{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/celt/fab/fab001.htm","path":"neu/celt/fab/fab001.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/fab/fab001.htm","text":"| CHAPTER I. | PAGE | \n| The Poems contained in the Four Ancient Books of Wales | 1 | \n| CHAPTER II. | | \n| The Literature of Wales subsequent to the Twelfth Century | 19 | \n| CHAPTER III. | | \n| Sources of the Early History of Wales | 33 | \n| CHAPTER IV. | | \n| State of the Country in the Sixth Century, and its History prior to A.D. 560 | 42 | \n| CHAPTER V. | | \n| State of Britain in A.D. 560 when Gildas wrote, and Kings of the Line of DYFI | 61 | \n| CHAPTER VI. | | \n| MANAU GODODIN and the Picts | 77 | \n| p. vi | | \n| CHAPTER VII. | | \n| The Races of Britain, and the Place of the Picts among them | 97 | \n| CHAPTER VIII. | | \n| The Celtic Dialects and the Probable Character of the Pictish Language | 120 | \n| CHAPTER IX. | | \n| The Celtic Topography of Scotland, and the Dialectic Differences indicated by it | 141 | \n| CHAPTER X. | | \n| CUMBRIA and the Men of the North | 165 | \n| CHAPTER XI. | | \n| Recent Criticism of the Mythological Poems examined | 184 | \n| CHAPTER XII. | | \n| Recent Criticism of the Historical Poems examined | 208 | \n| CHAPTER XIII. | | \n| True Place of the Poems in Welsh Literature | 225 | \n| CHAPTER XIV. | | \n| Result of the Examination of the Poems, and their Classification | 242 | \nI.\nHISTORICAL POEMS CONTAINING ALLUSIONS\nTO EVENTS PRIOR TO A.D. 560.\n| | A. POEMS REFERRING TO EARLY TRADITIONS. | PAGE | \n| I. | Book of Taliessin LIV. The Reconciliation of Lludd the Less | 253 | \n| II. | Book of Taliessin XLII. Death-song of Corroi, son of Dayry | 254 | \n| III. | Book of Taliessin XL. Death-song of Erof | 255 | \n| IV. | Book of Taliessin XLI. | 256 | \n| V. | Book of Taliessin XLVI. | 257 | \n| | B. POEMS REFERRING TO ARTHUR THE GULEDIG. | | \n| VI. | Book of Taliessin XV. The Chair of the Sovereign | 259 | \n| VII. | Black Book of Caermarthen | 264 | \n| VIII. | Book of Taliessin XXX. | 261 | \n| IX. | Black Book of Caermarthen Geraint, son of Erbin | 266 | \n| \" | Red Book of Hergest XIV. | \" | \n| | C. POEMS REFERRING TO GWYDYON AP DON AND HIS GWYDDYL AND THE BRITHWYR. | | \n| X. | Book of Taliessin X. Daronwy | 269 | \n| XI. | Book of Taliessin LII. The Praise of Lludd the Great | 271 | \n| | p. viii | | \n| XII. | Book of Taliessin XIV. | 274 | \n| XIII. | Book of Taliessin viii. The Battle of Godeu | 276 | \n| XIV. | Book of Taliessin I. | 284 | \n| \" | Red Book of Hergest XXIII. | \" | \n| XV. | Book of Taliessin XLIII. Death-song of Dylan son of the Wave | 288 | \n| XVI. | Black Book of Caermarthen XXXV. | 288 | \n| XVII. | Red Book of Hergest XXII. | 290 | \n| | D. POEM REFERRING TO GWYDDNO AND GWYNN AP NUDD. | | \n| XVIII. | Black Book of Caermarthen XXXIII. | 293 | \n| | E. POEMS REFERRING TO EARLY TRADITIONS WHICH BELONG TO A LATER SCHOOL. | | \n| XIX. | Book of Taliessin XVI. The Chair of Ceridwen | 296 | \n| XX. | Book of Taliessin XLVIII. Death-song of Uthyr Pendragon | 297 | \n| XXI. | Book of Taliessin XLV. | 299 | \n| XXII. | Book of Taliessin XII. The Praise of Taliessin | 300 | \n| XXIII. | Black Book of Caermarthen XXXVIII. | 302 | \n| | F. POEMS RELATING TO CITIES OF THE CYMRY AND THEIR LEGENDARY HEROES. | | \n| XXIV. | Black Book of Caermarthen XV. | 303 | \n| XXV. | Book of Taliessin XXI. | 303 | \n| \" | Black Book of' Caermarthen | \" | \n| XXVI. | Black Book of Caermarthen VIII. | 306 | \n| XXVIII. | Book of Taliessin XXV. | 307 | \n| XXIX. | Black Book of Caermarthen XIX. The Verses of the Graves | 309 | \nII.