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2,936 links between entities and the sources that attest them, with evidence type and passage-level notes. The primary evidence layer: every entity classification traces to at least one record here.

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{'description': 'e.g. Direct attestation, Secondary analysis, Epigraphic, Numismatic'}
source_note
{'description': 'Specific passage citations and notes on how this source attests the entity'}

38 rows where source_id = "SRC_MABINOGION"

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ENT_WEL_AMAETHON,SRC_MABINOGION,direct attestation Amaethon ENT_WEL_AMAETHON The Mabinogion SRC_MABINOGION direct attestation Named in the Mabinogion (the Four Branches / Culhwch / Hanes Taliesin).
ENT_WEL_ANNWN,SRC_MABINOGION,direct attestation Annwn ENT_WEL_ANNWN The Mabinogion SRC_MABINOGION direct attestation First Branch: Annwn is the Otherworld ruled by Arawn; described as a realm with its own court, hunting, feasting, and political conflicts; its animals (white hounds with red-tipped ears) are immediately recognizable as Otherworldly; Pwyll enters Annwn and returns changed; the primary text establishing Annwn as a named Welsh Otherworld realm
ENT_WEL_ARANRHOD,SRC_MABINOGION,direct attestation Aranrhod ENT_WEL_ARANRHOD The Mabinogion SRC_MABINOGION direct attestation Fourth Branch: Aranrhod steps over Math's wand to prove her virginity; two children fall from her; one becomes Dylan, one becomes Lleu; she refuses to acknowledge Lleu and places three tyngedau on him out of shame; the only character in the Mabinogion who actively and persistently curses her own child; primary attestation
ENT_WEL_ARAWN,SRC_MABINOGION,direct attestation Arawn ENT_WEL_ARAWN The Mabinogion SRC_MABINOGION direct attestation First Branch: Arawn king of Annwn encounters Pwyll hunting; proposes a year-long exchange; his rival Hafgan can only be killed with a single blow (a second blow resurrects him); the First Branch is the primary ancient text for Arawn as a named Otherworld ruler
ENT_WEL_BLODEUWEDD,SRC_MABINOGION,direct attestation Blodeuwedd ENT_WEL_BLODEUWEDD The Mabinogion SRC_MABINOGION direct attestation Fourth Branch: created by Gwydion and Math "from the blossoms of the oak, and the blossoms of the broom, and the blossoms of the meadowsweet" (Sioned Davies translation); her infidelity with Gronw Pebyr and engineering of Lleu's death; her punishment (transformation into an owl, forbidden from daylight, shunned by all birds); the most detailed and complex female character in the Four Branches; primary attestation
ENT_WEL_BRAN,SRC_MABINOGION,direct attestation Brân the Blessed ENT_WEL_BRAN The Mabinogion SRC_MABINOGION direct attestation Second Branch (Branwen ferch Llŷr): Bran is the narrative's dominant figure; he gives the Cauldron of Rebirth to Matholwch; leads the invasion of Ireland; is mortally wounded by the poisoned spear of Llassar; commands his head to be carried to Gwales for 87 years of speaking/feasting; the text is the primary source for the Welsh sacred-head tradition and the divine giant-king figure
ENT_WEL_BRANWEN,SRC_MABINOGION,direct attestation Branwen ENT_WEL_BRANWEN The Mabinogion SRC_MABINOGION direct attestation Second Branch (Branwen ferch Llŷr): the branch is named after Branwen; she is given to Matholwch of Ireland; subjected to humiliation in the Irish kitchen; trains a starling; dies of grief at the Alaw river saying "woe that I was ever born"; the primary text for this tragic figure; one of the "Three Fortunate Concealments of the Island of Britain" is the head of Brân she supervises
ENT_WEL_CERIDWEN,SRC_MABINOGION,direct attestation Ceridwen ENT_WEL_CERIDWEN The Mabinogion SRC_MABINOGION direct attestation Named in the Mabinogion (the Four Branches / Culhwch / Hanes Taliesin).
ENT_WEL_CREIDDYLAD,SRC_MABINOGION,direct attestation Creiddylad ENT_WEL_CREIDDYLAD The Mabinogion SRC_MABINOGION direct attestation Named in the Mabinogion (the Four Branches / Culhwch / Hanes Taliesin).
ENT_WEL_CREIRWY,SRC_MABINOGION,direct attestation Creirwy ENT_WEL_CREIRWY The Mabinogion SRC_MABINOGION direct attestation Named in the Mabinogion (the Four Branches / Culhwch / Hanes Taliesin).
ENT_WEL_DON,SRC_MABINOGION,direct attestation Dôn ENT_WEL_DON The Mabinogion SRC_MABINOGION direct attestation Fourth Branch: Dôn is mentioned only as the mother of the divine family — Gwydion fab Dôn, Arianrhod ferch Dôn, Gilfaethwy fab Dôn — but her name anchors the Welsh divine order's divine matrilineal descent structure; the "Children of Dôn" constitute the Welsh mythological divine family parallel to Ireland's Tuatha Dé Danann ("Tribes of the Goddess Danu")
ENT_WEL_DYLAN,SRC_MABINOGION,direct attestation Dylan ail Don ENT_WEL_DYLAN The Mabinogion SRC_MABINOGION direct attestation Named in the Mabinogion (the Four Branches / Culhwch / Hanes Taliesin).
