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Pwyll and the Hounds around the Stag
A mounted hunter raises a long spear beside a stag surrounded by hounds. Their pale and dark bodies overlap against dense woodland. The opening paragraphs of Pwyll Prince of Dyved describe the hunt and Pwyll’s encounter with the unfamiliar hounds of Arawn.
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Illustrator not identified. "Pwyll and the Hounds around the Stag" [editorial title]. In The Mabinogion, Anonymous; translated by Lady Charlotte Guest. Second edition, Bernard Quaritch, 1877; English translation with notes, 1877, Bernard Quaritch. Source scan leaf 365. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0240-0364
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Illustrator not identified. Pwyll and the Hounds around the Stag. The Mabinogion. Scan leaf 365. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0240-0364