crock and dish, horn and knife), objects relating to weaponry (sword, whetstone) and to transport (halter, chariot), clothing (coat, mantle) and still other items (stone and ring, chessboard).
Gruffydd, William John (1928), Math vab Mathonwy: an inquiry into the origins and development of the fourth branch of the Mabinogi with the text and a translation, The University of Wales Press Board; Heaney, Marie (1994), Over Nine Waves, a book of Irish legends, London: Faber and Faber, ISBN 0-571-14231-1, pp. 4–8, 246
-Elfydd: The Earth; the realm of humans -Annwn: The Otherworld; the realm(s) of the gods.Depending on the source, this could be a more typical Indo-European underworld (i.e. a realm below the earth), or the "deep" areas within the natural realm (e.g. deep within the woods, as with the First Branch of The Mabinogion, or within/near lakes, e.g. the Arthurian Lady of the Lake, Ceridwen in Hanes ...
The Four Branches of the Mabinogi or Pedair Cainc Y Mabinogi are the earliest prose stories in the literature of Britain. Originally written in Wales in Middle Welsh , but widely available in translations, the Mabinogi is generally agreed to be a single work in four parts, or "branches."
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Svíagriss, Adils' prized ring in the Hrólfr Kraki's saga. (Norse mythology) Stone and Ring of Eluned the Fortunate, a cloak of invisibility owned by Merlin. (Welsh mythology) Angelica's ring, a ring possessed by Angelica, princess of Cathay in the legends of Charlemagne. It rendered its wearer immune to all enchantments, and renders the user ...
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