Identifier: mythologyofallra03gray (find matches)
Title: The Mythology of all races ..
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Gray, Louis H. (Louis Herbert), 1875-1955 Moore, George Foot, 1851-1931 MacCulloch, J. A. (John Arnott), 1868-1950
Subjects: Mythology
Publisher: Boston, Marshall Jones Company
Contributing Library: Wellesley College Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Wellesley College Library

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which was kicked about the hall by Pwylls followers until, toescape death, he renounced his claim to Rhiannon. The magic mound Is here the equivalent of the sid^ and suchhills are favourite places for the appearance of immortals orfairies In Celtic story. Rhiannon, who suddenly appeared onthe hill, was a goddess, like Fand or Connlas lover, and thetheme is that of the Fairy Bride. The story now tells how Rhiannon, whose child disappearedat birth, was accused of slaying it and was forced to sit at thehorse-block of the palace, to tell her story to each new comer,and to offer to carry him Inside. Meanwhile Teyrnon, Lord ofGwent-Is-coed, had a mare whose foals disappeared on May- PLATE XIncised Stones from Scotland 1. Incised stone, locally known as the PicardyStone, with double disc and Z-rod symbol, serpentand Z-symbol, and mirror with double-disc handle.From Insch, Aberdeenshire. 2. Incised stone with double disc and serpentand Z-rod symbols. From Newton, Aberdeenshire.Cf. Plate XVII.
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THE MYTHS OF THE BRITISH CELTS 95 Eve, and this May-Eve he saw a huge claw clutching the new-born colt. He severed It with his sword, and the intrudervanished; but at the door-way was a new-born infant, whichTeyrnon nurtured. Like Cuchulainn and other heroes, it hada rapid growth and was called Gwri Golden-Hair. NoticingGwris likeness to Pwyll, Teyrnon carried the boy to him,and Rhiannon was reinstated, exclaiming that her anguish(pryderi) was past; whence Gwri was called Pryderi andsucceeded Pwyll as King. Folk-tale formulae abound in this section — that of theAbandoned Wife, found also in the Mahinogi of Branwen; andthat of an animal born the same night as the hero; while theclaw incident occurs in tales of Fionn. The importance of thestory is in Pryderis birth. The fact that Teyrnons foal dis-appeared on the same night as Pryderi, who was found atTeyrnons door, and the meanings of the names Teyrnon =Tigernonos (Great King) or Tigernos (Chief), andRhiannon = Rigantona (Great Queen

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