Walisi triads

As Walisi triads (Walisisch: Trioedd Ynys Prydein) one designates collections more medievally Dreizeiler, in those a majority that walisischen folklore and walisischen literature remained preserved. The Walisi triads contain of references to king Artus, Rhydderch Hael, in addition, historical personalities like that bretonischen duke Alain IV., called Alan Ffyrgan.

The triads come from the walisischen Barden or poets, it as mnemonic Assistance during the drawing up of its poems and stories began, and later to one rhetorical Style means of the walisischen literature became. The medieval walisische narration "Culhwch and Olwen" (see Mabinogion) is well-known because of the triads contained in it.

Remained collection of walisischer triads finds one receives the oldest in that Manuscript Peniarth 16, itself now in the walisischen national library (National LIBRARY OF Wales) finds, and on the third quarter of the 13. Century one dates. It contains 46 of the 86 triads, of Rachel bromine-yielded were given change. Other important manuscripts are in Peniarth 45 (from the time around 1275) as well as in the pair The White Book OF Rhydderch (Walisisch: Llyfr Gwyn Rhydderch) and The talk Book OF Hergest (Walisisch: Llyfr Coch Hergest), the one commentated version together have, from the Peniarth collections differs clearly.

Literature

• Rachel bromine-yielded (Hg and translators): Trioedd Ynys Prydein: The Welsh Triads. Cardiff: University OF Wales press, 1978. ISBN 0-7083-0690-X