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Taliesin and Avagddu

(1983)
A collection of stories by

 
 
Retelling of the myth of the Goddess Cerridwen, her ugly son Avaggddu, the Cauldron of Wisdom, and Gwion. Taliesin and Avagddu is based on the tale from the Welsh Mabinogion. Ceridwen brews up a cauldron of magic to give her misshapen son Avagddu extraordinary wisdom, but the village boy who is employed to stir the cauldron sips it instead and becomes the greatest prophet and bard Wales has ever known--Taliesin..CONDITION: Almost new. On the end, the author's details are struck through. No other annotations or markings.


Genre: Children's Fiction

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