March fab Meirchiawn

Mark of Cornwall [ marx VAB 'meirxjaun ] ( welsh march - "horse") is the name of a legendary figure from Welsh mythology .

mythology

Brand of Cornwall, illustration by Howard Pyle (1905).

March is referred to in a triad of the Trioedd Ynys Prydein ("The Triads of the Isle of Britain") as one of the "three seafarers of the Isle of Britain". Another triad names him as Essyllt's husband and uncle of Drystan fab Tallwch , who falls in love with Essyllt. In the courtly versions of the Tristan theme, he corresponds to the figure of the King Marke of Cornwall . Both are attributed to horse ears.

In the short story Breuddwyd Rhonabwy ("Rhonabwy's Dream") March fab Meirchiawn is the leader of a warband from Scandinavia and the cousin and adviser of King Arthur .

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 .
• Helmut Birkhan: Celtic stories from the emperor Arthur. Part 2, Lit-Verlag, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-8258-7563-6 .
• Bernhard Maier : Lexicon of Celtic Religion and Culture (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 466). Kröner, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-520-46601-5 .

Web links

• Mark in the Camelot Project at the University of Rochester (English)

See also

• List of island celtic myths and legends
• List of Celtic gods and legendary figures
• Tristan and Isolde

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Helmut Birkhan: Celts. Attempt at a complete representation of their culture. P. 541.