\nHISTORICAL POEMS CONTAINING ALLUSIONS TO EVENTS SUBSEQUENT TO A.D. 560.\n| | G. POEMS REFERRING TO WAR BETWEEN SONS OF LLYWARCH HEN AND MWG MAWR DREFYDD. | | \n| XXX. | Black Book of Caermarthen XXXIX. Names of the Sons of Llywarch Hen | 319 | \n| XXXI. | Black Book of Caermarthen XXX. | 321 | \n| XXXII. | Black Book of Caermarthen XXXIV. | 325 | \n| XXXIII. | Red Book of Hergest XI. | 326 | \n| | H. POEMS RELATING TO GWALLAWG AP LLEENAWG. | | \n| XXXIV. | Black Book of Caermarthen XXXII. | 336 | \n| XXXV. | Book of Taliessin XI. | 337 | \n| XXXVI. | Book of Taliessin XXXVIII. | 338 | \n| | I. POEMS RELATING TO URIEN REGED. | | \n| XXXVII. | Red Book of Hergest XVII. | 341 | \n| XXXVIII. | Book of Taliessin XXXI. | 343 | \n| XXXIX. | Book of Taliessin XXXII. | 344 | \n| XL. | Book of Taliessin XXXIII. | 346 | \n| XLI. | Book of Taliessin XXXIV. | 348 | \n| XLII. | Book of Taliessin XXXVI. | 350 | \n| XLIII. | Book of Taliessin XXXIX. The Satisfaction of Urien | 352 | \n| XLIV. | Book of Taliessin XXXVII. The Spoils of Taliessin, a Song to Urien | 353 | \n| XLV. | Red Book of Hergest XII. | 355 | \n| | J. POEMS RELATING TO URIEN AND HIS SON OWEN. | | \n| XLVI. | Book of Taliessin XVIII. | 363 | \n| p. x | | | \n| XLVII. | Book of Taliessin XXXV. The Affair of Argoed Llwyfain | 365 | \n| XLVIII. | Book of Taliessin XLIV. Death-song of Owain | 366 | \n| | K. POEMS RELATING TO THE BATTLE OF ARDDERYD. | | \n| XLIX. | Black Book of Caermarthen I. | 368 | \n| L. | Black Book of Caermarthen XVII. | 370 | \n| | L. THE GODODIN POEMS. | | \n| LI. | Book of Aneurin I. The Gododin | 374 | \n| LII. | Book of Aneurin II. The Gorchan of Tudvwich | 410 | \n| LIII. | Book of Aneurin IV. The Gorchan of Cynvelyn | 412 | \n| LIV. | Book of Aneurin V. The Gwarchan of Maelderw | 414 | \n| LV. | Book of Taliessin XX. Song to Ale | 427 | \n| | M. POEMS RELATING TO CADWALLAWN | | \n| LVI. | Book of Taliessin XLIX. | 431 | \n| LVII. | Book of Taliessin L. | 432 | \n| LVIII. | Red Book of Hergest XV. | 433 | \n| | N. PREDICTIVE POEMS RELATING TO CADWALADYR. | | \n| LIX. | Book of Taliessin VI. The Omen of Prydein the Great | 436 | \n| LX. | Book of Taliessin XLVII. | 443 | \n| LXI. | Book of Taliessin LIII. | 444 | \n| | O. POEMS CONNECTED WITH POWYS. | | \n| LXII. | Book of Taliessin XXIII. Satire of Cynan Garwyn son of Brochwael | 447 | \n| LXIII. | Red Book of Hergest XVI. | 448 | \n| | p. xi | | \n| | P. POEMS WHICH MENTION HENRY, OR THE, SON OF HENRY. | | \n| LXIV. | Red Book of Hergest I. A Dialogue between Myrdin and his sister Gwendydd. | 462 | \n| LXV. | Red Book of Hergest II. A Fugitive Poem of Myrdin in his Grave | 478 | \n| LXVI. | Black Book of Caermarthen XVI. | 481 | \n| LXVII. | Black Book of Caermarthen XVIII. | 482 | \n| LXVIII. | Red Book of Hergest XX. | 490 | \n| LXIX. | Red Book of Hergest XIX. | 492 | \n| LXX. | Red Book of Hergest XXI. | 493 | \nIII.\nMISCELLANEOUS POEMS FROM THE BLACK BOOK OF CAERMARTHEN.