Texts
Culhwch ac Olwen‘Culhwch and Olwen’
- Middle Welsh
- prose
- Mabinogion
Manuscripts
- Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Peniarth MS 4 = Llyfr Gwyn Rhydderch, part 2 [c. 1350]cols 452–488Final third of the text missing. Text written in the hand that also wrote the preceding text, Gereint uab Erbin.
- Oxford, Jesus College, MS 111 = Red Book of Hergest (Llyfr Coch Hergest) [s. xiv-xv]cols 810–844Text written by Hywel Fychan, who also wrote down the text of Gereint uab Erbin.
Language
- Middle Welsh
Form
prose (primary)
Sources
Primary sources Text editions and/or modern translations – in whole or in part – along with publications containing additions and corrections, if known. Diplomatic editions, facsimiles and digital image reproductions of the manuscripts are not always listed here but may be found in entries for the relevant manuscripts. For historical purposes, early editions, transcriptions and translations are not excluded, even if their reliability does not meet modern standards.
[ed.] Bromwich, Rachel, and D. Simon Evans (eds.), Culhwch and Olwen: an edition and study of the oldest Arthurian tale, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1992.
[ed.] Foster, Idris Llewelyn, Rachel Bromwich, and D. Simon Evans (eds.), Culhwch ac Olwen, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1988.
[tr.] Ford, Patrick K., The Mabinogi and other medieval Welsh tales, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1977.
Translation
[tr.] Jones, Gwyn, and Thomas Jones (tr.), The Mabinogion, Everyman’s Library 97, 2nd ed., London: Dent, 1974.
85–121
Secondary sources (select)
Roberts, Brynley F., “Culhwch ac Olwen, the triads, saints' lives”, in: Bromwich, Rachel, A. O. H. Jarman, and Brynley F. Roberts (eds.), The Arthur of the Welsh. The Arthurian legend in medieval Welsh literature, Arthurian Literature in the Middle Ages 1, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1991. 73–95.
Rodway, Simon, “The date and authorship of Culhwch ac Olwen: a reassessment”, Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies 49 (Summer, 2005): 21–44.
Edel, Doris, Helden auf Freiersfüßen. 'Tochmarc Emire' und 'Mal y kavas Kulhwch Olwen'. Studien zur frühen Inselkeltischen Erzähltradition, Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afd. Letterkunde N. R. 107, Amsterdam, 1980.
Edel, Doris, “The Arthur of Culhwch and Olwen as a figure of epic-heroic tradition”, Reading Medieval Studies 9 (1983): 3–15.
Edel, Doris, “The catalogues in Culhwch ac Olwen and insular Celtic learning”, Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies 30 (1983): 253–267.
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
November 2010, last updated: January 2021