#cadgoddeu

[bremont]

Taliesin's Battle Of The Trees

[oldenglishpoetry]

A look inside Graves's The White Goddess. I had not heard of this book until recently, but it ended up being a linchpin of influences. Composer John Williams has quoted it in an interview, and it is in fact where he got the text for "Duel of the Fates", a Welsh poem called "Cad Goddeu" or "Battle of the Trees" (but translated to Sanskrit for the musical piece). #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #robertgraves #thewhitegoddess #cadgoddeu #battleofthetrees #duelofthefates #johnwilliams #johnwilliamsmusic #starwars #poetry #mythology #welshmythology #literarystudies @fsgbooks (at Nashville, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtipodJgDgg/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=yljawyf158n1