ENT_WEL_EFNYSIEN,SRC_MABINOGION,direct attestation Efnysien ENT_WEL_EFNYSIEN The Mabinogion SRC_MABINOGION direct attestation Named in the Mabinogion (the Four Branches / Culhwch / Hanes Taliesin).
ENT_WEL_EUROSWYDD,SRC_MABINOGION,direct attestation Euroswydd ENT_WEL_EUROSWYDD The Mabinogion SRC_MABINOGION direct attestation Named in the Mabinogion (the Four Branches / Culhwch / Hanes Taliesin).
ENT_WEL_GILFAETHWY,SRC_MABINOGION,direct attestation Gilfaethwy ENT_WEL_GILFAETHWY The Mabinogion SRC_MABINOGION direct attestation Named in the Mabinogion (the Four Branches / Culhwch / Hanes Taliesin).
ENT_WEL_GOFANNON,SRC_MABINOGION,direct attestation Gofannon ENT_WEL_GOFANNON The Mabinogion SRC_MABINOGION direct attestation Named in the Mabinogion (the Four Branches / Culhwch / Hanes Taliesin).
ENT_WEL_GWYDION,SRC_MABINOGION,direct attestation Gwydion ENT_WEL_GWYDION The Mabinogion SRC_MABINOGION direct attestation Fourth Branch: Gwydion is the most active character; he tricks Pryderi, engineers the violation of Math's foot-holder, protects and names Lleu, creates Blodeuwedd, retrieves Lleu from eagle-form and restores him; he is the narrative's trickster-magician whose actions drive every turn of the plot; primary attestation for this figure
ENT_WEL_GWYN_AP_NUDD,SRC_MABINOGION,direct attestation Gwyn ap Nudd ENT_WEL_GWYN_AP_NUDD The Mabinogion SRC_MABINOGION direct attestation Culhwch ac Olwen: Arthur must recruit Gwyn ap Nudd for the hunt of Twrch Trwyth because only Gwyn can control the demonic boar; Gwyn is described as holding the power of the demons of Annwn lest they destroy the present world; he fights Gwythyr every May Day for Creiddylad; primary Mabinogion attestation
ENT_WEL_GWYTHYR,SRC_MABINOGION,direct attestation Gwythyr ENT_WEL_GWYTHYR The Mabinogion SRC_MABINOGION direct attestation Named in the Mabinogion (the Four Branches / Culhwch / Hanes Taliesin).
ENT_WEL_HAFGAN,SRC_MABINOGION,direct attestation Hafgan ENT_WEL_HAFGAN The Mabinogion SRC_MABINOGION direct attestation Named in the Mabinogion (the Four Branches / Culhwch / Hanes Taliesin).
ENT_WEL_LLEU_LLAW_GYFFES,SRC_MABINOGION,direct attestation Lleu Llaw Gyffes ENT_WEL_LLEU_LLAW_GYFFES The Mabinogion SRC_MABINOGION direct attestation Fourth Branch: Lleu's story is the climax; three tyngedau from Aranrhod, each circumvented by Gwydion; his marriage to Blodeuwedd; his unique vulnerability (the only spear made only while mass is being said for a year; must be standing with one foot on a goat and one in a bathtub); transformed into an eagle when struck; rescued and restored; the primary text for the Welsh solar-hero tradition and the Lugh/Lugus cognate
ENT_WEL_LLUDD,SRC_MABINOGION,direct attestation Lludd Llaw Eraint ENT_WEL_LLUDD The Mabinogion SRC_MABINOGION direct attestation Named in the Mabinogion (the Four Branches / Culhwch / Hanes Taliesin).
ENT_WEL_LLWYD,SRC_MABINOGION,direct attestation Llwyd ap Cil Coed ENT_WEL_LLWYD The Mabinogion SRC_MABINOGION direct attestation Named in the Mabinogion (the Four Branches / Culhwch / Hanes Taliesin).
ENT_WEL_LLYR,SRC_MABINOGION,direct attestation Llŷr ENT_WEL_LLYR The Mabinogion SRC_MABINOGION direct attestation Named in the Mabinogion (the Four Branches / Culhwch / Hanes Taliesin).
ENT_WEL_MABON,SRC_MABINOGION,direct attestation Mabon ap Modron ENT_WEL_MABON The Mabinogion SRC_MABINOGION direct attestation Named in the Mabinogion (the Four Branches / Culhwch / Hanes Taliesin).
