#mabinogian

[priestess-of-sarnath]

[ancestorsalive]

Sandstone Mother Goddess in high backed throne, from Iron Age Wales. She is holding a round native wild crab apple (Malus sylvestris) in one hand, with a pine branch (Pinus sylvestris) in the other. Her identity cannot be certain but she may be Modron, so ancient she was nearly forgotten even to the Mabinogian which names her in passing as the mother of Arthur's knight and hero Mabon ("Youth"), while a few other fragmentary documents give at least her name. Modron's consort, the father of Mabon, was Melit ("Lightning") not otherwise attested but likely the British Celtic version of Gallo-Celtic god Loucetios ("Lightning") whose consort was Nemetona ("She Is A Sacred Grove"), similar to Jupiter and Juno. Another old text identifies her with the supernatural Washer by the Ford, daughter of Afallach, and mother of twins, a boy Owain who became a Knight of the Round Table, and a girl Morfudd who is the same as Olwen the mother of the Britonic poet Talieson. Wherever she set her foot, white flowers (eirlys aka snowdrops) erupted from the ground. A Roman text says she was known as Dea Matrona. She may have been one of the Matronae which were worshipped as a trio of matrons who were variously shown with baskets offruit, loaves of bread, or fostering babies. At Hadrian's Wall was a shrine to Matrona and Maponos, the same as Modron and Mabon. The Romans identified Maponos with Apollo, so the Washer by the Ford legend of her birthing twins might well be Apollo-like Owain and Artemis-like Morfudd/Olwen, leaving us to conclude Modron/Matrona was the same as Leto Greek goddess of moon and sun, and her origin was in turn in the Arabian Sun-mother Allatu.

~ Jessica Amanda Salmonson

[socratitillated]

I’m halfway through the Mabinogion and can we go back to Pryderi, Manawydan, Rhiannon, Kigva and their roadtrip shenanigans. Math Son of Mathonwy was the....least enjoyable so far. Though, I’m on How Culchwch Won Olwen and I’m excited for Arthur’s first appearance in Welsh lore.

[wildgeraniumkisser]

Okay y'all, I've got a new favorite novel

[becausedragonage]

Has anyone else read and loved these books by Evangeline Walton? Is anyone else pissed that she isn’t widely considered one of the great names of fantasy writing by the general reading public? 

I just remembered I have the books and that they might be super-duper useful to me as I try to get into rewrite mode for my draft. I also just want a rollicking good read with some totally wild shit in it. 

For anyone who hasn’t read these books, READ THEM. They’re based on the oldest prose stories in British literature (but remember they’re Welsh, not of the English!). If you can’t find an ebook version at your local library, Amazon has the entire tetralogy as an ebook for around $10. 

[clovenking]

mabinogian replied to your photo: damn wanted circe but i’ll take it man, more golds...

If kenken rolls everything you want, and you rolled okita, her dream servant, does that mean she’s gonna roll Solomon

shut ur fuck up dont curse me like this

[nordiixa-blog]

mabinogian replied to your post: IT’S ORRIE’S FACE!

ORRIE YOURE SO BEAUTIFUL!! Your eyes are so pretty and your skin looks so soft!! Tell me your secrets to such beauty!

{ Thank you !!! You’ve gotta MOISTURIZE, MOISTURIZE, MOISTURIZE! SKIN CARE IS ESSENTIAL!

[rexgiinc-a-blog]

"scare people off," SORA YOU ARE SO SOFT?? DIES

Do I scare people away??? [ACCEPTING]

@mabinogian 

((Hhhhhhhh Tribal omg ;w;

((-glomps you and hugs you- Thanks so much for sending this in AGH. I know I make people uncomfortable prolly but seeing this from you means a lot to me, really.

((I’m crying, I’m dying, AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA