This is the second part of the first branch of the Mabinogi that we began in the last episode. These tales carried in the oral tradition of the ancient Britons contain teachings about how to be. Here our hero, Pwyll Prince of Dyfed, faces more trials as he learns about the importance of consent and generosity from a female tutor.
Rhiannon is a beguiling figure who appears from the Otherworld but moves into the human realm over the course of this and the next installment. She carries much wisdom. Her name is a mystery, some scholars suggest it may mean Great Queen. She is strongly associated with horses and the European Celtic goddess Epona, as will become clear in the following episode.
These stories were written down 900 years ago in Medieval Wales but were likely told for countless generations before that up and down the land where the ancient Celtic Britons roamed, before the Romans, Anglos, Saxons or Normans.
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