Robin Gwyndaf
Biographic Data
| ID | 356112 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robin Gwyndaf |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robin |
| FAMILY NAME | Gwyndaf |
| SIGNATURE | GWYNDAF R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cardiff Story Museum |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Poetry in Action
This paper considers the rich vein of less formal, mostly unofficial poetry, referred to as folk poetry and poetry in action, composed by bards and rhymesters in Wales, c. 1870-2005, and inspired particularly by everyday events and incidents within their own communities. In discussing the nature of this folk poetry, seven factors are mentioned. i. It is a social activity. ii. It is an activity which belongs to all people. iii. It may relate to al…
Memory in Action
The subject of this article is memory and narration, with particular reference to one Welsh tradition-bearer. Wales, a westerly facing peninsula on the mainland of Britain, is just over 8,000 square miles in size and has a present population of just under three million. Its native language, Welsh, belongs to the Celtic, Indo-European group and was first spoken in the sixth century. Not surprisingly, it has a long and rich folk narrative tradition…
The Sorrow of All People
Death is a very personal tragedy. It is a crisis that affects first and foremost the immediate family and a close circle of friends. Yet, of all rites of passage,1 death is still the one traumatic event in the human life cycle which also has the deepest and longest lasting effect on members of the whole community. Wales was—and to some extent still is—a country of numerous small, integrated communities where there is a deep sense of interdependen…
Welsh Tradition-Bearers
What interests me really in the study of the native is his outlook on things, his Weltanschauung, the breath of life and reality which he breathes and by which he lives. Every human culture gives his member a definite vision of the world, a definite zest of life. In the roamings over human history, and over the surface of the earth, it is the possibility of seeing life and the world from various angles, peculiar to each culture, that has always c…
A Welsh Lake Legend and the Famous Physicians of Myddfai
Robin Gwyndaf, A Welsh Lake Legend and the Famous Physicians of Myddfai, Béaloideas, Iml. 60/61, Finscealta Agus Litriocht: Paipeir a cuireadh I lathair ag an Siompoisiam Nordach-Ceiltech / Legends and Fiction: Papers Presented at the Nordic-Celtic Legend Symposium (1992/1993), pp. 241-266
Folk Legends in Welsh Oral Tradition
Robin Gwyndaf, Folk Legends in Welsh Oral Tradition: Principles of Research, Continuity and Function, Béaloideas, Iml. 60/61, Finscealta Agus Litriocht: Paipeir a cuireadh I lathair ag an Siompoisiam Nordach-Ceiltech / Legends and Fiction: Papers Presented at the Nordic-Celtic Legend Symposium (1992/1993), pp. 215-240
Scéalaíocht na Breataine Bige
The Welsh Folk Narrative Tradition
The term ‘folk narrative’ is here used to refer to the traditional prose tales, legends, myths, memorates, jokes, and anecdotes which have formed part of the cultural inheritance of the Welsh people from very early times to the present day. The narratives are traditional in the sense that most of them have a long history and were transmitted mainly, though not exclusively, by oral means, in the words of the old chronicler: iocunde et memoriter, ‘…
A Classic of Welsh Folklore Reissued
OVER fifty years have passed since T. Gwynn Jones wrote his Welsh Folklore and Folk-Custom at the invitation of the Methuen Company in 1930. During that period much research work has been done in the field in which Gwynn Jones, like Sir John Rhis before him, was such a pioneer. Yet his volume remains a classic. I know of no better introduction to Welsh folklore, and at least two reasons can be given to explain why the volume is so valuable. First…
The Welsh Folk Narrative Tradition
The term ‘folk narrative’ is here used to refer to the traditional prose tales, legends, myths, memorates, jokes, and anecdotes which have formed part of the cultural inheritance of the Welsh people from very early times to the present day. The narratives are traditional in the sense that most of them have a long history and were transmitted mainly, though not exclusively, by oral means, in the words of the old chronicler: iocunde et memoriter, ‘…
Memory in Action
The subject of this article is memory and narration, with particular reference to one Welsh tradition-bearer. Wales, a westerly facing peninsula on the mainland of Britain, is just over 8,000 square miles in size and has a present population of just under three million. Its native language, Welsh, belongs to the Celtic, Indo-European group and was first spoken in the sixth century. Not surprisingly, it has a long and rich folk narrative tradition…
A Classic of Welsh Folklore Reissued
OVER fifty years have passed since T. Gwynn Jones wrote his Welsh Folklore and Folk-Custom at the invitation of the Methuen Company in 1930. During that period much research work has been done in the field in which Gwynn Jones, like Sir John Rhis before him, was such a pioneer. Yet his volume remains a classic. I know of no better introduction to Welsh folklore, and at least two reasons can be given to explain why the volume is so valuable. First…
The Welsh Folk Narrative Tradition
The term ‘folk narrative’ is here used to refer to the traditional prose tales, legends, myths, memorates, jokes, and anecdotes which have formed part of the cultural inheritance of the Welsh people from very early times to the present day. The narratives are traditional in the sense that most of them have a long history and were transmitted mainly, though not exclusively, by oral means, in the words of the old chronicler: iocunde et memoriter, ‘…
Scéalaíocht na Breataine Bige
A Welsh Lake Legend and the Famous Physicians of Myddfai
Robin Gwyndaf, A Welsh Lake Legend and the Famous Physicians of Myddfai, Béaloideas, Iml. 60/61, Finscealta Agus Litriocht: Paipeir a cuireadh I lathair ag an Siompoisiam Nordach-Ceiltech / Legends and Fiction: Papers Presented at the Nordic-Celtic Legend Symposium (1992/1993), pp. 241-266
Folk Legends in Welsh Oral Tradition
Robin Gwyndaf, Folk Legends in Welsh Oral Tradition: Principles of Research, Continuity and Function, Béaloideas, Iml. 60/61, Finscealta Agus Litriocht: Paipeir a cuireadh I lathair ag an Siompoisiam Nordach-Ceiltech / Legends and Fiction: Papers Presented at the Nordic-Celtic Legend Symposium (1992/1993), pp. 215-240
Welsh Tradition-Bearers
What interests me really in the study of the native is his outlook on things, his Weltanschauung, the breath of life and reality which he breathes and by which he lives. Every human culture gives his member a definite vision of the world, a definite zest of life. In the roamings over human history, and over the surface of the earth, it is the possibility of seeing life and the world from various angles, peculiar to each culture, that has always c…
The Sorrow of All People
Death is a very personal tragedy. It is a crisis that affects first and foremost the immediate family and a close circle of friends. Yet, of all rites of passage,1 death is still the one traumatic event in the human life cycle which also has the deepest and longest lasting effect on members of the whole community. Wales was—and to some extent still is—a country of numerous small, integrated communities where there is a deep sense of interdependen…
Memory in Action
The subject of this article is memory and narration, with particular reference to one Welsh tradition-bearer. Wales, a westerly facing peninsula on the mainland of Britain, is just over 8,000 square miles in size and has a present population of just under three million. Its native language, Welsh, belongs to the Celtic, Indo-European group and was first spoken in the sixth century. Not surprisingly, it has a long and rich folk narrative tradition…
Poetry in Action
This paper considers the rich vein of less formal, mostly unofficial poetry, referred to as folk poetry and poetry in action, composed by bards and rhymesters in Wales, c. 1870-2005, and inspired particularly by everyday events and incidents within their own communities. In discussing the nature of this folk poetry, seven factors are mentioned. i. It is a social activity. ii. It is an activity which belongs to all people. iii. It may relate to al…
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