mabinogion

The story

1. Welsh · derived frommabinogi
2. Welsh · derived fromMabinogi“instruction for young bards”
3. English todayMabinogion

From Welsh Mabinogi (“instruction for young bards”), coined by the Welsh grammarian William Owen Pughe in 1795. The name originated from mabynnogyon, which occurs at the end of one of the four branches, and is now considered to have been a scribal error, mistaken as the plural for Welsh mabinogi, which is already plural, derived in an unclear manner from mab (“son, boy”).

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