Matter of Britain Document
Preiddeu Annwn (The Spoils of Annwn)
- Summary
- Sixty cryptic lines in the Book of Taliesin describing Arthur's raid on the Otherworld in his ship Prydwen to seize a cauldron warmed by the breath of nine maidens. 'Except seven, none returned.' The nearest thing to a pre-Christian Grail.
- Date
- uncertain, c. 900-1100
- Language
- Middle Welsh
Worldviews
Arthur of the Welsh, The Grail Made Christian
Provenance
- Source method
- Web research (Robbins Library Camelot Project text)
- Review status
- DRAFT
- Confidence
- HIGH
- Link
- https://d.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/text/preiddeu-annwn.html