Owain mab Urien

Owein fab Urien [' Owein va ː b' irjen ], Owain mab Urien also, is the name of a historical / legendary king in Welsh mythology.

History and Mythology

Owein fab Urien was the son of King Urien Rheged from. One of the oldest traditional elegies in Kymrischer language was written for him and the poet Taliesin attributed. It describes Oweins victory over his opponent Fflamddwyn.

In English translation:

After his father's death he took over the kingship of Rheged, but was killed after a short reign in a battle. Thus ended the independence of Rheged.

Owein is also a character from the cycle of legends of King Arthur, he is in the mittelkymrischen stories Breuddwyd Rhonabwy ( " Rhonabwys Dream" ), Peredur fab Efrawg ( " Peredur, Efrawgs son " ), and especially in Iarlles y Ffynnawn ( "Mistress of the source " ) as the main source for action figure.

The Welsh mythological figures Owein fab Urien occurs in Chrétien de Troyes in his old French verse romance Yvain ou Le Chevalier au lion as Yvain on; this work was translated into Middle High German by Hartmann von Aue under the title Iwein.