- Brân the
Blessed (Welsh:
Bendigeidfran or Brân Fendigaidd,
literally "Blessed Crow") is a
giant and king of
Britain in
Welsh mythology. He
appears in...
- marriage.
Bendigeidfran agrees to this, but
during a
feast to
celebrate the betrothal, Efnisien, a half-brother of
Branwen and
Bendigeidfran,
arrives and...
- the Mabinogi, the tale of
Branwen ferch Llŷr. The
story opens with
Bendigeidfran (Bran the Blessed),
giant and king of Britain,
sitting on a rock by...
- Patrick, 'The
Submission of
Irish Kings in Fact and Fiction:
Henry II,
Bendigeidfran, and the
dating of the Four
Branches of the Mabinogi',
Cambridge Medieval...
- the four
branches of the Mabinogi. It
concerns the
children of Llŷr;
Bendigeidfran (literally "Brân the Blessed"), high king of Britain, and his siblings...
- ships, but
Bendigeidfrân is so huge he
wades across. The
Irish offer to make
peace and
build a
house big
enough to
entertain Bendigeidfrân but hang a...
-
several characters, such as Rhiannon, Teyrnon, and Brân the
Blessed (
Bendigeidfran, "Bran [Crow] the Blessed").
Other characters, in all likelihood, derive...
-
survive to
return home with Branwen,
taking with them the
severed head of
Bendigeidfran. On
landing in
Wales at Aber Alaw in Anglesey,
Branwen dies of grief...
-
Arawn Arianrhod Arthur Afallach Beli Mawr
Bleiddwn Blodeuwedd Bedwyr Bendigeidfran Branwen Cai
Caradog ap Bran
Caswallawn Ceridwen Cigfa Creiddylad Culhwch...
- Lir, the
patronym of the sea-god Manannán
Jones &
Jones 1993, p. 21: "
Bendigeidfran son of Llŷr was
crowned king. His two
brothers on the mother's side...
