The Mabinogion

The Mabinogion are the earliest British prose stories and belong to the Matter of Britain. The stories were compiled in Middle Welsh in the 12th–13th centuries from earlier oral traditions. There are two main source manuscripts, created c. 1350–1410, as well as a few earlier fragments. The Mabinogion as a collection also refers to seven other stories: The Dream of Macsen Wledig; Llud and Llefelys; Culhwch and Olwen; The Dream of Rhonabwy; and three Arthurian adventures called The Lady of the Fountain, Peredur and Geraint and Enid. Perhaps the most significant cultural source of these stories comes from The Mabinogion, a collection of 11 tales dating prior to the Middle Ages.