Entity Sources
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- {'description': 'Specific passage citations and notes on how this source attests the entity'}
38 rows where source_id = "SRC_MABINOGION"
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| Link | entity_id | source_id | evidence_type | source_note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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]);