Manawydan fab Llŷr
Manawydan fab Llŷr [ mana'wɘdan vaːb ɬiːr ] ("Manawydan, the son of Llŷr") is the title of the third branch of the Mabinogi in Welsh mythology . The narrative is included in both Llyfr Gwyn Rhydderch ("The White Book of Rhydderch") and Llyfr Coch Hergest ("The Red Book of Hergest").
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This story follows on from what happened in Branwen ferch Llŷr ("Branwen, the daughter of Llŷr").
Manawydan the son Llŷrs and brother Bran married after returning from Ireland Rhiannon , widow of Prince Pwyll (see Pwyll Pendefig Dyfed , 'Pwyll, Prince of Dyfed ") and mother of his comrades Pryderi .
- “My inheritance is the seven Cantrefi Dyfeds,” said Pryderi, “and there is my mother Rhiannons. I want to give her to you as a wife, and together with her rule over the seven Cantrefi. "
When one day all humans and pets disappear from Dyfed through magic, only Manawydan, Rhiannon, Pryderi and his wife Cigfa remain, they too have to leave the country after a while. In England the men try to get through as saddlers, sign makers and cobblers, but are attacked and driven away by the local craftsmen. Therefore they return to Dyfed, where now Rhiannon and Pryderi are caught by the mysterious forces of a cauldron and disappear together with an entire castle. Manawydan tries to bring in a harvest, but the sown grains of wheat are eaten by mice from the Otherworld . Finally Manawydan succeeds in unmasking the author of the witchcraft, it is Llwyd ap Cil Coed , a friend of Pwyll's competitor Gwawl , the scorned and cheated applicant who asked for Rhiannon's hand. The companions are set free and the spell is canceled by counter spells.
According to Birkhan , the name Manawydan is derived from Manaw , the Cymric name of the Isle of Man (see also Manannan ).
See also
literature
- Helmut Birkhan : Celts. Attempt at a complete representation of their culture. Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-7001-2609-3 .
- Bernhard Maier : Lexicon of Celtic Religion and Culture (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 466). Kröner, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-520-46601-5 .
- Bernhard Maier: The legend book of the Welsh Celts. The four branches of the Mabinogi . Deutscher Taschenbuchverlag Munich, 1999, ISBN 3-423-12628-0 .
- Ingeborg Clarus : Celtic Myths. Man and his otherworld. Walter Verlag 1991, ppb edition Patmos Verlag, Düsseldorf, 2000, 2nd edition, ISBN 3-491-69109-5 .