The Dream of Rhonabwy

Breuddwyd Rhonabwy [' breiðuid ŗo'nabui ] (" Rhonabwys dream " ) is the title of a satirical story that originated in the 12th or 13th century and in Llyfr Coch Hergest ( " The Red Book of Hergest " ) is included.

Content

King Madawg fab Maredudd of Powys emits Rhonabwy so this Iorwerth, the rebellious brother Madawgs, find and bring to the King. Together with two companions, the eponymous hero spends the night in a dirty little hostel.

As Rhonabwy asleep on a yellow calfskin - a yellow coat should be able to induce prophetic dreams - it is set in a dream in the age of Emperor Arthur. This has pitched his camp on the banks of the Severn, where Rhonabwy and his two companions are brought. The Dreamer, where he met the famous knights Cei fab Cynyr, Owein fab Urien, Morfran, March fab Meirchiawn, Gwrhyr Gwalstawd Ieithoedd, Caradawg Freichfras, Gwalchmei fab Gwyar and some others. He looks at Arthur and Owein gwyddbwyll: to-play, simultaneously find a battle of their troops instead of emanating depending on the outcome of the game ( Old Irish fidchell = " wood - sense" ).

The army upgraded to a military expedition to Cornwall and the resulting noise wakes Rhonabwy.

In the military campaign it should be the preparation for a battle against the Saxons or to the mythical battle of Camlann, finds the Death of Arthur.

Notes

This story is the latest traditional Arthurian story from Wales. Rhonabwys dream plays on two levels, in the Kingdom of Powys 12-13. Century, a time of political and economic decline and in the "golden " age of Arthur, who is here called emperor. A previously not mentioned lower social class is found in this story, a small farmer as Heilyn the Red had never been mentioned in Arthurian time as host in an announcement. Even the mention of the call of nature ( ... that it would not have been easy to go out to relieve oneself ... ) has never taken place in the earlier stories. However, Arthur is not here yet, the all-illuminating central figure, but, equally with his game opponents Owein. The glamorous description of the court of Arthur with the detailed description of all the famous hero is the deliberate counterpart to the poverty of the (then ) present.