Celtic and Arthurian Works Online and other links of interest to Arthurians

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Y Gododdin - sixth century elegies by the poet Aneirin for the slain at the battle of Catraeth, including the earliest known reference to Arthur (referring to a warrior as brave but "no Arthur") but no information on him.

http://camelot.celtic-twilight.com/poetry/aneirin10.htm


The Historia Brittonum, an 8th century British Latin compilation attributed to Nennius, contains the first information about Arthur (some historical context, a list of battles, and references to folk traditions about his son Amr, whom he killed, and his hunting dog Caball).

 http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/nennius-full.html


The Mabinogion, a compilation of Welsh stories including the oldest full Arthurian narrative, Culhwch and Olwen, as well as the Dream of Rhonabwy and the romances of Owain, Peredur and Gereint.  

http://www.cyberphile.co.uk/~taff/taffnet/mabinogion/mabinogion.htm


The Welsh Triads - fragments of Welsh myth and legend arranged in threes, many of which feature Arthur.

http://camelot.celtic-twilight.com/triads/


The Spoils of Annwn - a poem attributed to Taliesin about a raid by Arthur on the Otherworld.

http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/preideu.html


Pa Gur - another Wesh poem about Arthur, Cei and some of their deeds. 

http://bsc.edu/~arthur/pagur.html


Arthurian passages from the History of the Kings of Britain by Geoffrey of Monmouth. Geoffrey popularised Arthur for a wider continental audience, marking the end of his purely insular development.

http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/geofhkb.htm


Compiled from a post to Arthurnet by Patrick Brown

More Links from Celtic Twilight:

Gildas' de Excidio
Nennius' Historia Brittonum
Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Brittannia
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 
Annales Cambriae
Welsh Triads
William of Malmesbury's Chronicle of the Kings of England
Chretien de Troyes' Arthurian Romances
The Mabinogion
Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur(Caxton)
Malory's le Morte D'Arthur--Caxton myddes Englysshe
Bulfinch's King Arthur and the Age of Chivalry
Perlevaus, or The High History of the Holy Grail
Quest of the Holy Grail
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (original language version)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Weston version)
Gyngalyn, Sir Libeaus Desconus (Weston translation) 
Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Howard Pyle's The Story of King Arthur and His Knights
Henry Gilbert's King Arthur's Knights Retold for Girls and Boys
TEAMS Resources


Has King Arthur been discovered at Tintagel?


The Bokewyrm's Guide to Medieval Studies on the Internet

http://home.att.net/~bokewyrm/


Teaching the Legend of King Arthur in the Twenty-first Century: A Basic Reference Guide

http://home.att.net/~torregrossa/


The Camelot Project

Arthuriana. (NOTE: An earlier Arthurian newsletter--Quondam et Futurus--was combined with the journal Arthurian Interpretations to become Quondam et Futurus: A Journal of Arthurian Interpretations. Arthuriana has replaced these earlier publications and is now the official journal of the North American Branch of the International Arthurian Society.)

Arthurian Resources on the Internet: An Annotated Guide by John Doherty

The Camelot Courier Online, edited by Michael Rewa.

The Charrette Project

The Labyrinth

NetSerf

Yale MS 229, Prose Lancelot

Early British Kingdoms

Early Medieval Resources for Britain, Ireland and Brittany

The Saxon Shore

Britannia's King Arthur 

 

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