Mabon, Maponos, and the tale of Culhwch and Olwen

The story of Culhwch and Olwen makes perfect sense.

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Contents:
0:00 Intro
0:36 Is Mabon a deity?
3:10 The Mabinogi and Culhwch and Olwen
6:11 The story of Culhwch and Olwen

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[KrisHughes]

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[kevinpenlington]

The names are pronounced correctly - respect!

[Vasyamarzenie]

This is wonderful, and you are an excellent story teller! Thank you for sharing this.

[barbaramurphy]

What a wonderful tale, wonderfully told. Thank you. Yes, all Irish blood from my father, and through my mother, my grandfather from Abergele plus 4 convicts from 2nd Fleet. I'm moving more towards my Celtic beliefs and practices. Thank you from Australia

[FJMLAM]

Fantastically interesting. You have such clear and nice diction.

[johntoffee]

Just re-listened to your excellent retelling of the Oldest Animals in Culhwch and Olwen and have read through the comments. I found your exchange with Tim Hawthorn particularly interesting. I have a different perspective which may be of interest to you. Search Mabinogion Astronomy. Look for the post entitled The Route of the Oldest Animals, please leave a comment if you do. Many thanks,

[timflatus]

The problem I have with this question is the word « god ». Most of the characters in Celtic tales are heroes with demi-god-like attributes to varying degrees, we don't have evidence that they were the focus of worship or regarded any differently from ancestors, famous historical characters, nature spirits or faery-folk. I think "The son of the mother" was an important archetypal concept, but I don't think he was any more a "god" than a Shinto Kami.