2.9 The Fisher King's Question
11/10/20 • 36 min
The Mabinogion tale of Peredur contains a version of the famous grail scene that so fascinated medieval audiences across Europe. But in a Welsh context, this scene has several other meanings, just as profound and just as pertinent to the study of Celtic storytelling.
The Mabinogion tale of Peredur contains a version of the famous grail scene that so fascinated medieval audiences across Europe. But in a Welsh context, this scene has several other meanings, just as profound and just as pertinent to the study of Celtic storytelling.
Previous Episode
2.8 Contemplating the Goddess in Welsh Story
In this first talk on the Mabinogion romance of Peredur we see how symbolic colours and martial arts witches give the hero a brief respite from his constant fighting.
Next Episode
15. Were the Welsh bards shamans?
This is a question that arises quite often on the courses, and in this last episode of Series 2 I've compiled two answers I gave recently to this quite complex question.
If you like this episode you’ll love
Episode Comments
Generate a badge
Get a badge for your website that links back to this episode
<a href="https://goodpods.com/podcasts/celtic-source-73722/29-the-fisher-kings-question-9795801"> <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/goodpods-images-bucket/badges/generic-badge-1.svg" alt="listen to 2.9 the fisher king's question on goodpods" style="width: 225px" /> </a>
Copy