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A & C Black Publishers Ltd (2004), Paperback, 96 pages
Description
Gwion drinks from the witch Cardiwen's magic cauldron of knowledge and is reborn as Taliesin- magician, poet, prophet, weathermonger and trickster. Adopted as a baby by Elphin, the unluckiest man in Wales, over the next twelve years Taliesin transforms Elphin's fortunes. The story as told in the Welsh Mabinogion is a succession of mediaeval folk tales which have collected around the figure of Taliesin, who was once as well-known as Merlin.
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96 p.; 7.64 inches
ISBN
0713668431 / 9780713668438
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Gwion drinks from the witch Cardiwen's magic cauldron of knowledge and is reborn as Taliesin: magician, poet, prophet, weathermonger and trickster. Adopted as a baby by Elphin, the unluckiest man in Wales, over the next twelve years Taliesin transforms Elphin's fortunes.
A faithful re-telling of the tale.
A faithful re-telling of the tale.