Breuddwyd Macsen
Breuddwyd Macsen [ 'breiðuid' maksen ] ("Macsen's Dream") - recorded in Llyfr Gwyn Rhydderch ("The White Book of Rhydderch") - is the title of a story in the Mabinogion of Welsh mythology .
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The Roman Emperor Macsen Wledig falls in love with a beautiful woman who appeared to him in a dream. After a long search, his messengers find this woman in Wales , Elen Luyddawg , the daughter of King Eudaf Hen . Therefore Macsen conquered Britain, married Elen, made her empress and gave her father rulership over the whole country. In the meantime, a counter-emperor is chosen by his enemies in Rome , but with the help of Elen's brothers, including Cynan , who was his opponent first , Macsen is able to recapture the dignity of the emperor.
Macsen's name is based on that of the Roman emperor Maxentius (306-312), but its historical counterpart is the general and usurper Magnus Maximus , who due to an acclamation of his troops in Britain , Gaul and Spain as (co-) emperor alongside Valentinian II. until his violent death.
See also
literature
- Bernhard Maier : Lexicon of Celtic Religion and Culture (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 466). Kröner, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-520-46601-5 .
Web links
- Chapter The Dream of Macsen Wledig in the article Magnus Maximus on the English language Wikipedia
- The dream of Macsen Wledig (English translation in missgien.net)
Individual evidence