\n| | Q. POEMS ATTRIBUTED TO OTHER EARLY BARDS. | | \n| LXXI. | Black Book of Caermarthen II. Meigant | 497 | \n| LXXII. | Black Book of Caermarthen III. Cuhelyn | 498 | \n| LXXIII. | Black Book of Caermarthen IV. | 500 | \n| LXXIV. | Black Book of Caermarthen XX. The Cynghogion of Elaeth | 501 | \n| LXXV. | Black Book of Caermarthen XXI. | 502 | \n| | R. ANONYMOUS POEMS ON RELIGIOUS SUBJECTS. | | \n| LXXVI. | Black Book of Caermarthen V. | 504 | \n| LXXVII. | Black Book of Caermarthen VI. | 506 | \n| LXXVIII. | Black Book of Caermarthen VII. | 506 | \n| LXXIX. | Black Book of Caermarthen IX. | 508 | \n| LXXX. | Black Book of Caermarthen X. | 510 | \n| LXXXI. | Black Book of Caermarthen XI. | 511 | \n| LXXXII. | Black Book of Caermarthen XII. | 512 | \n| p. xii | | | \n| LXXXIII. | Black Book of Caermarthen XIII. | 513 | \n| LXXXIV. | Black Book of Caermarthen XXV. | 515 | \n| LXXXV. | Black Book of Caermarthen XXIX. | 516 | \n| | S. POEMS RELATING TO YSCOLAN. | | \n| LXXXVI. | Black Book of Caermarthen XXVI. | 518 | \n| LXXXVII. | Black Book of Caermarthen XXVII. | 519 | \nIV.\nMISCELLANEOUS POEMS FROM THE BOOK OF ANEURIN.\n| | T. POEMS CONTAINING ANCIENT PROVERBS. | | \n| LXXXVIII. | Book of Aneurin III. The Gwarchan of Adebon | 522 | \nV.\nMISCELLANEOUS POEMS FROM THE BOOK OF TALIESSIN.\n| | U. POEMS RELATING TO THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF TALIESSIN. | | \n| LXXXIX. | Book of Taliessin III. The Fold of the Bards | 523 | \n| XC. | Book of Taliessin VII. Hostile Confederacy | 525 | \n| XCI. | Book of Taliessin XVII. The Chair of Taliessin | 533 | \n| XCII. | Book of Taliessin XVII. Song to the Wind | 535 | \n| XCIII. | Book of Taliessin XIX. Song to Mead | 538 | \n| XCIV. | Book of Taliessin LV. Song to the Great World | 539 | \n| | p. xiii | | \n| XCV. | Book of Taliessin LVI. Song to the Little World | 541 | \n| XCVI. | Book of Taliessin IX. Juvenile Ornaments of Taliessin | 542 | \n| XCVII. | Book of Taliessin II. The Elegy of the Thousand Sons | 545 | \n| XCVIII. | Book of Taliessin IV. The Pleasant Things of Taliessin | 550 | \n| XCIX. | Book of Taliessin V. | 552 | \n| C. | Book of Taliessin XXVII. | 557 | \n| | V. POEMS RELATING TO JEWISH HISTORY. | | \n| CI. | Book of Taliessin XXII. The Plagues of Egypt | 559 | \n| CII. | Book of Taliessin. XXIV. The Rod of Moses. | 561 | \n| CIII. | Book of Taliessin XXIX. | 563 | \n| CIV. | Book of Taliessin LI. | 564 | \n| | W. POEMS RELATING TO ALEXANDER THE GREAT. | | \n| CV. | Book of Taliessin XXVI. The Contrived World | 566 | \n| CVI. | Book of Taliessin XXVIII | 567 | \nVI.\nMISCELLANEOUS POEMS FROM THE RED BOOK OF HERGEST.\n| | X. POEMS ATTRIBUTED TO LLYWARCH HEN. | | \n| CVII. | Red Book of Hergest V. | 569 | \n| CVIII. | Red Book of Hergest VI. | 571 | \n| CIX. | Red Book of Hergest VII. | 573 | \n| | p. xiv | | \n| CX. | Red Book of Hergest VIII. | 574 | \n| CXI. | Red Book of Hergest IX. | 576 | \n| CXII. | Red Book of Hergest X. | 580 | \n| CXIII. | Red Book of Hergest XIII. | 584 | \n| | Y. POEMS BEGINNING \"EIRY MYNYD.\" | | \n| CXIV. | Red Book of Hergest IV. | 586 | \n| CXV. | Red Book of Hergest III. | 590 | \n| | Z. POEMS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS. | | \n| CXVI. | Red Book of Hergest XVIII. | 595 | \n| CXVII. | Red Book of Hergest XXIV. The Viaticum of Llevoed Wynebglawr | 596 | \n| Map of Prydyn or Y Gogled | To face page 1 |","title":"Four Ancient Books of Wales: Contents","type":"page"}