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  • Found a great link.  I hope it's accurate.  I've always been fasciated by Wales.

    http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/mab/

    And, the dedication that was written for it by the author, Lady Guest.

    TO IVOR AND MERTHYR.


    My dear Children,
    Infants as you yet are, I feet that I cannot dedicate more fitly than
    to you these venerable relics of ancient lore, and I do so in the hope
    of inciting you to cultivate the Literature of "Gwyllt Walia," in whose
    beautiful language you are being initiated, and amongst whose free
    mountains you were born.
    May you become early imbued with the chivalric and exalted sense of
    honour, and the fervent patriotism for which its sons have ever been
    celebrated.
    May you learn to emulate the noble qualities of Ivor Hael, and the
    firm attachment to your Native Country, which distinguished that Ivor
    Back, after whom the elder of you was named.
    I am,

    Your affectionate Mother,


    C. E. GUEST.


    Dowlais, August 29th, 1838.


  • Too bad, that link doesn't seem to work in the U.S.  The description in Wikipedia sounds fascinating.  I guess I'll find the stories somehwere.


    It looks really interesting Wt, and a possible source of further painting source material.
    WW. Try pasting this directly into your browser. It works my end lime this.

    dspace.smu.ac.uk:8080/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10875/478/SUSAN%20GARLICK%20-%20deleted%20copy%202.pdf?sequence=1
    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ.
    Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit.
    Shall lure it back to cancal half a line,
    Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
  • WW. Try pasting this directly into your browser. It works my end lime this.

    dspace.smu.ac.uk:8080/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10875/478/SUSAN%20GARLICK%20-%20deleted%20copy%202.pdf?sequence=1



    Nope, thanks though.  It may also be that I don't accept cookies.  But, I think I'm okay with the one I found, unless someone tells me it's a crock (does that translate?).
  • Great link whisperit! (It works for me) I absolutely love stories about magical animals! It reminds me of a Tori Amos song- The Chase. It's about shapeshifting from the hunted into the hunter.
    http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/t/tori_amos/the_chase.html#!
    Post edited by Ponygurl at 2015-07-19 09:16:51
    U R I E L
    What is done in the dark will always come to light
  • Mad Madam Mim vs. Merlin

    If I were dead, could I do this?
  • I take the needle off the Technics and put it in my vein
  • WW- your link is good. Guest's translation is said to be technically pretty sound, even without the benefit of the scholarship from the last century. My love of the Mabinogion can be judged by the fact that I named my daughter after a character in one of the tales!

    PG - good Tori Amos lyric. You probably know it's taken from a story in the Mabinogion - when Little Gwion is trying to escape from the claws of
    the witch, Ceridwen. He turns into a hare and she turns into a greyhound, he turns
    into a fish and she into an otter, him into a bird and her into a hawk.
    Finally he changes to a grain of wheat only to be eaten by Ceridwen's
    hen. However, there is a happy ending because the witch becomes pregnant
    as a result and a beautiful child is born. 


  • whisperit said:

    WW- your link is good. Guest's translation is said to be technically pretty sound, even without the benefit of the scholarship from the last century. My love of the Mabinogion can be judged by the fact that I named my daughter after a character in one of the tales!

    Interesting, so far.
  • Yes, interesting whisperit. I didn't know the lyrics were directly related- but after reading your link that particular song popped into my head.

    I read further-
    "Furious, Cerridwen chases Gwion through the seasons, changing forms and shapeshifting, until finally she swallows Gwion. She becomes pregnant, and nine months later she gives birth to Taliesin (“radiant brow”).
    Initially thinking to kill the child, she has a change of heart, and instead throws Taliesin into the sea. He is later rescued by the Celtic prince, Elffin, and becomes a great Welsh bard."
    U R I E L
    What is done in the dark will always come to light
  • Gosh!  Just finished "The Lady of the fountain" in the Mabinogian.  Great stuff!
  • I take the needle off the Technics and put it in my vein
  • Yeah LuDux. He's assisted in his operations by nurse Snip.
    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ.
    Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit.
    Shall lure it back to cancal half a line,
    Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
  • Is your Betty looking a bit tired and Grey?
    Do you have a Black Betty?
    A Brown Betty?
    A Red Betty?
    A Yellow Betty?
    Then this is the product for you, unless you have no Betty at all!
    Bam-Ba-Lam !


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    Post edited by Urban_Tribesman at 2015-07-24 17:44:12
    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ.
    Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit.
    Shall lure it back to cancal half a line,
    Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
  • So, now you finally know what Frank Spencer was on about when he said "Ooh, Betty " !
    He was a sex pest !
    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ.
    Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit.
    Shall lure it back to cancal half a line,
    Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
  • And, Betty Boop makes a lot more sense.

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