ENT_WEL_MANAWYDAN,SRC_MABINOGION,direct attestation Manawydan ENT_WEL_MANAWYDAN The Mabinogion SRC_MABINOGION direct attestation Second and Third Branch: Second: travels to Ireland with Bran's retinue; Third: the branch is titled after him (Manawydan fab Llŷr); he and Pryderi find the enchanted castle and Pryderi is trapped; Manawydan patiently learns crafts (saddle-making, shoemaking, shielding) and finally catches the enchanter Llwyd and forces him to lift the enchantment; the primary medieval Welsh text for this figure
ENT_WEL_MATH,SRC_MABINOGION,direct attestation Math fab Mathonwy ENT_WEL_MATH The Mabinogion SRC_MABINOGION direct attestation Fourth Branch (Math fab Mathonwy): Math's taboo drives the plot; he transforms his nephews as punishment; co-creates Blodeuwedd with Gwydion; creates Lleu's arms and name by tricking Aranrhod; the lord of Gwynedd who embodies sovereign magic in the Fourth Branch; primary attestation
ENT_WEL_MODRON,SRC_MABINOGION,direct attestation Modron ENT_WEL_MODRON The Mabinogion SRC_MABINOGION direct attestation Named in the Mabinogion (the Four Branches / Culhwch / Hanes Taliesin).
ENT_WEL_MORFRAN,SRC_MABINOGION,direct attestation Morfran ENT_WEL_MORFRAN The Mabinogion SRC_MABINOGION direct attestation Named in the Mabinogion (the Four Branches / Culhwch / Hanes Taliesin).
ENT_WEL_NISIEN,SRC_MABINOGION,direct attestation Nisien ENT_WEL_NISIEN The Mabinogion SRC_MABINOGION direct attestation Named in the Mabinogion (the Four Branches / Culhwch / Hanes Taliesin).
ENT_WEL_OLWEN,SRC_MABINOGION,direct attestation Olwen ENT_WEL_OLWEN The Mabinogion SRC_MABINOGION direct attestation Named in the Mabinogion (the Four Branches / Culhwch / Hanes Taliesin).
ENT_WEL_PENARDDUN,SRC_MABINOGION,direct attestation Penarddun ENT_WEL_PENARDDUN The Mabinogion SRC_MABINOGION direct attestation Named in the Mabinogion (the Four Branches / Culhwch / Hanes Taliesin).
ENT_WEL_PRYDERI,SRC_MABINOGION,direct attestation Pryderi ENT_WEL_PRYDERI The Mabinogion SRC_MABINOGION direct attestation First through Fourth Branch: the only character present in all four branches; his birth (First Branch), maturity and marriage (Second Branch), enchantment and rescue of Dyfed (Third Branch), and death at Gwydion's hands (Fourth Branch) span the entire Mabinogi; the most extensively attested Welsh mythological character
ENT_WEL_PWYLL,SRC_MABINOGION,direct attestation Pwyll ENT_WEL_PWYLL The Mabinogion SRC_MABINOGION direct attestation First Branch (Pwyll Pendefig Dyfed): the narrative is named after him; his exchange with Arawn establishes the Otherworld as a parallel realm with political structure; he earns the title Pen Annwn; his marriage to Rhiannon and the birth of Pryderi constitute the branch's narrative arc; primary attestation
ENT_WEL_RHIANNON,SRC_MABINOGION,direct attestation Rhiannon ENT_WEL_RHIANNON The Mabinogion SRC_MABINOGION direct attestation First Branch (Pwyll Pendefig Dyfed): Rhiannon first appears riding an impossibly fast white horse; Pwyll woos her; she is accused of infanticide and punished; her birds are specified as having power over sleep and waking; Third Branch: she marries Manawydan after Pwyll's death; the primary text for the sovereignty-goddess / magical-horsewoman tradition in Welsh mythology
ENT_WEL_TEGID_FOEL,SRC_MABINOGION,direct attestation Tegid Foel ENT_WEL_TEGID_FOEL The Mabinogion SRC_MABINOGION direct attestation Named in the Mabinogion (the Four Branches / Culhwch / Hanes Taliesin).
ENT_WEL_TEYRNON,SRC_MABINOGION,direct attestation Teyrnon ENT_WEL_TEYRNON The Mabinogion SRC_MABINOGION direct attestation Named in the Mabinogion (the Four Branches / Culhwch / Hanes Taliesin).
ENT_WEL_YSBADDADEN,SRC_MABINOGION,direct attestation Ysbaddaden ENT_WEL_YSBADDADEN The Mabinogion SRC_MABINOGION direct attestation Named in the Mabinogion (the Four Branches / Culhwch / Hanes Taliesin).

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CREATE TABLE "entity_sources" (
   [entity_id] TEXT REFERENCES [entities]([entity_id]),
   [source_id] TEXT REFERENCES [sources]([source_id]),
   [evidence_type] TEXT,
   [source_note] TEXT,
   PRIMARY KEY ([entity_id], [source_id], [evidence_type])
);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_sources_source_id]
    ON [entity_sources] ([source_id]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_sources_entity_id]
    ON [entity_sources] ([entity_id]);
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