Brân the Blessed (Welsh: Bendigeidfran or Brân Fendigaidd, literally "Blessed Crow") is a giant and king of Britain in Welsh mythology. He appears in...
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Corbenic (redirect from The Grail Castle)
case for the origins of the name Corbenic in a myth concerning a type of Welsh cornucopia – to wit, the horn (of plenty) of Brân the Blessed, a magical...
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'Land of Brân', which in Welsh designates the northeast of Wales. Abutting on the 'Land of Brân' was the 'Retreat of Gwri' (now known as the Wirral peninsula)...
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found in it. The Horn of Brân Galed from the North (Corn Brân Galed o'r Gogledd): whatever drink might be wished for was found in it. The Chariot of Morgan...
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Manawydan (section The Mabinogi)
mythology, the son of Llŷr and the brother of Brân the Blessed and Brânwen. The first element in his name is cognate with the stem of the name of the Irish...
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Rhiannon Afallach Amaethon Arawn - king of the otherworld realm of Annwn Beli Mawr Bladud Bendigeidfran (Brân the Blessed) Culhwch Dylan ail Don Efnysien Euroswydd...
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Welsh mythology (redirect from The Dream of Macsen Wledig)
message to Brân, who goes to war against Matholwch. His army crosses the Irish Sea in ships, but Brân is so huge that he wades across. The Irish offer...
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Celtic mythology (redirect from The stories of the Celtic religion)
appear in the Four Branches of the Mabinogi, especially in the names of several characters, such as Rhiannon, Teyrnon, and Brân the Blessed (Bendigeidfran...
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Cock Robin (redirect from Who killed Cock Robin? - I said the sparrow)
a nod to the belief that souls became birds after death). The sparrow who kills him with "my bow and arrow" represents Brân the Blessed – the god of winter...
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mythology, the son of Penarddun and Euroswydd and twin brother of Efnysien. He appears in the Second Branch of the Mabinogi, which names Brân the Blessed, Branwen...
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