Welsh
The medieval prose tales of Wales — the Four Branches of the Mabinogi and their companions, carrying older Celtic myth in Middle Welsh dress.
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Home of the gods. Elysium, Avalon, earthly par 1 Culture hero asleep in mountain 1 Culture hero's (divinity's) expected return. D 1 Monster cat devastates country 1 Monster cat born of a pig 1 Salmon as oldest and wisest of animals 1 Magic bird's song. Brings joy and oblivion for 1 Magic salmon carries hero over water 1 Breath of magic horse blows off or sucks in th 1 Wedding of frog and mouse. ("Frog went a-court 1 Bird as messenger 1 Helpful horse 1 Tabu: opening bag too soon 1 Name tabu: prohibition against uttering the na 1 Forbidden chamber. Person allowed to enter all 1 Kings exchange forms and kingdoms for a year 1 Transformation: man to boar 1 Transformation: man to mouse 1 Transformation: man to eagle 1 Transformation: man to owl. (Cf. A1710, A1958) 1 Transformation combat. Fight between contestan 1 Transformation to defeat enemies. (Cf. D615.) 1 Transformation to husband's (lover's) form to 1 Magic cauldron received from lake spirit. (Cf. 1 Magic storm 1 Magic head 1 Food supplied by magic. Most of the references 1 Boots produced by magic 1 Sword of magic origin 1 Magic spear-head 1