The Mabinogion, Guest’s 1877 edition
Enchanted Dyved
A thunderstorm and thick mist cover the company at Narberth. When the light returns, houses, herds, smoke and people have vanished, leaving the four companions alone. Llwyd later explains that the charm was revenge for Gwawl’s humiliation. Once Manawyddan obtains its removal, the land is again tilled, inhabited and full of herds.
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Principal account
LiteraryA thunderstorm and thick mist cover the company at Narberth. When the light returns, houses, herds, smoke and people have vanished, leaving the four companions alone.
Further detail
LiteraryLlwyd later explains that the charm was revenge for Gwawl’s humiliation. Once Manawyddan obtains its removal, the land is again tilled, inhabited and full of herds.
Context & interpretation
This entry follows the narrative in Charlotte Guest’s 1877 collection, including its particular spellings and arrangement of tales. Characters, enchantments and explanations of place names are presented as features of these stories; the translation alone does not establish their historical reality or a single original religious meaning.
Original passages
Source 1
The Mabinogion
and dwellings, they saw nothing now, neither house, nor beast, nor smoke, nor fire, nor man, nor dwelling ; but the houses of the Court empty, and desert,Open this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: The Mabinogion, Guest’s 1877 edition; active reader leaf 424
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- IMJ-0240-E001
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- IMJ-0240-E001-P0424
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- 425
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Source 2
The Mabinogion
And when he looked he saw all the lands tilled, and full of herds and dwellings. "What bondage," he inquired, "has there been upon Pryderi and Rhiannon ?"Open this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: The Mabinogion, Guest’s 1877 edition; active reader leaf 435
Exact passage checked against active scan text and original-leaf mapping; scan line breaks normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0240-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0240-E001-P0435
- Original scan leaf
- 436
- Recorded leaf number
- 436
- Current Reader position
- 427
- Reader verification
- Source-preserving update confirmed