Entertainment / Literature / Mabinogi: (Welsh, 'Four Branches') The four branches or four parts of The Mabinogion, a medieval collection of Welsh myths and legends important in Celtic studies generally and in Arthurian legends more specifically.
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Entertainment / Literature / Tynged: A magical taboo or restriction placed on a hero in Welsh literature, the Welsh equivalent to the Irish geasa. One example from The Mabinogion would be how Culwch's mother places a 'destiny' on him so MORE
Business / Finance / Branch: An operation in a foreign country incorporated in the home country. MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Compert: (pluralcomperta): Specifically, birth-tales in Old Irish literature that detail the conception and birth of a hero. Examples include the Compert Con Culainn (Birth of C???? Chulainn). Usually supernat MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Rash Boon: A motif in folklore and in Celtic and Arthurian literature in which an individual too hastily promises to fulfill another character's request without hearing exactly what that request is. For instance MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Celtic Revival: A literary movement involving increased interest in Welsh, Scottish, and Irish culture, myths, legends, and literature.. It began in the late 1700s and continues to this day. Thomas Gray's Pindaric od MORE